ADL: ‘Disease’ of anti-Semitism has reached ‘epidemic proportions’

The Anti-Defamation League vows “we will not stand down” as anti-Semitism in the US reaches “epidemic proportions,” in a statement following the announcement by New Jersey’s Attorney General Gurbir Grewal that the deadly shooting Tuesday targeting a Jewish supermarket in Jersey City was being investigated as an act of anti-Semitic terrorism.

“The Attorney General of New Jersey revealed today what we had grimly suspected: the two alleged shooters acted out of hatred for Jews and law enforcement. This attack on the Jewish community is nothing short of domestic terrorism,” ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt says in a statement.

“Our community has been terrorized once again by violent anti-Semitism. From Pittsburgh to Poway, and now to Jersey City, the disease that is anti-Semitism has clearly spread to epidemic proportions. But we will not be defeated, we will not stand down, we will not be intimidated. We will continue to speak up and out every time anti-Semitism and bigotry rear their ugly heads. We expect the same from our nation’s leaders.”