ATLANTA — Crimes against Jewish people could come with stiffer penalties under a bill that cleared the Georgia House on Monday.
The Georgia House voted 136-22 to pass the measure, which defines antisemitism so that it would be included under Georgia’s hate crimes law.
State Rep. Esther Panitch, the only Jewish legislator in the Georgia General Assembly, said the bill is needed after antisemitic flyers were found in the driveways of predominantly Jewish neighborhoods in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody last month.
