Anti-Semitism Surging in the US On Anniversary of October 7th

The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a report on the first anniversary of the October 7th 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel showing that Jewish people in the US are facing an “explosion of anti-Jewish hate.” This includes over 10,000 individual incidents of anti-Semitic attacks all over the country, with the report saying that 3.5 million of the 5.8 million Jewish people living in the US have directly experienced anti-Semitism in the last year.

“The explosion of anti-Jewish hate since October 7th in this country has profoundly impacted individuals, families, and communities,” said Dr Misha Galperin, a member of CAM’s Board of Governors. He added that Islamists have a goal of "dominating the West" and "The Jews are the canaries in the coalmine, but ultimately the rise in antisemitism is a reflection of an assault on Western values. There needs to be much greater law enforcement. The war is not only fought in Gaza and Lebanon; it's being fought right here in the United States."

“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,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of ADL added.

Elsewhere, the FBI's Hate Crime Report showed that Jews, despite being one of the smallest minority groups in the US, suffered more hate crimes than any other group.