Civil rights groups in the United States, such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL),[1][2] American Jewish Committee (AJC)[3] and Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC),[4] catalog antisemitic incidents, including assaults, harassment, vandalism, violence and threats of violence.
[10] According to the FBI's 2023 statistics, antisemitic incidents accounted for 68% of all religion-based hate crimes, a 63% bump vis-à-vis 2022.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) commented that it was likely much lower than the actual number as hate crimes had been widely underreported across the country.
[15][16] At Holly Springs, Mississippi, Grant's Union Army supply depot, Jewish persons were rounded up and forced to leave the city by foot.
Jewish community leaders protested, and there was an outcry by members of Congress and the press; President Abraham Lincoln countermanded the General Order on January 4, 1863.