Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. have soared to an all-time high in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to new data released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The group tracked more than 10,000 incidents from Oct. 7, 2023 to Sept. 24, roughly tripling where they were compared to the same time period last year.
The figures, released by the organization a day before the Oct. 7 anniversary, track harassment, vandalism and physical attacks.
“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,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement.
“Instead, we’ve faced a shocking number of antisemitic threats and experienced calls for more violence against Israelis and Jews everywhere.”
The bulk of the incidents, more than 8,000, were verbal or written harassment, while the group tracked more than 1,800 incidents of vandalism and more than 150 physical attacks.