Elected officials joined Jewish community leaders at a news conference in San Francisco July 29 to denounce a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the Bay Area and the nation at-large.
Rabbi Beth Singer of the Congregation Emanu-El in the Richmond neighborhood said that the event, titled "Here I Am: Convening Against Anti-Semitism and Hate," is a response to things she and fellow Jewish leaders have been hearing from their congregations since the heating up of the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian crisis in the spring.
The most recent conflict occurred in mid-May when Israeli police raided a mosque in Jerusalem, according to the New York Times.