Anti-Semitism in U.S. Hits All-time High

Demonstrators in support of Israel gather to denounce antisemitism and call for the release of Israeli hostages, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023.
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Anti-Semitism in U.S. Hits All-time High

Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States were up 337 percent in the two months since the October 7 Hamas attack, the Anti-Defamation League said on December 11.

The organization recorded 2,031 incidents between October 7 and December 7, the highest-ever two-month level since the organization began tracking in 1979. The cases include 40 incidents of physical violence, 749 verbal attacks, 337 cases of vandalism, and 905 rallies with anti-Semitic speech or support for terrorism.

Higher education: The data also showed 400 incidents on college campuses and 250 cases targeted at Jewish institutions.

Universities across the U.S. have been accused of failing to protect Jewish students, especially after the heads of three prestigious universities (Harvard, mit and University of Pennsylvania) refused to say that calls for genocide of Jewish people violate campus rules.

The lid to the sewers is off, and Jewish communities all across the country are being inundated with hate. Public officials and college leaders must turn down the temperature and take clear action to show this behavior is unacceptable to prevent more violence.
—Jonathan Greenblatt, Anti-Defamation League ceo

Why anti-Semitism? Since Hamas invaded Israel, radical Muslims and their supporters around the world have been emboldened in their hatred for Israel and Jews. This hatred was prophesied in the Bible. Israel will soon become the clear center of world events, largely because of this intensifying hatred.

Learn more: Read “The One Minority Society Loves to Hate.”