Amid several high-profile attacks against Jews globally, a new report indicates antisemitic assaults in the United States reached record levels in 2025.
A May 6 annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League showed that while incidents it classifies as antisemitic decreased, physical attacks slightly rose, from 196 incidents in 2024 to 203 in 2025. In 2022, the last full year before the Israel-Hamas war, it was lower, at 111 assaults, but ADL used a different definition to count antisemitic incidents at that time.
In 2025, the audit identified three people killed in antisemitic attacks, the first year since 2019 when U.S. Jews were murdered in hate crimes.
“When you look at the fact that assaults have increased, it speaks to why so many in the Jewish community feel vulnerable,” Oren Segal, senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence at ADL, told USA TODAY. “There’s still a high level of anxiety.”
The audit, as well as reports from other watchdogs and government agencies tracking hate crimes against Jewish Americans, shows incidents have increased after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, followed by Israel’s devastating siege of Gaza. ADL's audit includes harassment, vandalism and physical attacks. Researchers gather data using law enforcement and news reports, but the largest source of incidents are those reported directly by alleged victims.
