The ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents reported a total of 761 incidents of harassment in 2007, a decrease of 14 percent, compared with the 855 reported in 2006.  Harassment accounted for 52 percent of the total incidents reported.  The following are selected incidents of harassment reported to ADL in 2007:

• Sherman Oaks, CA: An employee was told by a co-worker, "Get off your lazy Jewish ass or I'll get you fired," and was called a "Jewish dog" (January);
• Palm Beach, FL: A couple who moved into a new home were told by a neighbor, "You people are Jew bastards"; perpetrator sprayed insecticide in victim's face (January);
• Nashville, TN: Cab driver got into argument over religion, made anti-Semitic comments and praised Hitler's actions against Jews, and later injured passenger with cab when he exited the vehicle (February);
• Hamilton, NJ: While stopped at a service station for gas, victim was verbally threatened by 3 individuals in a nearby vehicle who rolled down their window and yelled "F--- you, Jew" and then got out of their car and approached him and cursed at him (February);
• Brooklyn, NY: Two Jewish men walking were accosted by three men in a car who pulled over and screamed, "You better run or I'll kill you, dirty Jew" (March);
• Long Island, NY: A woman was sitting in a restaurant with her two children when another woman approached her and said, "Jews are disgusting. More should have died in the Holocaust" (June);
• Chicago, IL: An employee was called "Jehudi," a "typical Jew" and a "f---ing Jew" by his supervisor (September);
• Kankakee, IN: A middle school student was hit in the head by another student who asked her where her "Jew cap" was (October);
• Lakewood, NJ: An identifiably Jewish teenager suffered serious injuries when he was severely beaten by several men and youths who yelled "F---ing Jew" as they attacked him (November);
• New York, NY: Four students from Hunter and Baruch Colleges were assaulted on a subway train by a group of four or five assailants as they wished people a happy Hanukkah.  At least two victims were punched in the face, and a knife was pulled.  Police arrested the assailants after the train was stopped (December).