Anti-Semitism Reported at Record Highs in US

An annual report by the Anti-Defamation League shows a sharp upsurge in incidents making reference to Israel or Zionism.

Pro-Palestine protesters in the streets of New York City on Oct. 30, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report showing that the spike in anti-Semitic incidents following Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, continued into 2024, with totals again reaching record levels.

Anti-Semitism in the United States is at its highest levels in 46 years, the group reported in its Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, with 9,354 incidents of anti-Semitic assault, harassment, and vandalism across the country in 2024.