According to the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) latest State of Antisemitism in America report, a growing number of Jewish Americans feel “insecure” in the United States amid an uptick of so-called “antisemitic incidents.”

• The report asserts that 30% of Jewish respondents reported experiencing an “antisemitic incident” in 2024, up from 25% in 2023.

• 56% of respondents said they avoided wearing Jewish symbols or posting Jewish-related content on social media due to fear—marking the first time a majority has ever reported this.

• A whopping 73% of Jewish Americans said they feel less secure than a year ago, compared to 63% in 2023 and 41% in 2022.

• While 91% of Jewish respondents said “antisemitism” has increased in the past five years, only 59% of the general public agreed with them.

Diving deeper: The survey would be one of many conducted on Jewish sensibilities since the events of October 7th, 2023.

• The AJC’s study was said to have been conducted between October and November 2024 and included over 1,730 Jewish respondents and 2,000 non-Jews from the general public.

• Despite claims of increased antisemitism, 78% of those who experienced antisemitic incidents said they did not report them—and 54% said they believed nothing would be done to help Jews.

• Massachusetts saw an eight-year high in antisemitic hate crimes in 2023, according to state data, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting the highest number of U.S. antisemitic incidents since it began tracking them in 1979.

The big picture: With antisemitism concerns rising, questions remain on how Jewish influence will lobby American institutions, law enforcement agencies, and policymakers.

• The findings follow a year of heated protests over Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, particularly on college campuses, where militant Zionists were filmed battering peaceful protestors at places like UCLA, among others.

• The IHRA definition states that even mild critiques of Israel, Zionism, or American Jews are considered to be “Antisemitic.” Many governments and institutions have already adopted this legally fraught definition, which has added hate crime penalties for publically expressing them.

• A recent poll conducted by the Jewish Insighter suggested that anti-Zionist sensibilities amongst Jews were extremely low, with many said to “overwhelmingly oppose” the protest tactics of the Jewish Voice for Peace in favor of the ADL.

A new poll just found nearly 80% of American Jews support the Anti-Defamation League.

Ben Shapiro tells his audience the ADL is a fringe leftist group who doesn’t represent Jews but they have more support than he does. pic.twitter.com/VIN5RimxLS

— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) February 12, 2025

In the headlines: It would not be the first time the Jewish community at large has publically expressed their dismay amid rising “antisemitism” fears.

• In June, a report by the Anti-Defamation League asserted that 40% of the modern world now embraces “antisemitic tropes,” with 56% of those polled believing that Jews are more loyal to the state of Israel than their home country.

• In July, the chief Rabbi of Paris’ Grande Synagogue urged young Jews to flee France as nationalism rose across the continent, naming Marine le Pen’s National Rally as a particular antisemitic concern.

• In September, a study conducted by the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University found that a third of students harbored opinions “critical of Israel and/ or Jews.” 42.89% of all non-Jewish students who responded to the poll agreed that “supporters of Israel control the media.”

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