State of Antisemitism in America Report 2025

“According to the latest annual State of Antisemitism in America Report released by American Jewish Committee (AJC) on February 10, 2026, a majority of American Jews believe antisemitism has become a “very serious” problem at home. Protests like that one in November seem to illustrate some of the reasons why. This year’s survey revealed roughly nine in 10 (91%) American Jews say they feel less safe as a Jewish person in the U.S. as a result of attacks on Jews in the past 12 months, including the arson attack on a Jewish governor’s home in Pennsylvania, the firebombing of Jews in Boulder, Colorado, and the murder of a young couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The latest report also asked – for the first time – how the use of the phrase “Globalize the Intifada” may impact American Jews’ feelings of safety, whether they had felt uncomfortable or even excluded from groups or spaces because of their Jewish identity, and whether they are concerned that generative artificial intelligence will further the spread of antisemitism. Here are five stories that illustrate some of this year’s troubling findings…

More than seven in 10 Jewish adults report having experienced antisemitism online or on social media – including those who say they have been personally targeted and those who say they have seen or heard antisemitic incidents without being a target themselves. Jewish women are more likely to avoid posting content online out of fear of antisemitism than their male counterparts (50% vs. 30%). Jewish women are also more likely than their male counterparts to experience antisemitism on Facebook (62% vs. 49%) and Instagram (45% vs. 35%)…”

See also WSJ – Jews Begin to Wonder: Is Anywhere Safe? ‘It feels like the 1930s again.’ Hostility against Jews surges in Western countries where they felt safe in recent decades. Earlier this month, Guy Wolf, the president of the Jewish Cultural Centre in Liège, Belgium [there are onlu 500 Jews in Liège], awoke to alarming news: overnight, an IED was detonated outside his local synagogue, blowing out the windows and setting the front doors and nearby cars alight. The attack on the historic temple was the first such incident in the city since the Holocaust, according to local officials….

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