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Anti-Semitic incidents increased for 3rd straight year in Arizona

The Anti-Defamation League says 21% of the total anti-Semitic incidents reported in the state in 2018 occurred at Arizona schools.

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An annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League found anti-Semitic incidents in Arizona increased by nearly 25 percent in 2018.

According to the ADL's data released Tuesday, the Jewish community in Arizona experienced 32 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 compared to 26 in 2017. The number of incidents increased for the third straight year.

ADL says 37% of the total incidents in 2018 occurred in the final three months of the year and of all the incidents reported, 13 included the use of a swastika.

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"In December alone, there were six swastika incidents leading up to Hannukah," ADL said in a release.

The release from the ADL detailing the audit's findings said the anti-Semitic incidents are broken down into three categories: assault, harassment and vandalism.

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In 2018, the data shows 20 incidents of anti-Semitic harassment were reported and 12 incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism were recorded. Zero incidents of assault were reported in 2018, according to the ADL.

The ADL says 21% of the total incidents reported in 2018 occurred at Arizona schools.

The ADL H.E.A.T. Map, which details extremist and anti-Semitic incident around the country, shows there were also 25 incidents of white supremacist propaganda and two white supremacist events reported in Arizona in 2018.

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ADL said 2018 marked the third-highest year for anti-Semitic incidents across the country since the organization began tracking this kind of data in the 1970s.

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