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The Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM collects comprehensive antisemitism data from around the world on a constant basis, and publishes a regular feature on the top ten antisemitic incidents that shook Jewish communities globally during the preceding month.
As 2024 draws to a close, the ARC compiled a list of the 12 most shocking antisemitic incidents — one from each month — from the past year:
January
Teen Beaten Into Saying ‘Free Palestine’ Outside London Jewish School
A 17-year-old Jewish student at the Jewish Free School (JFS) school in London was attacked outside the school grounds by two unknown teenagers, according to local media. The teenagers had been having a heated exchange on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, when one of the unknown attackers punched the Jewish student. The assault was witnessed by the school’s security guard, who was unable to intervene in the attack in time. Both attackers were able to escape.
Teen beaten into saying ‘Free Palestine’ outside London Jewish school
The Jewish student had been leaving school early when the school’s security was too thin to stop the assault.@DanielleGreyman #Antisemitism | #UnitedKingdom | #London
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 5, 2024
February
CAM Slams Brazilian President Lula’s Comparison of Israel to Nazis as ‘Morally Repugnant’
AM slammed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s comments at an African Union summit in which he accused Israel of perpetrating a “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, likening the Jewish state’s war against Hamas to the Nazi Holocaust.
“The Brazilian president’s outrageous blood libel is morally repugnant, and we call for an immediately apology and retraction,” said CAM Sacha Roytman. “These comments are merely meant to offend the Jewish people on the one hand while trying to demonstrate his socialist credentials for purely domestic purposes on the other. President Lula should stop using Jewish tragedies to score political points.”
Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of trivializing the Holocaust and causing offense to the Jewish people after he likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two https://t.co/hj8K5jQDBW pic.twitter.com/kiCRhFyqvv
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 18, 2024
March
Orthodox Jewish Man Stabbed in Switzerland, Police Probe Antisemitic Attack
An Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed in a suspected antisemitic hate crime in the Selnau area of Zurich, Switzerland, shortly after Shabbat ended, according to the Zurich canton police. A 15-year-old Swiss assailant stabbed a 50-year-old Orthodox Jew, critically wounding him.
Wondering what you missed over the weekend?
➡️A Jewish man in his 60’s was physically assaulted while leaving a synagogue in Paris.
➡️An orthodox Jewish man was stabbed by a teenager in Zurich, Switzerland.
Those who continue to deny the undeniable increase in global… pic.twitter.com/gGYAD6Od5t
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) March 4, 2024
April
The United States has experienced a disturbing proliferation of antisemitic incidents in recent weeks as anti-Israel demonstrations have swept across colleges and universities nationwide. Jewish students and faculty have faced assaults, harassment, vilification, intimidation, and isolation, and protest encampments have featured the glorification of violence and calls to “remove Zionists” from campuses. In April 2024 alone, the Antisemitism Research Center by CAM recorded 183 incidents of on-campus antisemitism, marking an 815% increase from April 2023.
“We urgently call on Columbia’s leaders to take decisive steps against this surge of antisemitism and to implement robust policies that ensure the campus remains a safe environment for learning.”
– CAM CEO @SachaRoytman on the situation @Columbia https://t.co/01uiOwuVhW
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) April 21, 2024
May
Protesters Target Auschwitz ‘March Of The Living’ Event
Anti-Israel demonstrators sparked outrage after staging a protest near the grounds of Auschwitz in Poland. Sirens wailed as protestors displayed a banner reading “Stop Genocide” at groups taking part in the annual “March of the Living” event marking Yom HaShoah, Israel’s national Holocaust remembrance day.
You have to be a special kind of twisted to stand outside Auschwitz concentration camp and hold a sign that accuses Israel of committing genocide.
Leaving aside the simple fact that a war, not a genocide, is taking place, the cynical manipulation of the unprecedented,… pic.twitter.com/xv4nT6Usiw
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) May 16, 2024
June
Russia’s Dagestan Region in Mourning for 19 killed in Attacks on Synagogues, Churches
Nineteen people were killed and synagogues and churches were set ablaze in coordinated assaults by Islamist gunmen in Dagestan on June 20. Officials blamed the attacks on “sleeper cell” Islamist extremists in the predominantly Muslim region of the North Caucasus.
Deadly attacks on Dagestan synagogue and churches https://t.co/vmwRavBXpg
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 23, 2024
July
Neo-Nazi Planned Poisoned Candy Attack On Jewish Children in Brooklyn, Federal Prosecutors Say
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national, was indicted for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack on Jews and other minorities in New York City, as well as encouraging others to commit similar violent acts. Chkhikvishvili is accused of devising a plot that involved dressing up as Santa Claus and handing out poison-laced candy to children at Jewish schools in Brooklyn, as well as to racial minorities. He was arrested July 6 in Moldova, and has been charged with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.
Neo-Nazi planned poisoned candy attack on Jewish children in Brooklyn, federal prosecutors say. https://t.co/HnU7N6DuPw
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) July 17, 2024
August
France: Man Arrested Over Suspected Terror Attack Explosion At French Synagogue
Police arrested a man suspected of setting fires and causing an explosion at a synagogue in southern France in what officials suspect was a terror attack, the country’s interior minister said. “The suspected perpetrator of the criminal fires at the synagogue has been detained,” Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X, adding that officers who made the arrest came under fire. Police had said they were hunting for a man who, draped in a Palestinian flag, was believed to have set fires at a synagogue and triggered an explosion that injured an officer in the seaside resort of La Grande-Motte.
🚩Aug. 24 — Man wrapped in Palestinian flag firebombs synagogue in France.
A man seen carrying gas canisters in CCTV footage set off fires at the Beth Yaacov synagogue of La Grande Motte, causing an explosion that injured a police officer.
This was an attempt to MURDER JEWS. pic.twitter.com/K3Jvu2MvbZ
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) August 25, 2024
September
Jewish Student Wearing Star of David Attacked by Group at University Of Pittsburgh
For the second time in a month, a Jewish student at the University of Pittsburgh was attacked in what may have been an antisemitic hate crime. The incident, which happened at around 2 am on Friday, Sept. 27, was being investigated separately by both the FBI and the University of Pittsburgh Police. According to police reports, the student — who has not been identified — was leaving the University’s campus when a group of six to eight men assaulted him. The victim told the police that when the group saw his necklace, they “hurled insults about Israel,” and at least three of them punched and kicked him.
Jewish University of Pittsburgh student recounts antisemitic attack https://t.co/kcyBhANQMv
— Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle (@PittJewishChron) October 8, 2024
October
Bullet Fired, Window Smashed at Jewish School, Says Toronto Police
Police say they are investigating after a bullet was fired at a Jewish girls’ school in Toronto’s north end. Toronto Police Service says the shooting targeted Bais Chaya Mushka elementary school at around 4 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. The same school was the target of another shooting in May, and police say a key part of the investigation is to find out whether two incidents are connected. Insp. Paul Krawczyk says the school was empty at the time of the shooting and no one was harmed.
November
Israeli Soccer Fans Attacked in Amsterdam, With 5 Hospitalized and Dozens Of Suspects Arrested
Antisemitic rioters “actively sought out Israeli supporters to attack and assault them” after a soccer match in Amsterdam, authorities in the Netherlands said, with police reporting five people hospitalized and dozens detained after a night of violence that the mayor said had shamed the city. The five people treated in the hospital were released, while some 20 to 30 people suffered light injuries, police said. At least 62 suspects were arrested, with 10 still in custody, the city’s public prosecutor, René de Beukelaer, told reporters.
A Jew left for dead.
Unconscious.
On the streets of Amsterdam in 2024.
On the eve of the sad anniversary of Kristallnacht.
History is repeating itself. pic.twitter.com/fp8FDAlZak
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) November 8, 2024
Read More: Combat Antisemitism Movement Calls Brutal Attack in Amsterdam a ‘New Kristallnacht’
December
Melbourne Synagogue Sustains Massive Damage in Predawn Attack by Masked Arsonists
Arsonists extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue on Friday, Dec. 6, in what Australia’s prime minister condemned as an antisemitic attack. Victoria Police Detective Inspector Chris Murray said a witness who had come to Adass Israel Synagogue to pray saw two masked people spreading an accelerant inside the building at 4:10 a.m. The synagogue was “engulfed in flames,” Murray added. “We believe it was deliberate. We believe it has been targeted. What we don’t know is why.”
A synagogue in Melbourne, Australia was firebombed with Jews inside.
Remind me what year we’re living in?pic.twitter.com/1yjyAGJu49
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) December 6, 2024
For more information on CAM’s antisemitism incidents data, please visit: combatantisemitism.org/research
