Total antisemitic incidents were 136% higher and violent incidents 97% higher than in 2022, the year before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
By Shula Rosen
Antisemitic incidents across the seven countries with the world’s largest Jewish diaspora communities remained well above pre-Oct. 7 levels in 2025, with more than 23,000 incidents recorded and 20 people killed in attacks, according to the second annual J7 Report on Antisemitism released Tuesday by the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism.
The report, which tracks trends in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, found that total antisemitic incidents were 136% higher and violent incidents were 97% higher than in 2022, the year before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Together, the seven countries account for more than 90% of the global Jewish diaspora.
The report said 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic violence in the Jewish diaspora since the 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina.
The 20 fatalities included 15 people killed in a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, two killed outside Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur, two killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and one person killed in Boulder, Colorado.
Although several countries recorded year-over-year declines in incidents, the report said every J7 nation remained significantly above pre-Oct. 7 levels.
Antisemitic incidents fell 33% in the United States, 20% in Australia, 16% in Canada and 16% in France, while rising 5% in the United Kingdom, 4% in Argentina and less than 1% in Germany.
Australia recorded the largest increase in antisemitic incidents since 2021 at 270%, followed by Germany at 215%, the United States at 131% and France at 124%.
Germany also had the highest rate of incidents, with nearly 70 incidents per 1,000 Jewish residents.
The report found that anti-Zionism was a motivating factor in 48% of incidents in the United Kingdom, 45% in the United States and 23% in Germany.
“Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal. Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules,” the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism said in a joint statement.
The report also examined antisemitism in Ireland, where the country’s approximately 2,200-member Jewish community reported 143 antisemitic incidents in six months despite having no national strategy or dedicated security funding.
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