A recent survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center for Antisemitism Research reveals troubling attitudes toward antisemitism in the United States, with nearly 80% of respondents acknowledging that recent attacks on Jews were antisemitic, yet one in four Americans consider these attacks "understandable." The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans, highlights a concerning normalization of antisemitic beliefs that threaten Jewish communities. Concurrently, a federal report from Canada has documented hundreds of antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish students in Ontario schools between the Hamas attacks and January 2025. The report, based on testimonies from nearly 600 Jewish parents, recorded 781 incidents, with 40% involving Nazi salutes or praise for Hitler and 40% unrelated to Israel. Alarmingly, nearly one in six incidents were initiated or approved by teachers or occurred during school-sanctioned activities. The Antisemitism Special Envoy for Canada has urged Ontario to take action against antisemitism in public schools, emphasizing that more than half of these incidents were never investigated. These findings reflect a broader pattern of rising antisemitism, including a surge in antisemitic incidents against children in schools in both the U.S. and Canada. In the UK, a recent report described antisemitism as a persistent stain that refuses to be consigned to history.
Antisemitism is a 'stain' on Britain that 'refuses to be consigned to history', report finds https://t.co/02KFb8GjmY
"nearly one in six antisemitic incidents in Ontario schools are linked to teachers or school-sanctioned activities" https://t.co/fMd3wV2RQS
We are horrified at the hundreds of incidents of antisemitism experienced by K-12 Jewish students in Ontario schools, documented in a Canadian government report released by Antisemitism Special Envoy @DeborahLyonsSE. These alarming findings mirror the surge in antisemitism that https://t.co/Z8LStJ4jDj