Antisemitic Attacks Spike in NYC as COVID-19 Fades

New York City has been in the grip of overlapping crises for the past year, but until recently, the pandemic, rising crime rates, and political dysfunction hadn't led to the seemingly random attacks on Jews that occurred almost weekly throughout 2018 and 2019. Now that might be changing. Over the past month, the city has seen a number of incidents that hint ominously at how its wider breakdown could start to impact Jewish communities.