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Report: Anti-Semitic crimes rose in California in 2019

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FILE - In this June 26, 2019, file photo, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, senior rabbi of Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego, Calif., address the United Nations General Assembly's meeting on combating antisemitism and other forms of racism and hate in the digital age at U.N. headquarters. Newly released search warrants give the clearest indication yet that the New Zealand attacks on mosques inspired a San Diego man to open fire during a Passover service at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in April, killing one woman and injuring three others. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Yisroel Goldstein
Posted at 3:49 PM, Jul 01, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-01 18:49:15-04

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state report says anti-Semitic hate crimes in California rose nearly 12% in 2019, including a fatal shooting at a Southern California synagogue that killed one woman and wounded three others.

Yet the California attorney general's report says Wednesday that hate crimes overall declined statewide by 4.8%. Hate crimes are historically under-reported and the 2019 data does not include a recent rise in anti-Asian racism during the coronavirus pandemic, which began in China.

California defines hate crimes as those targeting victims because of their race or ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender or a disability. 

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