Antisemitic crimes in California increased by 21 percent in 2018
A report issued on Tuesday by the California Department of Justice found that there were 126 hate crimes motivated by antisemitism in 2018, up from 104 incidents in 2017.
A crowd watches on screen the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the sole fatality of the Saturday synagogue shooting at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California, U.S. April 29, 2019(photo credit: JOHN GASTALDO/REUTERS)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA