The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States surged by 200%, exceeding 10,000 occurrences in the past year — the highest figure ever reported by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), driven significantly by a large rise in activity on university campuses.

At least 1,200 of the incidents took place at colleges and universities — a staggering 500% increase from Oct. 7, 2023, to Sept. 24, 2024, compared to the 200 incidents recorded during the same timeframe in the previous year, according to the ADL.

“Today, we mourn the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, marking one year since the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,’’ said Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the ADL, in a statement released on Sunday.

“From that day on, Jewish Americans haven’t had a single moment of respite,’’ Greenblatt continued, referring to the attack that triggered the current conflict in the Middle East.

“Instead, we’ve faced a shocking number of antisemitic threats and experienced calls for more violence against Israelis and Jews everywhere.”

The concerning new statistics come as New York City remains on heightened alert for possible antisemitic or terror-related attacks around the one-year mark of the Israeli massacre.

In comparison to the alarming figures from the past year, the previous period saw 3,325 antisemitic incidents.

The ADL noted that the more than 10,000 occurrences this year represent the largest number ever recorded in a similar timeframe since the organization began tracking such data. The group also warned that this number could increase as additional reports come in.

Of the antisemitic events recorded, over 2,000 targeted Jewish spaces such as synagogues, with more than half involving bomb threats.

An additional 8,015 incidents involved verbal or written harassment, while the ADL also documented 1,840 acts of vandalism and more than 150 physical assaults.

A third of all antisemitic activity occurred during anti-Israel demonstrations, where “explicit expressions of support for terrorist organizations including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)” were commonplace, the ADL noted, calling this trend “one of the most concerning” they’ve observed since Oct. 7.

Aside from the risk of hate crimes, authorities are also preparing for potential unrest tied to large-scale anti-Israel protests planned for the coming week.

A “Week of Rage” against Israel is also scheduled to take place at universities across the U.S.

{Matzav.com}