The latest Global Antisemitism Report highlights 129 new incidents of antisemitism monitored worldwide by the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM during the past week.
Categorized by ideological motivation, 63.6% were Far-Left (82 incidents), 12.4% Islamist-Inspired (16 incidents), 7% Far-Right (9 incidents, and 17.1% Unattributable (22 incidents).
Broken down by type, 57.4% were Anti-Israel/Anti-Zionism (74 incidents), 15.5% Classical Antisemitism (20 Incidents), 14.7% Holocaust Minimization/Denial (19 incidents), 8.5% Islamist-Inspired (11 incidents), and 3.9% Unattributable (5 incidents).
As acts of antisemitic violence continue to escalate globally, a man rammed his car repeatedly into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. Miraculously, no one was harmed, but the incident underscored the persistent threats facing Jewish communities globally.
CAM CEO Sacha Roytman called the attack "only the latest grim example of the growing normalization of violence targeting Jews."
"When civic leaders refuse to denounce the 'Globalize the Intifada' ideology, scenes like last night’s in Brooklyn, all too familiar from the Middle East, are the inevitable consequence," Roytman noted.
Just the previous day, as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a rabbi was physically assaulted in Queens.
Barcelona Jewish Cemetery Desecrated
Other incidents documented by the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM this week included:
- Spain: Vandals damaged multiple graves in Barcelona’s Les Corts Jewish Cemetery, with photos showing headstones shattered and torn from their foundations.
- France: Several Paris-area Jewish sites, including schools and the Hypercacher supermarket targeted in a 2015 terrorist attack, received bomb threats.
- Italy: Vandals defaced posters commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Turin with swastika graffiti.
- South Africa: Anti-Israel demonstrators held a protest outside Beit Emanuel Shul in Durban.
Wisconsin Senate Committee Hears IHRA Definition Bill
The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held a public hearing on where a proposed bill, SB 445, to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism into state statute and use it to evaluate discriminatory intent and enhanced criminal penalties was presented.
CAM Director of State Engagement David Soffer and Public Affairs Officer and October 7th survivor Natalie Sanandaji testified in favor of the legislation at the State Capitol in Madison. At the hearing, Sanandaji was verbally accosted by two opponents of the bill.