Violence against Jewish people has been on the rise around the globe, most recently with the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Australia targeting a Hanukkah celebration, resulting in the deaths of 15 people and injuring 40 others (Hjelmgaard et al., 2025).

According to a survey from the American Jewish Committee (AJC), 90 percent of American Jews say antisemitism has increased in the United States since the October 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks, and 77 percent say that they feel less safe as a Jewish person in the United States as a result.

Nearly six in 10 American Jews report changing their behavior out of fear of antisemitism, and one-third of all surveyed have been personally targeted by antisemitism—in person or virtually.

In a survey of the American general public, 90 percent agreed that antisemitism affects society as a whole and that everyone is responsible for combating it (The State of Antisemitism in America 2024, 2025; Sutherland, 2025).

Author, podcaster, and publisher Zibby Owens didn’t integrate her Jewish

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