COVID-19: Anti-Semites turn to 'Zoom bombing' amid pandemic
Anti-Semites adopted a new tactic for spewing their hate when the COVID-19 pandemic closed synagogues and Jewish schools and community centers: hijacking videoconferences. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) counted 196 cases of anti-Semitic “Zoom bombing” attacks in the US last year, including 114 against Jewish institutions, an annual report that the organization released yesterday said. The Jewish civil rights group found that the overall number of anti-Semitic incidents dropped by 4 percent last year after reaching a record high in 2019. The decrease in incidents — from 2,107 in 2019 to...