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Antisemitic violence increased in 2025, with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) noting in its annual survey that attacks with deadly weapons increased, as overall incidents decreased.
The organization recorded 6,274 anti-Semitic incidents in 2025, an average of about 17 per day, including 203 attacks, 32 of which involved a deadly weapon, a 39% increase from 2024. While attacks occurred nationwide, the states that saw the most incidents were New York (1,160), California (817) and New Jersey (687), according to the ADL.
The number of incidents in 2025 represents a 33% decrease from 2024, when the ADL recorded 9,354 incidents across the U.S. However, the ADL said the number of incidents remains “significantly higher” than in the years before the Oct. 7 of Hamas. The organization said 2025 was ranked as the third year with the most anti-Semitic incidents after 2023 and 2024.
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People gather to light candles at a makeshift memorial outside the White House in Washington on May 22, 2025, honoring Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who were killed after leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
Colleges and universities are seeing a sharp drop in anti-Semitic incidents as activity related to anti-Israel protests declines, according to the ADL. In 2025, the ADL recorded 583 anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses, a 66% decrease from 2024, when 1,694 incidents were recorded. The ADL has also pushed colleges and universities to address anti-Semitism and issue new report cards that assess campus responses.
Less than half of antisemitic incidents in 2025, about 45%, were related to Israel or Zionism, according to the ADL. That marked a significant drop from 2024, when nearly 58% of cases were confined to Israel. Additionally, illegal incidents that occurred at or near anti-Israel protests decreased by 67% in 2025, but still totaled 856 cases.
Mohamed Soliman throws a stun gun at a group of pro-Israel supporters in Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 2025. He was later arrested by police. (Alex Osante)
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Despite this decrease in the number of incidents, the ADL reported a “historically high rate” in antisemitic attacks and attacks with deadly weapons by 2025, noting a 39% increase. This includes the fatal shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, where Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were killed. Days later, on June 1, 2025, a bomb attack left 82-year-old Karen Diamond seriously injured. Diamond later died as a result of the attack.
“Our study of 2025, which shows it was one of the most violent years for American Jews on record, is a reminder of how the threat landscape has changed. The numbers that would have shocked us five years ago are now ours,” said ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement. “People are being killed because of anti-Semitism in America, and thousands more are being threatened.”
Israeli flags hung from a tree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus were painted red by Palestinian supporters during a protest at the school. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe)
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“Although incidents are decreasing, the increase in attacks is a stark reminder that high levels of anti-Semitism are putting Jewish lives at risk,” ADL Senior Vice President of Counter-Extremism and Intelligence Oren Segal said in a statement.
The ADL's findings reveal a troubling trend: even if anti-Semitic incidents are decreasing, they are becoming more dangerous.
