Top Story Editor's Pick Antisemitic incidents rose 50% in Virginia in 2022: study SEAN MCGOEY Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023 Updated May 17, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The number of antisemitic incidents in Virginia rose by 50% in 2022, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.kAm%96 @C82?:K2E:@?’D pF5:E @7 p?E:D6>:E:4 x?4:56?ED[ C6=62D65 %9FCD52J >@C?:?8[ 4@F?E65 ;FDE F?56C b[f__ :?4:56?ED @7 2?E:D6>:E:4 92C2DD>6?E[ G2?52=:D> @C 2DD2F=E ?2E:@?H:56[ E96 9:896DE =6G6= D:?46 :E DE2CE65 AF3=:D9:?8 2? 2??F2= 2F5:E :? `hfh]k^AmkAm~7 E96 b[ehf ?2E:@?H:56 :?4:56?ED — ;FDE @G6C `_ :?4:56?ED 2 52J — eh H6C6 C6A@CE65 :? ':C8:?:2[ FA 7C@> ce :? a_a`] x?4:56?ED 2=D@ DA:<65 :? |2CJ=2?5[ ?62C=J 5@F3=:?8 7C@> dd :? a_a` E@ `_h :? a_aa]k^Am kAm“%96D6 ?F>36CD 2C6 4@>A=6E6=J F?2446AE23=6[” D2:5 |6C65:E9 #] (6:D6=[ ps{’D C68:@?2= 5:C64E@C :? 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Youngkin: No room for hate in Virginia The governor ceremonially signed a bill that adds a definition of antisemitism to the Code of Virginia.
Senate passes bill to define antisemitism in state code Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, backed the bill. Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax, opposed it, calling it symbolic.
