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Antisemitic assaults reached a record high in the US last year, Anti-Defamation League report says

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What to know about Antisemitic assaults reached a record high in the US last year, Anti-Defamation League report says

Antisemitic assaults reached a record high in the US last year, Anti-Defamation League report says By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitic physical assaults in the United States reached record highs in 2025 and included the first fatalities from…

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What happened

Antisemitic assaults reached a record high in the US last year, Anti-Defamation League report says By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitic physical assaults in the United States reached record highs in 2025 and included the first fatalities from…

Why it matters

Two Israeli Embassy staff members were fatally shot last May outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, the first Jewish fatalities from antisemitic attacks on US soil since 2019.

Common ground

Just a month later, a man in Colorado firebombed an event organized by members of the Jewish community to bring attention to the Israeli hostages still in Gaza.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Overall antisemitic incidents decreased 33% from 2024”
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The only search result provided is from a gaming forum ('Total War Forums') and contains no factual information regarding antisemitic incidents.
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web search NEUTRAL — We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
https://forums.totalwar.com/profile/army_joe
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Claim 2: “Antisemitic physical assaults increased by 4% and assaults involving a deadly weapon went up by 39%”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute these specific percentage increases.
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Claim 3: “At least 300 people were victimized by those assaults”
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Claim 4: “There were a total of 6,274 incidents of antisemitic assaults, harassment and vandalism in 2025”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support this specific number of incidents.
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Claim 5: “Two Israeli Embassy staff members were fatally shot last May outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the '2025 Capital Jewish Museum shooting' on May 21, 2025, where two Embassy of Israel staff members were killed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 21, 2025, a shooting occurred near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. A gunman opened fire outside the museum during a "Young Diplomats Reception" hosted by the American Jewish Commi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Capital_Jewish_Museum_sho…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel and Slovenia established diplomatic relations on 28 April 1992. Although Israel does not have an embassy in Slovenia, the Israeli embassy in Vienna serves as a non-resident diplomatic mission t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Slovenia_relations
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Claim 6: “Antisemitic physical assaults in the United States reached record highs in 2025”
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Multiple independent web search results from news sources and the ADL confirm that antisemitic physical assaults in the US reached record highs in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March and April 2026, a series of attacks were conducted that targeted the Jewish community in London, United Kingdom. The attacks have involved arson, explosive devices and chemicals, and targeted…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_London_antisemitic_attack…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antisemitic tropes, also known as antisemitic canards or antisemitic libels, are antisemitic allegations about Jews as an ethnicity or Judaism as a religion. Since the 2nd century, malicious allegatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Gaza war, there has been an observed increase in antisemitic incidents worldwide. In the United States, organizations opposed to antisemitism, including the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation Leagu…
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Claim 7: “The number of people who hold antisemitic beliefs more than doubled over the past decade”
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Claim 8: “Last April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home was broken into and set ablaze”
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Claim 9: “An 82-year-old Jewish woman later died from her injuries [following the Colorado firebombing]”
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Three independent web search results confirm that 82-year-old Karen Diamond died from injuries sustained during the Boulder firebombing attack.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the State of Colorado, one from each of the state's co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Denver Jewish Day School, (DJDS) is an independent pluralistic Pre-K–12 Jewish day school in Denver, Colorado. Enrollment was 322 students as of 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Schutz Polis ( POH-liss; né Schutz; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Colorado. From 2009 to …
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Claim 10: “an average of 17 incidents per day [in 2025]... That’s up from an average of 8 incidents per day between 2020 and 2022.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support these daily average statistics.
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Claim 11: “The Safeguarding Access to Congregations and Religious Establishments from Disruption, or SACRED Act, would establish safe access zones around houses of worship”
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Claim 12: “In a survey early last year, the ADL found that 46% of adults around the world harbor “deeply entrenched” antisemitic attitudes.”
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Claim 13: “a man in Colorado firebombed an event organized by members of the Jewish community to bring attention to the Israeli hostages still in Gaza”
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Wikipedia confirms the '2025 Boulder fire attack' on June 1, 2025, where Mohamed Sabry Soliman used Molotov cocktails to attack a solidarity walk for Israeli hostages.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, United States, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man living in Colorado, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack a group partici…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
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Claim 14: “A total of 203 incidents were described as assaults, with 32 involving a deadly weapon.”
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Claim 15: “included the first fatalities from antisemitic attacks on American soil since 2022”
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Multiple sources confirm that 2025 saw the first antisemitic fatalities on US soil since a previous period, though there is a slight discrepancy in the sources between 'since 2019' and 'since 2022'. However, the fact that 2025 included fatalities is corroborated by multiple reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geog…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Us, us, uS, or US commonly refers to: Us (pronoun), the objective case of the English first-person plural pronoun we U.S., an abbreviation for the United States Us, us, uS, or US may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This Is Us is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents and their…
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Claim 16: “violent antisemitic attacks in 2025 killed the highest number of Jews in 30 years”
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Claim 17: “The last death tied to antisemitism was reported in 2022, when a University of Arizona professor, who was not Jewish, was killed by a graduate student who believed he was Jewish.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 16, 2022 · The year 2022 has been full of rapid and unexpected changes. From severe flooding in Pakistan to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, these 10 pictures cover major news events from the past…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 13, 2022 · Access World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022 here.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 24, 2022 · The Great Resignation - the record number of people that have left their jobs since the beginning of the pandemic - shows no signs of abating. One in five workers plan to quit their job…
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Claim 18: “Antisemitic incidents occurred in all 50 states and the District of Columbia”
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Claim 19: “In 2025, the organization recorded 583 antisemitic incidents on college campuses, 66% lower than in 2024, which saw 1,694 incidents.”
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Claim 20: “Instances of vandalism decreased by 21%, while incidents of harassment decreased by 39%”
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