The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) collected data showing that the has been an overwhelming surge in antisemitic incidents in the three months since Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 last year.
In the latest data it has compiled, the organization claimed that there has been a 360% increase in antisemitic incidents between October 7, 2023 and January 7, 2024 when compared with the same timeline a year prior.
However, the total of 3,283 incidents in just a quarter also surpassed annual statistics for each of the last 10 years except 2022.
"The American Jewish community is facing a threat level that's now unprecedented in modern history," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement. "It's shocking that we've recorded more antisemitic incidents in three months than we usually would in an entire year."
Skyrocketing Antisemitic Incidents
The ADL added that the 2023 data, which was expected to be released later this year, would likely be the highest on record, according to The Hill.
The data would include 60 cases of physical assault, 553 incidents of vandalism, and over 1,300 cases of written or verbal harassment. More than 500 of the total incident count took place on college campuses, while over 600 were targeted at Jewish institutions like synagogues.
Forward also reported that two-thirds of the antisemitic attacks were anti-Zionist or directed at Israel.
"In this difficult moment, antisemitism is spreading and mutating in alarming ways," Greenblatt added. "This onslaught of hate includes a dramatic increase in fake bomb threats that disrupt services at synagogues and put communities on edge across the country."
Last month, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that antisemitic hate crimes jumped 60% since the start of the war.
"We've been opening, I think, 60 percent more hate crimes investigations post-Oct. 7, then compared to the comparable period pre-Oct. 7," he told senators in a recent testimony on Capitol Hill.
Wray added that the largest portion of the antisemitic attacks were "threats against the Jewish community," but he also noted that there were also attacks against Muslim targets in retaliation.
"[The Jewish community was] uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum," he added.
