Task Force Urges Governments to Act After Deadliest Year in Decades for Diaspora Jews
A task force representing the world's largest Jewish communities is urging governments to move from reaction to prevention—through serious security funding, tougher legislation, and genuine enforcement of the rules by social media platforms—after the deadliest year for Diaspora Jewry in more than three decades. Some 23,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2025 across the seven largest Diaspora communities, about 14 percent fewer than in 2024, yet the attacks included the murder of 20 people. The J7 Task Force declared that antisemitism in its member countries is "no longer a surge; it is our new normal."
The countries covered—Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States—are home to over 90 percent of global Jewry outside Israel. J7, founded in July 2023 to combat rising antisemitism, reported that the total number of incidents in those countries has climbed 136 percent compared with 2022, the year before Hamas launched its devastating invasion of Israel, with violent incidents up 97 percent over the same period. The murder toll made 2025 the deadliest year for Diaspora Jews since 1994, when 85 people, including 67 Jews, were killed in the AMIA bombing in Argentina.
Fifteen Jews were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, and two worshippers were killed at Manchester's Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur. Two more people were killed at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, and one in Boulder, Colorado. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, whose organization helped found the task force, stressed that no country can fight antisemitism alone, noting that every J7 country remains dramatically above pre-October 7 levels and calling for a response that transcends borders.
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"Dear God, we bring before You our Jewish brothers and sisters throughout the diaspora who live under the shadow of rising hatred. We pray in Yeshua's Name that You comfort the families of all who were murdered, heal the wounded and the fearful, and place Your hedge of protection around every synagogue, school, and community. Please stir the hearts of governments to act decisively against antisemitism, and turn the hearts of the haters to repentance. We thank You that You neither slumber nor sleep as You keep Israel and Your people everywhere."