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Coalition Finds 2025 Was Deadliest Year for Diaspora Jews in Decades

The J7 task force describes the violence as a sustained trend tied in part to anti‑Zionist motives and urges governments, law enforcement and social platforms to take preventive action

Mourners gather by floral tributes at the Bondi Pavillion in memory of the victims of the Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. Authorities labeled it an antisemitic terrorist attack on a Jewish festival. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
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Overview

  • A seven‑country coalition called the J7 documented more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents in 2025 across Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S., and recorded over 20 deaths.
  • The report says the fatalities included mass killings at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, attacks at Heaton Park in Manchester and the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and a firebombing in Boulder, Colorado.
  • J7 concludes the pattern is not a short spike after October 2023 but a continuing trend, citing large year‑over‑year increases and sustained high rates of violence in several countries.
  • The task force found anti‑Zionist motives in a large share of incidents in some places, estimating roughly half of incidents in the U.S. and U.K. and about a quarter in Germany involved such motivation.
  • J7 urges preventive steps including dedicated security funding, stronger laws to close gaps on incitement, better enforcement by law enforcement agencies, and stricter moderation and transparency from social media companies while promising an updated H1 2026 analysis next week.