# Anti-Semitic Attacks Remain Constant in Number, More Violent in Nature in 2003 April 22, 2004 Source: Jerusalem Post [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082606042599&p=1078113566627](http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082606042599&p=1078113566627) On April 22, 2004 the *Jerusalem Post* reported, "Anti-Semitic incidents in Russia, while not increasing in number, became more violent in 2003, according to an Anti-Defamation League report released this week. The report, 'Anti-Semitism in Russia: 2003,' noted that the increase in anti-Jewish attacks against individuals and institutions occurred as the Russian government made a concerted effort to confront the problem. 'It is encouraging that President Vladimir Putin has publicly denounced the nationalist ideology and has supported legal action against anti-Semitic publishers and skinheads,' said the director of the ADL's office in Moscow, Alexander Axelrod. 'At the same time, we are discouraged by the reluctance by lower-level officials to take action in responding to anti-Semitic incidents'...The government's prosecution of oligarchs, many Jewish, also appears to have bolstered anti-Semitism, the report stated. Among the most violent anti-Semitic incidents was the explosion of a bomb inside a Jewish kindergarten in Kaliningrad in September; an assault on a Jewish couple in Novosibirsk in June, and the stoning of a synagogue in Kostroma during High Holy Day services in October. In government, a rise in nationalist rhetoric during the 2003 campaign for the Duma and surprising victories for nationalist parties was noted, and lower-level officials' failure to oppose anti-Semitism to the same degree as the federal government was cited as a course of concern." See also:- [ Anti-Semitism ](/news-stories/anti-semitism) - [ Discrimination/Accomodation ](/news-stories/discriminationaccomodation) - [ Violence/Vandalism ](/news-stories/violencevandalism) - [ Judaism ](/religions/judaism) - [ International ](/tags/international) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)