A recent survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) provides concerning insights about how the resurgence of anti-Semitism is impacting Jewish Americans. The survey confirms that anti-Semitism remains an urgent problem in America that is increasingly pervasive and directly affecting the everyday lives of Jewish Americans. The survey revealed that 63% of Jewish Americans have experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism in the last 5 years. While 56% of Jews reported hearing anti-Semitic comments, threats or slurs targeting others, 25% have themselves been targets of anti-Semitic comments, slurs or threats. And a worrisome 9% of Jews surveyed have been physically attacked within the last five years because they are Jewish. Not surprisingly, as everyday life has increasingly moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Semitism has pervaded digital platforms, where Jews have continued to be subjected to harassment, name calling and even physical threats. Perhaps most significantly, the survey highlighted how the sense of insecurity and anxiety felt by Jewish Americans about anti-Semitism has affected their everyday behaviors. Over half of Jews (59%) reported that they do not feel as secure or protected in America as they did nearly a decade ago. As a result, an increasing number of Jewish Americans have taken preventative steps to protect themselves from harassment or violence, for instance avoiding Jewish events and institutions like synagogues, and not revealing their Jewish identity on social media. It is alarmingly clear from the ADL’s survey that, “antisemitism is still very much a part of Jewish American lives” and that the efforts to combat the global resurgence of Jew-hatred are as urgent here in the U.S. as they are abroad. Click here to read more about the ADL survey’s results.