Signs of spreading anti-Semitism have been appearing in the Brooklyn community of Brighton Beach, according to New York Jewish Week. Brighton Beach has been dominated by Russian Jews since the massive exit of Jews from the former Soviet Union in the early decades of the 20th century.

One recent third-grader refused to take the hand of a Jewish student in an after-school program because "Jewish people are bad." Former Russian Sam Kliger, who is a director of Russian-Jewish Affairs for the American Jewish Committee, said his non-Jewish babysitter told his 12-year-old son, "“Why are you studying Hebrew? Why are you keeping kosher? The Jews are a dead nation."

One community official noted that the non-Jewish Russian population has been growing and has brought a renewal of the same anti-Semitism that prompted hundreds of thousands of Jews to leave the former Soviet Union decades ago. A retired Russian school teacher, after being a victim of anti-Semitic remarks, said that he felt like he "was in the Soviet Union again."