Antisemitic hate in the United States has reached a new peak, with 2024 marking the highest number of reported incidents ever recorded, according to a disturbing new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The watchdog documented 9,354 cases of harassment, vandalism, and assault — a 5% rise from the previous year’s record, and the most since the organization began tracking in 1979.

That staggering figure translates to more than one antisemitic incident every hour, every day. New York and California led in reported cases, but all 50 states saw incidents.

Most troubling is the surge in physical assaults, up 21% to 196 incidents targeting at least 250 individuals — nearly a third of them Orthodox Jews. Vandalism spiked 39%, and bomb threats against Jewish institutions numbered 647.

The ADL’s report links much of the escalation to the fallout from Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. Over half of all reported incidents — 5,452 — were tied to anti-Israel or anti-Zionist activity, with many taking place at rallies where antisemitic chants, slogans, and imagery were present. Groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine and the Party for Socialism and Liberation played central roles in organizing these events.

“This is a five-alarm fire,” warned ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. “American Jews are being targeted daily. This cannot be normalized.”

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