08/30/2026
Antisemitism Around the world in a nutshell...
Here are recent, documented incidents from 2026, concentrated primarily from March through August. I have deliberately focused on physical attacks, threats, vandalism, attacks on Jewish institutions, or incidents in which Jews were explicitly targeted as Jews. This is not an exhaustive global list—there are many more—but it gives you a strong, source-backed cross-section.
1. UNITED STATES — Manhattan, New York — August 14, 2026: A man disrupted Shabbat services inside Central Synagogue, allegedly struck a 63-year-old congregant, head-butted and spat on a security guard, damaged ceremonial property, and used anti-Jewish slurs. He was subsequently charged with state and federal hate crimes.
2. UNITED STATES — Queens, New York — May 2026: Several synagogues and Jewish homes were vandalized overnight with sw****kas and N**i references, including Congregation Machane Chodosh and the Rego Park Jewish Center. One location was marked with the word “Hi**er.” Police opened hate-crime investigations.
3. UNITED STATES — Oak Park, Michigan — April 19–24, 2026:Congregation Beth Shalom was defaced with a sw****ka and antisemitic language near its front entrance. A suspect was arrested and charged with a hate crime and malicious destruction of property.
4. UNITED STATES — West Bloomfield, Michigan — March 12, 2026: An armed man deliberately rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel, one of America's largest Reform synagogues, while approximately 140 children were at its early childhood center. A security officer was injured and the attacker was killed by security. The FBI described it as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”
5. UNITED KINGDOM — Golders Green, London — April 29, 2026: Two Jewish men, ages 76 and 34, were stabbed. Police declared the attack a terrorist incident; reporting indicated that the attacker was seeking people who were “visibly Jewish.”
6. UNITED KINGDOM — Finchley, London — April 15, 2026: Two masked individuals approached Finchley Reform Synagogue, threw a brick and bottles believed to contain petrol, and attempted to set the synagogue on fire. Metropolitan Police described the incident as an antisemitic hate crime.
7. UNITED KINGDOM — Harrow, London — April 18–19, 2026:Kenton United Synagogue was targeted with a petrol bomb, causing smoke damage. Britain's chief rabbi described the surrounding series of attacks as a “sustained campaign of violence and intimidation” against Jews.
8. UNITED KINGDOM — London — March 23, 2026: Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola, the Jewish volunteer emergency medical organization, were deliberately set ablaze. The incident became part of a wider investigation into attacks against Jewish targets.
The wider British numbers are striking: the Community Security Trust recorded 1,926 antisemitic incidents during January–June 2026, 21% higher than the same period in 2025 and the second-highest first-half figure CST has ever recorded.
1. FRANCE — Sarcelles, near Paris — July 2026: French authorities arrested six people suspected of plotting an attack against a synagogue. About 300 people had earlier been evacuated after a suspicious vehicle containing weapons was discovered near the synagogue. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor became involved in the investigation.
2. FRANCE — Levallois-Perret — July 27–28, 2026: More than a dozen valuable Torah scrolls were stolen from the Grand Synagogue. Jewish leaders noted that ordinary valuables were apparently left untouched and said the Torah itself appeared to have been deliberately targeted, describing the crime as antisemitic and a profound spiritual violation.
3. FRANCE — Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin — April 20, 2026: A Jewish school and the home of Jewish residents were attacked with stones. According to prosecutors, those involved also shouted references to Hi**er and Jews. Authorities opened an investigation into aggravated violence motivated by religion or ethnicity.
4. FRANCE — Paris — January 31, 2026: Several people vandalized the Beth Loubavitch–Beth Hannah Jewish primary school, breaking three windows, tearing down a surveillance camera and ripping the school's identifying plaque from the building. Prosecutors specifically investigated the crime as aggravated by religious motivation.
5. GERMANY — Munich — April 10, 2026: An Israeli restaurant was attacked overnight. Three windows were smashed and pyrotechnic devices were thrown into the premises. German police said antisemitism was a suspected motive.
6. GERMANY — Berlin — April 11, 2026: Large graffiti appeared on a building in Prenzlauer Berg explicitly calling for the killing of Jews. The message caused national alarm amid Germany's continuing surge in antisemitic incidents.
Germany's nationwide picture is also severe. RIAS recorded approximately 8,725 antisemitic incidents during 2025, more than three times the number recorded before October 7, 2023. One documented case involved a rabbi being shoved in front of his children while attackers blamed him personally for actions of the Israeli government.
1. CANADA — Montreal — June 5, 2026: A man allegedly smashed a window at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom and attempted to start a fire inside. Police quickly arrested a suspect, who subsequently faced charges including arson and possession of incendiary materials.
2. CANADA — Guelph, Ontario — May 30 and June 9, 2026:Chabad of Guelph was vandalized twice within roughly two weeks. Messages included “Death to genocidal Israehell,” followed by “Zionist dogs … stop killing children … the goyim know,” the latter incorporating a longstanding antisemitic conspiracy slogan. Police hate-crime investigators became involved.
Canada is experiencing a wider problem as well. Prime Minister Mark Carney said in June that antisemitism had reached levels Canada had not experienced since World War II; government figures showed that roughly 70% of Canada's religion-based hate crimes in 2024 targeted Jews, even though Jews comprise only about 1% of the population.
1. BELGIUM — Liège — March 9, 2026: An explosive/incendiary device detonated at a synagogue, shattering windows. The mayor described the bombing as an antisemitic act. Belgian police later announced that suspects connected with the attack had been identified.
2. NETHERLANDS — Amsterdam — March 14, 2026: An explosive device was placed outside a Jewish school and detonated. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema called it a “deliberate attack against the Jewish community.” It came immediately after an arson attack against a synagogue in Rotterdam.
3. NETHERLANDS — Rotterdam — March 2026: A synagogue was subjected to an arson attack, followed the next morning by the explosive attack on the Amsterdam Jewish school. Police arrested several suspects after stopping a suspicious vehicle near another synagogue.
4. ITALY — Verona, Cagliari, Milan Linate, Rome Fiumicino and Venice — August 20, 2026: This is the campaign you referenced. Giovedì Bianco coordinated simultaneous airport demonstrations explicitly opposing the maintenance of air routes between Italy and Israel. ANSA confirmed demonstrations at all five airports and that the actions were timed around Israeli flights.
There is an important distinction on the Italian case. The effort to exclude everyday Israelis from ordinary international travel and confront travelers because they arrive from Israel... deserves scrutiny, particularly when ordinary Israeli civilians are treated collectively this way... as Jews...
At Verona, ANSA specifically tried to report that organizers said there was no confrontation or tension with passengers arriving from Tel Aviv... JUST NOT TRUE... the personal testimonies are overwhelming.
Jew- Hating activists were chasing terrified Israeli children through baggage claim...preventing vacationers to getting to transportation.
Also, from above, attacking a synagogue because of Gaza, assaulting a rabbi because of decisions made by Israel, writing “Hi**er” on Jewish institutions, targeting Jewish children, or threatening ordinary Jews because they are presumed responsible for the actions of the Jewish state crosses a huge line...
How can we be called islamaphobes for arguing against "a relgion of peace" that obviously promotes forces assimilation and acquiescense to their culture and belief, with the penalty of taxation or elimination from homes and even of one's life - it's in their prescription... it's in their writings...
In the graphic, the broader numbers confirm that these are not isolated anecdotes. Britain's CST recorded 1,926 incidents in only six months of 2026; Germany recorded 8,725 during 2025; and a July 2026 report covering the world's seven largest Jewish diaspora communities described 2025 as the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks outside Israel since the 1994 AMIA bombing, with approximately 20 people murdered in antisemitic attacks in Australia, Britain and the United States.
As Christians - what is our response to hatred and action against Jewish people like we are seeing? Most of the time it is simply passivity...but for many who claim "Christ is King" ...this is their response to the Jewish people... let's think about that... for a minute... will you be a voice???