Anti-Semitic incidents have surged by 500% since October 7, 2023, with 1,200 reported incidents, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League.
Following Hamas’ October 7 terrorist massacre of Israeli civilians in southern Israel — the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — many campuses have been engulfed in protests. Students at campuses around the nation have been documented defending Hamas’s attack, chanting ethnic cleansing slogans against Israel, and setting up encampments that have led to the harassment and intimidation of Jewish students.
In the previous year’s same period, 200 anti-Semitic incidents were reported on college campuses, according to the ADL.
“From that day on, Jewish Americans haven’t had a single moment of respite,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “Instead, we’ve faced a shocking number of antisemitic threats and experienced…