Religious Liberty Stops Violence

Americans, rightly horrified, watch the ongoing violence in Israel while, close to home, a nefarious wave of intolerance spreads. Only a commitment to freedom will stop the spread of violence. According to just-released FBI data, Jewish Americans faced 1,305 incidents meriting the label of "hate crime" in 2022. That was up from 817 in the prior year. Violence toward American Jews ranged from destruction of property and vandalism (775 cases) to intimidation (358) to simple and violent assault (141).