Abstract: From Introduction:
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the J7 – Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism is releasing its first J7 Annual Report on Antisemitism. This report offers a comprehensive and sobering overview of the current state of antisemitism across seven countries with the largest Jewish communities outside Israel: Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The J7 Task Force was established in July 2023 to foster cooperation among these communities in response to growing concern about the resurgence of antisemitism worldwide. This crisis has only intensified following Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which was followed by a marked rise in antisemitic incidents across the world, including in the J7 countries. In the months following the attack, reports of antisemitic activity increased by hundreds, and in some cases, thousands, of percentage points, compared to the same period the previous year, with incidents targeting Jewish schools, synagogues, businesses, and individuals.3 The data presented here is troubling. Across all seven countries, there has been a clear rise in antisemitic incidents, particularly violent ones. From 2021 to 2023, antisemitic incidents increased by 11 percent in Australia, 23 percent in Argentina, 72 percent in Germany, 90 percent in the United Kingdom, 83 percent in Canada, 185 percent in France, and 227 percent in the United States. In two of the four J7 countries that published incident numbers for 2024, namely Australia and the United States, the number of antisemitic incidents continued to rise, showing the lasting impact of the tsunami of antisemitism unleashed by Oct. 7.
Abstract: Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted more than two years and included several waves, the present study focused on Jewish communities around the world, in order to understand the role of community during the pandemic. This study focused on the community mechanisms that helped community members to cope with the pandemic. To that end, between October 2021 and July 2022, in-person interviews were conducted with leaders and members of the following communities: Budapest, Hungary; Subotica, Serbia; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; Vilna, Lithuania; Buenos Aires, Rosario, Salta, and Ushuaia in Argentina; and Mexico City and Cancun in Mexico. Each interview lasted between 45 min and 1.5 h. All of the interviews were audio-recorded and transcripts of those recordings were prepared. Three major themes emerged from the interviews: challenges, coping, and opportunities. Most of these themes were common to the different communities around the world. The findings of this work are discussed in terms of the concept of sense of community and resiliency theories.
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.
