Some 23,000 antisemitic attacks were recorded in 2025 in the seven largest Diaspora communities around the world, about 14 percent less than in 2024, according to a new report.

However, the antisemitic attacks last year included the murder of 20 people, making it the deadliest year for Diaspora Jewry in more than 30 years, said J7 Task Force, an organization representing major Jewish communities across seven nations.

The countries covered in the report — Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the United States — comprise over 90% of global Jewry outside of Israel. J7, which was founded in July 2023 to combat rising antisemitism, reported the total number of antisemitic incidents is up 136% in these countries — including a 97% rise in violent incidents — compared to 2022, the year before Hamas launched its devastating invasion of Israel that sparked the two-year Gaza war.

“Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal,” the organization said in a statement. “Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules.”

Fifteen Jews were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, two were killed at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, two were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, and one was killed in Boulder, Colorado.

The figure was the highest since 1994, when 85 people — including 67 Jews — were killed in the AMIA bombing in Argentina.

Last year, the number of antisemitic incidents rose 5% in the UK, 4% in Argentina, and about 1% in Germany compared to 2024, J7 said. The numbers decreased by 33% in the US, 20% in Australia, 16% in Canada and 16% in France, even as antisemitism became the “new normal,” it added.

Germany documented 8,725 incidents in 2025, marling a 215% spike over five years.........

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