J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism 2026
Publication Date
Publisher
Abstract
From Introduction:
On December 3, 2025, the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism convened in Sydney for the
first‑ever J7 Summit in Australia to warn about the sharp spike in antisemitism and the threats faced by Jewish
communities worldwide. The summit’s closing statement on December 8 called on J7 governments to “take
all necessary steps to fight antisemitism and ensure the security of the Jewish community.” Only six days later
came the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, where two gunmen, motivated by antisemitism, murdered 15 people at
a Hanukkah event.
In both the number of lethal attacks and the number of casualties, 2025 was the deadliest year for
antisemitic attacks in the diaspora in more than 30 years, since the AMIA attack in Buenos Aires in 1994.
All of the 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks in 2025 were in J7 countries: In addition to the Bondi Beach
massacre, two were murdered at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur and three were
killed in the United States — two at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. and a grandmother in
Boulder, Colorado. With its second J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism, the J7 Task Force once again sounds
the alarm about the deadly reality of antisemitism that Jewish communities worldwide confront at levels
unprecedented since World War II.
This edition covers developments across the J7 countries representing the largest Jewish communities
outside Israel, namely Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. This year’s report also includes an inaugural “In Focus” section, which is intended to highlight another
Jewish community experiencing a particularly challenging antisemitic environment. In this report, we feature
Ireland, a country that has experienced a worrying spike in antisemitism.
The picture that emerges from this report is both sobering and urgent. While the number of reported antisemitic
incidents decreased in four of the J7 countries in 2025 since reaching a peak in 2024, they remain at elevated
levels compared to the pre-October 7, 2023 period.
Behind the antisemitic murders that took 20 lives in 2025 lies this alarming landscape of hatred and violence.
Between 2021 and 2025, the J7 countries recorded a combined total of more than 91,000 antisemitic
incidents. In 2025 alone, Germany recorded 8,725 incidents, the United States 6,274, the United Kingdom 3,700,
Australia 1,654, France 1,320, Canada 788, and Argentina 713.
On December 3, 2025, the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism convened in Sydney for the
first‑ever J7 Summit in Australia to warn about the sharp spike in antisemitism and the threats faced by Jewish
communities worldwide. The summit’s closing statement on December 8 called on J7 governments to “take
all necessary steps to fight antisemitism and ensure the security of the Jewish community.” Only six days later
came the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, where two gunmen, motivated by antisemitism, murdered 15 people at
a Hanukkah event.
In both the number of lethal attacks and the number of casualties, 2025 was the deadliest year for
antisemitic attacks in the diaspora in more than 30 years, since the AMIA attack in Buenos Aires in 1994.
All of the 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks in 2025 were in J7 countries: In addition to the Bondi Beach
massacre, two were murdered at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur and three were
killed in the United States — two at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. and a grandmother in
Boulder, Colorado. With its second J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism, the J7 Task Force once again sounds
the alarm about the deadly reality of antisemitism that Jewish communities worldwide confront at levels
unprecedented since World War II.
This edition covers developments across the J7 countries representing the largest Jewish communities
outside Israel, namely Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. This year’s report also includes an inaugural “In Focus” section, which is intended to highlight another
Jewish community experiencing a particularly challenging antisemitic environment. In this report, we feature
Ireland, a country that has experienced a worrying spike in antisemitism.
The picture that emerges from this report is both sobering and urgent. While the number of reported antisemitic
incidents decreased in four of the J7 countries in 2025 since reaching a peak in 2024, they remain at elevated
levels compared to the pre-October 7, 2023 period.
Behind the antisemitic murders that took 20 lives in 2025 lies this alarming landscape of hatred and violence.
Between 2021 and 2025, the J7 countries recorded a combined total of more than 91,000 antisemitic
incidents. In 2025 alone, Germany recorded 8,725 incidents, the United States 6,274, the United Kingdom 3,700,
Australia 1,654, France 1,320, Canada 788, and Argentina 713.
