Report: 2025 Was the Deadliest Year for Antisemitic Attacks in More Than 30 Years

A new report from J7, a task force representing the world’s largest Jewish communities in the fight against antisemitism, published today (Wednesday), finds that 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks in the Diaspora in more than 30 years.

The total number of antisemitic incidents in J7 countries rose by 136%, while the number of violent incidents increased by 97% compared with 2022, the year before Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.

Last year, 20 people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in Sydney, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado, making 2025 the deadliest year for antisemitic violence against Diaspora Jews since the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building in Argentina.

Against this backdrop, the J7 task force, representing the world’s seven largest Jewish communities in the fight against antisemitism, has released its second annual report on antisemitism, documenting more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents across J7 countries in 2025.

The report tracks antisemitic incidents and trends in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, home to more than 90% of Diaspora Jews. The total number of antisemitic incidents in J7 countries rose by 136%, while the number of violent incidents increased by 97% compared with 2022, the year before Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.

“The Anti-Defamation League helped establish the J7 forum in 2023 because no country can fight antisemitism alone, and this report illustrates exactly why,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League’s global CEO. “Each of the J7 countries remains at significantly elevated levels compared with the period before October 7, 2023. Antisemitism crosses borders, and our response must cross borders as well.”

Key findings from the report: 15 people were murdered during a Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney; two were murdered at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur; two at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.; and one woman was murdered in Boulder, Colorado.

Across all J7 countries, the number of antisemitic incidents remained significantly higher than pre-October 7 levels. In 2025, the number of incidents declined in the United States (-33%), Australia (-20%), Canada (-16%), and France (-16%), while rising in the United Kingdom (+5%), Argentina (+4%), and Germany (less than 1%).

Australia recorded the sharpest increase in antisemitic incidents since 2021 (+270%), followed by Germany (+215%), the United States (+131%), and France (+124%).

Germany continues to lead in the rate of antisemitic incidents relative to the size of its Jewish population, with nearly 70 incidents per 1,000 Jewish residents in 2025. That rate is nearly five times higher than Australia’s, six times higher than the United Kingdom’s, and nearly 70 times higher than the United States’.

Anti-Zionism was a major driver in a significant share of antisemitic incidents: 48% in the United Kingdom, 45% in the United States, and 23% in Germany.

Ireland: In just six months, Ireland’s Jewish community, numbering about 2,200 people, reported 143 antisemitic incidents—a rate of 65 incidents per 1,000 Jews.