ADL: 24,500 antisemitic incidents in U.S. since 2023

There have been more than 24,500 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. since 2023.

That is according to a new report released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

There have been upswings in antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiments in the U.S. and other countries since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks and the succeeding Israel war in Gaza and this year’s U.S./Israel war with Iran.

ADL documented 6,274 incidents of antisemitism in the U.S. in 2025, including physical assaults, vandalism and other property damage, as well as harassment aimed at Jewish persons, synagogues and other organizations.

That’s down from 9,354 in 2024 and 8,873 in 2023.

Last year’s antisemitic incidents were down 33% from 2024 but did see a 39% year-over-year increase in incidents involving deadly weapons.

Those include three murders, with two Israeli Embassy staffers killed last year in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. and a death connected to a Molotov cocktail and flamethrower attack at a march for Oct. 7 hostages attended mostly by elderly participants in Boulder, Colorado.

A man also tried to burn down the Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion in an attack aimed at Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish and has been supportive of Israel in its Middle East conflicts.

“Our 2025 Audit, which shows it was one of the most violent years for American Jews on record is a reminder of how dramatically the threat landscape has shifted. Numbers that would have shocked us five years ago are now our floor,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement. “People are being murdered because of antisemitism on American soil, and thousands more are threatened. ADL will not stop until that baseline changes.”

From 2020 through 2022, ADL chronicled just over 8,400 antisemitic incidents.

At the state level, New York (1,160), California (817) and New Jersey (687) had the most antisemitic incidents last year, according to ADL.

Among other states, Florida had 319 anti-Jewish incidents in 2025; Maryland (181), Washington state (163), Ohio (117), North Carolina (96), Wisconsin (81) and Minnesota (48).

Antisemitism, violence targeting Jewish people, and criticism of Israel have increased since the Oct. 7 attacks and the death toll in the war in Gaza.

More than 72,000 Palestinians and more than 2,000 Israelis have been killed in that conflict, with estimates on exact numbers of deaths varying by source.

Israel has also been battling with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with that conflict currently in a tenuous ceasefire.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah are backed by Iran. The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February and that war is also in a ceasefire.

ADL is pushing for Congress to allocate $1 billion to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which offers federal money to groups and organizations at risk for terrorism or other violent attacks.

According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, the world’s Jewish population totaled 15.8 million persons as of last year.

The U.S. Jewish population is approximately 6.3 million persons (40% of the world’s total). Israel’s Jewish population is 7.2 million (46% of the global total), according to the agency.

Jewish persons make up approximately 2% of the U.S. population. Last year, the ADL reported, citing FBI data, that hate crimes against Jews accounted for 70% of religious-based hate crimes and 16% of all reported hate crimes incidents in 2024.

For the full 2025 ADL report check out

https://www.adl.org/resources/report/audit-antisemitic-incidents-2025