Anti-Semitism reported at our record highs

The Prevention League released a report on October 7, 2023 showing that the surge in anti-Semitism incidents following Hamas’ attack on Israel continued into 2024, with the total reaching record levels once again.

“This is the fourth consecutive year that anti-Semitism cases have risen and beat previous all-time highs,” the group said in a report released on April 22.

“This is the first time an incident that includes elements related to Israel or Zionism has constituted the majority of all incidents, 58% of the total.”

ADL collects data from incidents reported by individuals, law enforcement agencies, the media and partner organizations.

The anti-Semitism allegations are somewhat controversial, with critics claiming that the charges are being used to curb freedom of speech on university campuses and elsewhere.

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The group said they were careful not to do so.

“The ADL is careful not to blend popular criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activities with anti-Semitism,” the group said in a statement.

“Legal political protests, support for Palestinian rights, or statements of opposition to Israeli policies were not included in the audit.”

He said ADL’s approach to Israeli-related expressions is parallel to the definition of anti-Semitism, promulgated by the International Holocaust Memory Alliance in 2016.

The states that registered the most cases in 2024 were New York (1,437), California (1,344) and New Jersey (719). In terms of state capital fees, New Jersey was the highest (7.57 per 100,000) followed by New York (7.23 per 100,000). California ranked 13th (3.41 per 100,000).

However, the District of Columbia had a three-fold incidence rate as the highest state with 23.20 incidents per 100,000 residents.

Of the 5,452 incidents related to Israel, 2,596 were held in anti-Israel rallies in the form of anti-Semitic speeches, chants, signs and slogans, ADL said.

The group said about half of the 5,000 anti-Israel rallies tracked in 2024 contained anti-Semitic expressions.

Nothing was included in the audit, and if it counted as multiple incidents, it included multiple events.

The group also reported that Palestinian students for Judicial Justice, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, were the most active organizers or co-sponsors of events in which anti-Semitic events occurred.

The report discovered 196 cases of physical assault (not fatal) and targeted 250 victims, 30% of whom were Orthodox Jews.

It discovered 2,606 cases of vandalism defined as property damage with evidence of anti-Semitic intent. SW was present in 37% of these cases.

There have been 6,552 incidents of harassment defined as Jews or people perceived as Jews.

According to the report, there were 627 bomb threats, with 89% of them targeting synagogues.

There were 1,694 anti-Semitism incidents on university campuses, an increase of 84% more than 2023.

“This broad anti-Semitism has transformed American higher education from a space of learning and growth to something that many Jewish students face hostility, exclusion and sometimes physical danger because of their identity and belief,” the report states.

The incidents increased by 19% in public areas and 11% at business establishments in 2023, but fell by 26% at non-Jewish K-12 schools, with 860 incidents. However, ADL said the numbers were significantly higher given the nature of bullying and that children were not given the power to report them.

White supremacist propaganda was linked to 962 incidents, which fell 17% from 2023.

The ADL said three groups, Patriot Front, Goyim Defense League and White Lives Matter Network, are responsible for 94% of this category.

The ADL was founded in 1913 to combat the honor and loss of Jews. This was mistakenly thought by most modern historians when Jewish factory director Leo Frank was found guilty.

His death sentence was brought to life by the governor of Georgia in 1915, but Frank was lured from prison by a mob and lynched at Marietta.