Anti-semitism is on the rise in the United States, a disturbing trend fueled by hate crimes against Jewish people and high profile figures spouting antisemitic tropes.  

But here in the Bay Area, an organization that teams up with elected officials is fighting this wave of anti-semitism by conducting a recent fact finding mission in Israel. It's called, "The Bay Area Network of Jewish Elected Officials".. or BANJO for short. But what the group didn't realize is that they'd wind up in the middle of massive protests against Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu, who's been trying to seize control of the country's justice department.

For more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising spoke with Kevin Wilk, City Council Member for the City of Walnut Creek who just returned from that fact finding mission.