The year 2025 was the deadliest for antisemitic violence against Jews living outside Israel since the 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina, according to the second annual report released by the J7 Task Force, a coalition representing the seven largest Jewish communities in the Diaspora.

The report documents more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents across the J7 countries—Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States—which together are home to more than 90% of the world’s Diaspora Jewish population.

According to the report, 20 people were killed in antisemitic attacks during 2025, including 15 during a Chanukah celebration in Sydney’s Bondi Beach, two at a Yom Kippur attack on a Manchester synagogue, two at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and one in Boulder, Colorado.

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

Although some countries saw declines in total incidents compared with 2024—including the United States, Australia, Canada, and France—every J7 nation remained well above pre-October 7 levels. Australia recorded the sharpest increase since 2021, followed by Germany, the United States, and France.

Germany continued to report the highest rate of antisemitic incidents relative to its Jewish population, while the report also highlighted a sharp rise in antisemitism in Ireland, where 143 incidents were recorded in just six months despite the country’s small Jewish community.

The report found that anti-Zionism was a significant motivating factor in many antisemitic incidents, accounting for 48% of cases in the United Kingdom, 45% in the United States, and 23% in Germany.

J7 leaders urged governments to move beyond reacting after attacks occur and instead take proactive measures, including increased security funding, stronger legislation, and stricter enforcement by social media platforms against antisemitic content.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said antisemitism has become a global crisis requiring an international response. “This is not just an American crisis,” he said. “Antisemitism crosses borders, and our response must cross borders as well.”

The report concludes by calling on governments, law enforcement agencies, and technology companies to strengthen protections for Jewish communities, close legal loopholes that allow antisemitic incitement to spread, and ensure Jews can live openly and safely around the world.

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