Aaron Keyak, the deputy special envoy to combat anti-Semitism, has admitted in an interview with Israel Hayom that anti-Semitism in the United States is currently at a level previously unknown.
"Our department was established in 2004 to combat anti-Semitism across the world," Keyak said, "but back then, the situation in the United States wasn't what it is now. The lines between the United States and the rest of the world have blurred due to the internet and other factors. That's why today, a large part of our discussions center around internal issues, to my great regret. The President has given an order to each government department to report to him on its activities in this area, the first time any president has given such an order," he stressed.
"I've been saying for the past four or five years that sometimes, I feel unsafe as a Jew in America," he added. "Jews are being attacked every single day in Brooklyn simply because they are Jewish. When I take my five-year-old daughter to synagogue, the first thing I do, before putting on my tallit [prayer shawl] is to make sure I know where the emergency exit is, in case something bad happens. This is something that American Jews are experiencing, along with Jews all over the world."