Acts of physical violence against Jewish Americans reached record levels in 2025, even as the total number of antisemitic incidents declined, according to an annual report published Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

While the total number of recorded incidents fell 33 percent from 2024 to 6,274, the number of violent incidents rose 4% to 203, and included Jewish fatalities for the first time since 2019, the antisemitism watchdog said.

The number of assaults involving a deadly weapon surged by 39%, rising from 23 in 2024 to 32 in 2025, the report said. At least 300 victims were targeted in violent attacks during the year, and three were killed: two in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on May 21, and one in a firebombing attack at a rally for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1.

Other high-profile attacks included a firebombing at the residence of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and a stabbing in New York City. Orthodox Jews were targeted in 38% of the violent assaults, the ADL said.

The total number of antisemitic incidents broke annual records in each of the last four years, and soared in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. The 2025 total is the third-highest since the ADL began tracking data in 1979, and translates to an average of 17 antisemitic incidents a day across the country.

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