Overview

• Mayor Daniel Lurie and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins joined a City Hall gathering to denounce recent antisemitic vandalism and assaults and to declare zero tolerance for hate crimes.
• Prosecutors allege Juan Diaz-Rivas shouted “F— Jews” before beating a man in the Marina District, and he has been charged with assault and a hate crime for causing serious injuries.
• Manny’s café in the Mission District was defaced with slogans reading “Die Zio” and other death threats, spurring owner Manny Yekutiel to seek community-funded repairs and private security.
• The Anti-Defamation League reports that hate crimes targeting Jewish people in San Francisco have risen more than 300% over the past five years and over 800% in the last decade.
• The Jewish Community Relations Council says 42% of Bay Area Jews have witnessed or experienced antisemitism in the past three years, underscoring widespread fear in the community.