Anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City have more than doubled in recent months, according to the NYPD.
Crimes against Muslims in the city have also nearly doubled, though the number of incidents is much smaller than crimes against Jews.
The New York Post reports:
The Big Apple is feeling the heat of recent Middle East conflicts, with hate crimes against Jews and Muslims up sharply this summer.
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the city jumped 35 percent as of Sept. 9, compared to 2013. There were 63 incidents in 2013 and 85 this year. Violent anti-Semitic assaults more than doubled, from three to eight.
And there were 15 incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime, compared with seven last year. Violent anti-Muslim assaults shot up from just one last year to six this year.