As Jews across the world celebrated the holiday of Purim this week, some festivities were marred by antisemitic disruptions. In the heavily-Jewish town of Teaneck, New Jersey, a Purim party was interrupted by an intruder shouting “Death to All Jews!” In University City, Missouri, a Purim parade was protested by anti-Israel activists. In Toronto, Canada, anti-Israel marchers demonstrated in a Jewish part of the city, deliberately doing so on Purim. In London, England,, a Jewish child was doxxed for dressing as an IDF soldier. 

In Newton, Massachusetts, rocks were thrown through windows displaying banners saying “Boston Strong. Israel Strong.” This came a week after more than 100 flyers of Israeli hostages were vandalized in the same Boston suburb. Also in Massachusetts this week, the state’s Teachers’ Association was condemned after it was discovered that it was promoting virulently anti-Israel and antisemitic materials and events. In Washington, DC, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York accused Israel of committing genocide in a House of Representatives floor speech.

Anti-Israel activists continued their streak of antisemitic activities on college campuses across the world this week. In New York City, students at Columbia University organized an event that glorified the violence and atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th, while vandals at Queens College wrote “You Better Start Hiding Jews LOL.” In Italy, the University of Turin canceled its research agreement with Israeli universities, succumbing to pro-BDS pressure.

In the UK, the government was investigating a claim that Manchester nurses wearing “Free Palestine” stickers forced a visibly Jewish child to lie on the floor. Also in the UK, survivors of the Nova music festival massacre were allegedly harassed by Border Patrol agents at Manchester Airport who reportedly said that “they had to make sure that you are not going to do what you are doing in Gaza over here.” In the Netherlands, the Israeli Embassy in The Hague was firebombed weeks after Dutch authorities issued a warning that the embassy was a target for acts of vandalism and violence. 

In Amman, Jordan, protesters calling for a cutoff of ties with Israel attempted to storm the Israeli Embassy. In Lebanon, a journalist claimed that “Jews and the Zionist lobby control the media, economy, industry, and resources in America and all over the world.” In Israel, seven people were wounded in a shooting attack perpetrated by a Palestinian terrorist who opened fire at a minibus.

This week’s Global Antisemitism Report highlights 118 new incidents, categorized as follows: 0 (0%) as Holocaust minimization and distortion, 9 (7.6%) as classical antisemitism, 97 (82.2%) as anti-Israel or anti-Zionist manifestations of antisemitism, 11 (9.3%) as Islamist, and 1 (0.8%) as unattributable.