Anti-semitiswm on rise

Anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S. declined slightly in 2009 but surged 22 percent in California to their highest level in a decade, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League. C.J. Lin in the Daily News.

The number of incidents in California increased for the second consecutive year, jumping from 226 in 2008 to 275 in 2009. California now leads New York, New Jersey and other states with large Jewish populations in incidents of vandalism, harassment and physical assaults against Jewish individuals, property and community institutions, according to the ADL.