Antisemitism in the United States

===Overview===

{{see also|List of antisemitic incidents in the United States|List of attacks on Jewish institutions in the United States}}
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In April 2019, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported that antisemitism in the U.S. was at "near-historic levels," with 1,879 attacks recorded against individuals and institutions during 2018, "the third-highest year on record since the ADL started tracking such data in the 1970s."<ref>{{cite web|title=Anti-Semitic Incidents Remained at Near-Historic Levels in 2018; Assaults Against Jews More Than Doubled|url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/anti-semitic-incidents-remained-at-near-historic-levels-in-2018-assaults|website=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref>

This followed data from earlier in the decade which showed a multi-year slide in antisemitism, including a 19% decline in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=ADL Audit: Anti-Semitic Incidents Declined 19 Percent Across the United States in 2013|url=http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/anti-semitism-usa/adl-audit-anti-semitic-incidents-2013.html|work=ADL|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) organizes [[Uniform Crime Reports]] (UCR) which are designed to collect and evaluate statistics of offenses which are committed in the U.S. In 2014, 1,140 victims of anti-religious [[Hate crime laws in the United States|hate crimes]] were listed, of which 56.8% were motivated by offenders' anti-Jewish biases. 15,494 law enforcement agencies contributed to the UCR analysis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/latest-hate-crime-statistics-available|title=Latest Hate Crime Statistics Available|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2014/topic-pages/victims_final|title=Victims|website=FBI}}</ref>

According to the [[American Enterprise Institute]], Jews were the most likely of any group, religious or otherwise, to be targeted for hate crimes in the U.S. in 2018,<ref>{{cite web|title=New 2018 FBI data: Jews were 2.7X more likely than blacks, 2.2X more likely than Muslims to be hate crime victims|url=https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/new-2018-fbi-data-jews-were-2-7x-more-likely-than-blacks-2-2x-more-likely-than-muslims-to-be-hate-crime-victim/|website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI|date=14 November 2019}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 FBI data: Jews were 3X more likely than blacks, 1.5X more likely than Muslims to be hate crime victims|url=https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/2016-fbi-data-jews-were-3x-more-likely-than-blacks-1-5x-more-likely-than-muslims-to-be-a-hate-crime-victim/|website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI|date=13 November 2017}}</ref> and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/2015-fbi-data-jews-were-nearly-3x-more-likely-than-blacks-1-5x-more-likely-than-muslims-to-be-a-hate-crime-victim/|title=2015 FBI data: Jews were nearly 3X more likely than blacks, 1.5X more likely than Muslims to be a hate crime victim|date=6 December 2016}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Jews were the most targeted in proportion to their population size in 2005,<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|last1=Park|first1=Haeyoun|last2=Mykhyalyshyn|first2=Iaryna|title=L.G.B.T. People Are More Likely to Be Targets of Hate Crimes Than Any Other Minority Group|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/16/us/hate-crimes-against-lgbt.html|website=The New York Times|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> and they were the second-most targeted individuals after LGBT individuals in 2014.<ref name="nytimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Interesting facts of the day on US hate crimes in 2014|url=https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/interesting-facts-of-the-day-on-us-hate-crimes-in-2014/|website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI|date=6 December 2015}}</ref>

The [[NYPD]] reported a 75% increase in the amount of [[swastika]] graffiti between 2016 and 2018, with an uptick observed after the Pittsburgh shooting. Out of 189 hate crimes in [[New York City]] in 2018, 150 featured swastikas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hate crimes in NY: Jews targeted in 2018 more than all other groups combined|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/418047/swastika-graffitti-up-76-since-trump-election-says-nyc-police/|access-date=23 January 2019|publisher=Forward|date=23 January 2018}}</ref> On February 1, 2019, graffiti which read "fucking Jews" was found on the wall of a [[synagogue]] in LA.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-Semitic graffiti found on LA synagogue|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semitic-graffiti-found-on-la-synagogue/|access-date=23 January 2019|newspaper=The Times of Israel|date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During [[Hanukkah]] festivities in December 2019, a number of attacks committed in New York were possibly motivated by antisemitism, including a [[2019 Monsey Hanukkah stabbing|mass stabbing in Monsey]].<ref name="guardian-28dec2019">{{cite news|title=Synagogue stabbings: five hurt in Monsey attack, say reports|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/29/synagogue-stabbings-three-hurt-in-monsey-attack-say-reports |access-date=December 28, 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2021, there was an upsurge of violent assaults on Jews in the United States at the same time as the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis|Gaza conflict]], according to the Secure Community Network and Network Contagion Research Institute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kampeas |first1=Ron |title=Antisemitic acts in US soared 80% in a month, Jewish group reports |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/antisemitic-acts-in-us-soared-80-percent-in-a-month-jewish-group-reports-669174 |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 26, 2021}}</ref>