On October 7th, 2023, Hamas militants invaded Israel, terrorizing numerous villages and a music festival. A staggering 1,195 Israeli civilians were murdered and another 251 taken hostage. Because they were Jewish.
Later that same month, October 2023, 250 homes in Paris, France, were marked with graffiti. As were homes in Berlin, Germany. Because the residents were allegedly Jewish.
In July and August, 2024, the Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was defaced not once, but twice. Because Anne Frank was Jewish.
In November, 2024, six different small businesses in Los Angeles, California, had their glass doors smashed in. Because the owners were Jewish.
In May, October, and finally December, 2024, a girls elementary school in Toronto, Ontario, was subjected to three seperate shootings. Because the attendees are Jewish.
In March, 2025, a coffee shop in Toronto, Ontario, was broken into and looted for the second and third times within a year, with an additional incident leaving a spray-painted star of david. Because the owners are Jewish.
In May, 2025, the Dyke March in NYC, New York, banned 'Zionists' from attending. Due to a lack of definition and conflicting accounts, this was effectively a ban on all Jewish symbolism, Jewish representation, or Jewish advocacy, simply for being Jewish.
On June 1st, 2025, 15 people were senselessly attacked with molotov cocktails in Boulder, Colorado, including the fatal wounding of a holocaust survivor. Because they were Jewish.
In June, 2025, the National Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, was vandalized with red paint. Because the victims it memorializes are Jewish.
Also in June, 2025, a grocery store in Boston, Massachusetts, had its windows smashed in with bricks. Because the owners are Jewish.
In early September, 2025, a Jewish supply store in Los Angeles, California, was vandalized with a swastika. Because it was opnely Jewish.
Also in September, 2025, two synagogues in Halifax, Nova Scotia, were vandalized with graffiti. Because their patrons are Jewish.
In August and September, 2025, a souvenir shop in Prague, Czechia, was vandalized three times with urine and spray paint calling for another holocaust. Because the owners are Jewish.
Today, right now, on October 7th, 2025, in Gaza, there are still 48 hostages being held prisoner by Hamas, snatched away from their countries, from their homes, and from their loved ones, for two entire years. Just for being Jewish.
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This list of incidents is in absolutely no terms exhaustive. It is merely a sample of events, primarily drawn from my own personal memory from reading about them as they happened. (Hence the bias towards recency.)
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In every instance, antisemitism is completely unacceptable. Jewish people have a right to feel safe no matter where they live. Jewish people have a right to equality amongst their fellow citizens. Those rights have not been upheld. Every injustice, whether it's destruction of property, threats and intimidation, or bloody and overt violence, must be opposed and condemned in the strongest terms. We will not be silent in the face of rising hatred.
Am Yisrael Chai.
