A 203% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States between 2022 and 2023. This is the observation made by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the main group defending Jewish rights. This annual report, written jointly with Tel Aviv University, indicates that anti-Semitic incidents in 2023 were far higher than 2022 figures in most countries with significant Jewish minorities, including the United States, France , Great Britain, Australia, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.
This “unprecedented level” of anti-Semitic acts recorded in 2023 increased, according to the ADL, before the war broke out on October 7, after the bloody attack by Hamas in Israel, followed by the deadly military response of Hamas. Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. This war fueled a “fire that was already out of control.”
Impossible to “lead a Jewish life in the West”?
To the point that “if current trends continue, the curtain will fall on the possibility of leading a Jewish life in the West: wearing a Star of David, attending synagogues and community centers, sending children to Jewish schools, attending a club Jewish on campus or to speak Hebrew,” writes Professor Uriya Shavit of Tel Aviv University in this document.
“This year’s report is incredibly alarming, with unprecedented levels of documented anti-Semitic acts, including in the United States, where 2023 saw the highest number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States ever recorded by the ADL [3.697 en 2022 contre 7.523 en 2023] “, he added.