Overview
- RIAS published its annual tally on Wednesday reporting 8,725 antisemitic incidents in 2025, a slight rise from 2024 and the highest total on record.
- The association classified about 68% of the incidents as “Israel-related,” and recorded 178 physical assaults, 257 threats and four cases labeled as extreme violence.
- Online hostility increased to 2,314 reported incidents in 2025, and victims described death threats and sustained daily impacts from abuse on social media.
- Incidents cited in the report and later reporting include synagogue vandalism and targeted attacks through spring 2026, and courts sentenced a 2025 knife attacker connected to an attack at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial in March 2026.
- Jewish leaders and federal officials warned the trend normalizes hate and endangers democratic life while critics say RIAS’s use of the IHRA definition may overattribute motives to Israel-related hostility and undercount far-right activity, and officials note many incidents still go unreported.