Over 10,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in the U.S. from October 7, 2023 until about two weeks ago according to preliminary data published Sunday by the Anti-Defamation League. This is the highest number of anti-Semitic incidents ever recorded by the ADL in one year.
This data, collected from October 7, 2023 through September 24, 2024, represents an increase of more than 200% compared to incidents reported to the Anti-Defamation League in the same period a year earlier, when some 3,325 incidents were recorded.
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According to the ADL Center on Extremism, which gathers reports and tracks antisemitic incident data, these more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents break down into the following categories: Over 8,015 incidents of verbal or written harassment; Over 1,840 incidents of vandalism; Over 150 incidents of physical assault. Moreover, at least 1,200 of these antisemitic incidents happened on college campuses. In the same period a year before, ADL recorded about 200 incidents, representing a 500-percent increase.
The data also shows that over 2,000 of the incidents took place in Jewish institutions, such as synagogues and Jewish centers. More than half of all incidents at Jewish institutions took the form of bomb threats -only 81 bomb threats against Jewish institutions were recorded in the same period in the prior year.
ADL’s preliminary data also found that over 3,000 of all incidents took place during anti-Israel rallies, which featured regular explicit expressions of support for terrorist groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one of the most concerning antisemitic trends ADL has documented since October 7, 2023.
Each year, ADL tracks incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and assault in the United States. This data is published annually in the Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. In 2023, ADL recorded an unprecedented total number of 8,873 antisemitic incidents, a 140%-increase from the previous year.
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ADL expects these preliminary figures to increase as it receives more incident reports from partners, law enforcement and victims. Final antisemitic incident data for 2024 will be published in the spring of 2025.
“Today, we mourn the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, marking one year since the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. From that day on, Jewish Americans haven’t had a single moment of respite,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “Instead, we’ve faced a shocking number of antisemitic threats and experienced calls for more violence against Israelis and Jews everywhere.”
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