The Anti-Defamation League tracked a 34% increase in anti-Semitic incidents from 2020 to 2021. In 2021, Stop AAPI Hate tracked more than 6,200 hate incidents against Asian Americans.
They ranged from harassment to attacks including one that happened on a SEPTA train in Philadelphia as an Asian teen girl and her fellow students were attacked.
A new group, though is standing up by forming the Pennsylvania Asian Pacific American Jewish Alliance . The new organization already has a big goal."It's very important that individuals understand that hate towards one group is a threat to our American democratic way of life," said Marcia Bronstein, regional director of the American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey.
6abc Anchor Nydia Han is lending her voice as one of the first 12 core members of the alliance. Han hopes that the alliance between Jewish and Asian communities will be the first step in uniting all communities. "By starting conversations and sharing knowledge, we can begin to break down the walls that divide us," said Sun.
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