
Hate crimes are “down.” So why don’t we feel any safer?
The 2025 FBI Hate Crimes Report shows an overall decline in hate crimes across the country, including a decline in anti-Jewish hate crimes, but that doesn’t tell the full story.
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The 2025 FBI Hate Crimes Report shows an overall decline in hate crimes across the country, including a decline in anti-Jewish hate crimes, but that doesn’t tell the full story.

Every Friday, we round up the week’s most important gender news from Israel — elections, court rulings, policy fights, and the stories shaping women’s lives across the country.

NCJW response to 2025 FBI hate crimes report.

As part of my NCJW internship, my time culminated this summer with a day on Capitol Hill.


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