Dear friends, good afternoon!

The Anti-Semitic tendencies are intensified in the world. Another cycle of violence in the Middle East, the increase in the terrorist threat; all this leads to the exacerbation of radicalization. These all is not even perceived as something unusual: Anti-Semitic sentiments, graffiti or just statements. Well, all long have been accustomed to that, right?

However, such an intense movement against the Jews in the world is not a reason to turn a blind eye to the situation. In contrast, only by stating about non-discrimination every time, it is possible to prevent further escalation. Since autumn last year, all around the world were held meetings in support of Israel and against the attacks on Jews. As you remember, a similar demonstration was held in Kyiv. And now in New York - the city that is home to 1.5 million Jews – a meeting against Anti-Semitism was held.

Over the past six months, the city had recorded at least 15 cases of attacks on Jews. However, the immigrants from Muslim countries usually show their aggression. Herewith, the Brooklyn Hasid was attacked in November 2015; he was stabbed in the shoulder, the attacker shouted: "I hate Jews!". In December, Manhattan visitor with Arab appearance attacked a Jew in the cafe, and in February 2016, an unknown for no reason suddenly stabbed a religious Jew on the street in Brooklyn.

About 500 people were on the streets of New York, on March 13, 2016, with appeals to stop the attacks and hostility. As stated by the organizers, they want to attract the attention of the authorities and the public to the problem of attacks on Jews and urged them not to gloss over such blatant violence. It is symbolic that the meeting took place in Brooklyn Holocaust Memorial Park. According to statistics, the number of Jews that are living in New York is more than the population of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa combined.

It is quite unacceptable that, after the bloody lessons of the Holocaust in modern world remains possible a threat of attack and hatred towards a person due to his origin.