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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released its 2024 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, revealing a troubling surge in anti-Jewish activity across the United States. According to the report, there were 9,354 antisemitic incidents in 2024, marking a 5% increase from 2023 and a staggering 926% rise since the ADL began tracking such data in 1979. This represents more than 25 incidents per day, or more than one every hour.
The audit breaks down the incidents into three categories:
– **Assaults:** 196 cases, a 21% increase from 2023.
– **Vandalism:** 2,606 cases, up 20% from 2023.
– **Harassment:** 6,552 cases, slightly up from 6,535 in 2023.
This marks the fourth consecutive year of record-breaking antisemitic incidents, with the ADL attributing the spike to the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
JONATHAN GREENBLATT, CEO of the ADL, emphasized the gravity of the findings in an interview with Fox News Digital: “Let’s be clear, antisemitism is an irrational hatred of individuals or institutions just because they are Jewish. We’ve been conducting this audit since the 1970s, and we’ve simply never seen numbers like this.”
For the first time, the ADL found that a majority of incidents (58%, or 5,452 cases) were linked to Israel or Zionism. Of these, 2,596 occurred at anti-Israel rallies, where antisemitic speeches, chants, and slogans were prevalent. The ADL clarified that each rally was counted as a single incident, regardless of repeated expressions of hatred. Approximately half of the over 5,000 rallies tracked included antisemitic content.
College campuses saw a particularly sharp rise, with an 84% increase in reported antisemitic incidents. The ADL recorded 1,694 incidents on campuses in 2024, comprising 18% of all incidents—the highest proportion in the audit’s history. Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) were identified as the most active organizers of protests where antisemitism occurred.
OREN SEGAL, ADL Senior Vice President for Counter-Extremism and Intelligence, urged the public to view the audit as a call to action. “It’s not just a data point that we release one day and then do nothing for the remaining 364 days. It’s actually a blueprint and a guide for where we have to focus our advocacy, research, and work in general,” he told Fox News Digital.
The ADL also highlighted its commitment to distinguishing legitimate criticism of Israel’s government from antisemitism. “If you’re looking for raucous, robust debates about what’s going on in Israel that aren’t antisemitic, let me point you to Israel,” GREENBLATT said. “Look at the Israeli press, the Jewish press, and Jewish organizations—there’s a broad range of opinions.”
The ADL continues to track hate, extremism, and antisemitism through its interactive H.E.A.T. Map, which provides a comprehensive dataset of incidents from 2016 to 2024.
**Sources:**
[ADL 2024 Audit Report](https://www.adl.org)
[Fox News Interview with Jonathan Greenblatt](https://www.foxnews.com)
