Anti-Semitic hate crimes rose more than 20-percent in New York City in 2019.  2020 is already off to a frightening start, with nearly a dozen alleged hate crimes already reported, ranging from Hassidic women being slapped on the streets to a man entering a synagogue and threatening to come back and shoot everyone inside.  Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams sees all too well the rising tensions in his borough, which is home to more than 45-percent of the city’s Jewish population, so it comes as no surprise that many recent attacks have taken place in Brooklyn.  He’ll talk about the city’s efforts to protect its Jewish residents with a stepped up police presence and new security cameras. But he’ll also speak to what he sees as the root causes of the tension between two communities, Jewish and African American, that have shared several Brooklyn neighborhoods for decades, although not always peacefully.  And he’ll talk about his efforts at bringing Brooklynites together, “Breaking Bread, Building Bonds”, a series of 100 dinners with members of all ethnic and religious communities, designed to promote greater understanding and acceptance.