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Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-903961
Jewish Watchdog Reports Deadliest Year in Decades as Antisemitism Becomes "New Normal" in West
(Jerusalem Post) Alex Carson - 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic violence in the Jewish diaspora since the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, according to a new report released Wednesday by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism. The J7 task force, which unites major Jewish organizations representing over 90% of the Jewish diaspora in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S., tracked over 23,000 antisemitic incidents in 2025. 20 lives were lost to targeted antisemitic attacks, including the Hanukkah massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney that left 15 dead, shootings at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, two killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and one killed in Boulder, Colorado. In the U.S. in 2025, 6,274 incidents were recorded in 2025, averaging 17 per day. At least 300 were physically assaulted. "Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal," the task force said. "Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules."