Global rise in antisemitism isolates Jewish community, rabbi says world is at ‘tipping point’

gave The rise of anti-Semitism Terrorist massacres in Israel since 7 October 2023 by Hamas have paved the way for attacks on Jewish communities around the world. Over the past year, schools, community centers and places of worship have faced threats, intimidation and physical violence.

Rabbi Moshe Hor, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, told Fox News Digital that during 2024, the “presumed level of security” with which the American Jewish community lives has changed. “It’s hard, when you have a place you call home, and all of a sudden you don’t feel like home.” With an environment of “rolling antisemitism” in the US that has become “an accepted part of everyday life”, Horr said the issue is “still seen as a problem for the Jewish people as There is a stain on society.”

Horr said the suddenness of the change was surprising. “It was like we were a source of darkness,” he explained. “All the people that we stood shoulder to shoulder with to fight for their needs and fight for their rights, suddenly they don’t recognize us, so it’s disturbing.”

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The Anti-Defamation League estimated more than 10,000 incidents of antisemitism between October 7, 2023 and October 6, 2024, up from 3,325 during the previous year and representing the highest annual total the group has ever tallied. These include more than 8,000 incidents of harassment, 150 incidents of physical assault and 1,840 incidents of vandalism. Combined, more than half of these incidents occurred at anti-Israel rallies (over 3,000) or at Jewish institutions (over 2,000).

Some politicians and the United Nations (UN) have fueled domestic anti-Israel hatred. In January, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza without disarming Hamas, drawing widespread condemnation from Jewish community leaders.

Despite several US officials and the State Department condemning its spread of antisemitism, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, presented her latest report to the United Nations General Assembly in October. Visited the American campus. During a stop at Barnard College, Albany “described Israel’s war in Gaza as ‘genocide,’ justified the Oct. 7 attack, and questioned Israel’s right to exist.” The Times of Israel reported..

Hatred on university campuses took a new form when anti-Israel camps sprung up at academic institutions across the country during the spring. During some of the camp’s protests, Jewish students were excluded from their own campus spaces.

Terrorist flags have been flown on America’s streets and campuses during anti-Israel protests. School administrators and business leaders who have angered anti-Israel protesters have had their homes and businesses tagged with an inverted red triangle Which is used by Hamas for military purposes. In July, protesters in Washington DC replaced the American flag with a Palestinian flag and wrote “Hamas is coming” on a statue of Christopher Columbus.

In September, Canadian and American officials foiled an ISIS-inspired attack on the Jewish community. On October 26, a Mauritanian national who entered the country illegally in March 2023 shot a Jewish worshiper in Chicago before exchanging gunfire with responding police and medical personnel. Chicago leaders waited five days before confirming the religious identity of the suspect’s target, noting that the shooter had deliberately targeted the Jewish community.

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Brock Goldstein, a human rights attorney and founder of The Lafaire Project, addressed the climate of intolerance, telling Fox News Digital that “President Biden and Democratic leaders in major cities across the country are working to stop Jews. have failed to do. Hate because it is politically inconvenient for them to enforce the civil rights of Jewish Americans and ensure public safety.”

“For years, the progressive left has ignored the anti-Semitism coming from within its own ranks, choosing to ignore the fact that Jews are a minority people who have been subjected to their own Marxist-based ideology,” he said. There is a strong need to maintain legal protections. and Islamist attacks on their indigenous right to, and enjoyment of, the law.

Hate around the world

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of global social action at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told Fox News Digital that he feels the world is “at a tipping point” when it comes to anti-Semitic intolerance. With popular social media influencers “normalizing” hatred of Israel, national leaders around the world are ramping up anti-Israel rhetoric and extremists “don’t realize when they attack the Jewish community.” “A perfect storm,” explained Rabbi Cooper.

In EuropeBetween 2022 and 2023, incidents of antisemitism in Sweden have increased by 800%. Jews across Europe have reported that they no longer wear items that might identify their religion and sometimes change their names to avoid being targeted. In France, the number of Jews applying to immigrate to Israel increased by 430 percent from 2022 to 2023.

Although Ireland has a small Jewish population, it has seen an increase in anti-Semitic hatred and Jewish self-censorship. In December, Israel announced it would close its embassy in the country, citing Irish leadersDeligitimization and demonization of the Jewish state.”

Britain has also seen a massive rise in anti-Semitic hatred. Community Security Trust A record 1,978 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in the first half of 2024. It also includes a 246 percent increase in “damage and desecration of Jewish property” between the first six months of 2023 and the first six months of 2024. Israel’s minister for foreign affairs and countering antisemitism said in March that because of the pro-Hamas climate London was built. The most anti-Semitic city in the world.

In late November, a bus carrying Jewish school children was pelted with stones after protesters harassed the passengers. A few days ago, a man threw bottles at a group of Jewish teenagers, hitting one of his targets and putting him in the hospital.

The headlines about hatred for the Jewish community abroad have been dire. In June, a 12-year-old Jewish girl in France was raped by two youths because of her religion. In November, the body of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan was found dead in the United Arab Emirates after he disappeared from his Abu Dhabi home.

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According to a social media post by Hein Mazig, a senior fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute, more than nine synagogues around the world have been targeted by fires since October 7. The latest attack occurred on Dec. 18 at a synagogue in Montreal that was also targeted in November 2023, the New York Post reported. Just two days later, shots were fired overnight at a Jewish elementary school in Toronto. According to The Times of Israel, this is the third school shooting since May.

Another recent arson attack occurred on December 6 at a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia. The Simon Wiesenthal Center responded to the incident by issuing a travel advisory for Australia, explaining that the country’s leaders had failed to stand up to “Australia”.Constant demonization, harassment, and violence against Jews and Jewish institutions.”

Just a month earlier, the Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a similar advisory for the Netherlands after a soccer match sparked a “Jew Hunt,” in which Jewish fans were tracked down and attacked in the city. went The incident sparked another attempt at “Jew hunting” in Antwerp and an attack on a youth soccer team in Berlin.

When Cooper’s group placed a travel advisory on the Netherlands, he told Fox News Digital that “theoretically, you could slap a travel advisory almost everywhere in Western Europe.”

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In America, with anti-Jewish intolerance infiltrating elite universities, workplaces, the medical community and the entertainment industry, Rabbi Cooper summarized that “the challenges ahead will be quite formidable.” He also noted that he has hope because of the resilience of the Jewish community and the protection afforded by American democracy.

Many of the speakers in President Trump’s incoming administration, including incoming U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Elise Stefanik, are “defenders of our community,” Cooper said. As he begins implementing the new policies, he said he believes “a lot of good things can happen very quickly.”