The ADL Audit recorded 19 anti-Semitic assaults on Jewish individuals (or individuals perceived as Jewish) in 2011, down from 22 in 2010. Incidents involved spitting, biting, use of physical force and/or violence, and thrown objects.

The following is a list of selected instances of anti-Semitic assault in 2011:

• Villa Park, California: A boy who refused to take a Bible from evangelists handing out Bibles at his school was knocked to the ground and kicked by another student while being called anti-Semitic names. (April)

• Brooklyn, New York: A woman approached a man leaving a bank, called him a "f---ing Jew" and spat at him, hitting him in the face before adding, "F--- all Jews." (June)

• Newtown, Connecticut: A boy was chased from a party by four people who kicked him on the ground and stated, "You Jew bastard." (August)

• Brooklyn, New York: On separate occasions within one month, two Hasidic men were punched in the face by unknown assailants. (August)

• Boca Raton, Florida: A middle school student was assaulted by a classmate, who shouted anti-Semitic epithets during the incident. (October)

• West Hartford, Connecticut: A Jewish boy walking home from Sukkot services was punched in the back by someone who yelled "You Jewish bitch." (October)

• Los Angeles, California: A non-Jewish teacher studying Hebrew was hit with a pipe by a fellow teacher who had on previous occasions described his interest in the language as "stupid" and called him "Jew boy" and "wanna-be Jew." (October)

• Milton, Massachusetts: A college student was jumped on and bitten in his dormitory by a neighbor who had previously made anti-Semitic comments, including "look at the Jew looking at his money" and "Hitler had got it right." (November)

• Lakewood, New Jersey: Two identifiably Jewish pedestrians were approached by five individuals in a Jeep and pelted with eggs. The occupants of the vehicle shouted "You better move on, you Jew boys," before fleeing the scene. They were later charged with bias intimidation and harassment. (December)

• Atlanta, Georgia: Occupants of a passing pickup truck threw an egg at a man in a synagogue parking lot as he exited the building. The incident was part of a spate of incidents targeting the synagogue and its congregation, including car burglaries and bagels being scattered on people's lawns and tied to nearby trees. (December)