The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States tallied by the Anti-Defamation League declined by 33% in 2025 — the first drop in five years — due in large part to what the ADL said was a dramatic decrease of incidents on college campuses. After pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist student protests proliferated in 2024, the ADL tallied 1,694 antisemitic incidents on U.S. college campuses during that year. According to the ADL's latest figures released Wednesday, the number plunged by 66% in 2025, to 583, as many colleges and universities — under pressure from President Donald Trump's administration — took steps to curb such protests.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at combating antisemitism at schools. It creates an an Office of Civil Rights to work with districts on fighting discrimination and bias and requires an antisemitism prevention coordinator within the office to submit recommendations to the Legislature. Proponents say the law is needed to respond to an alarming level of harassment against Jewish students. But critics say it could unintentionally stifle instruction and open dialogue in the classroom. Lawmakers in several other states have tried to advance similar proposals.
The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year. The group's report released Tuesday notes that 58% of the 9,354 incidents related to Israel, notably chants, speeches and signs at rallies protesting Israeli policies. The ADL has produced annual tallies for 46 years. This is the first time Israel-related incidents comprised more than half the total. It says a key reason is widespread opposition to Israel's military response in Gaza after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The ADL's findings add new grist to an intense debate among American Jews over the extent to which vehement criticism of Israeli policies and of Zionism should be considered antisemitic.
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana. The request was made Wednesday during a hearing in New York City. Khalil is a Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school last year. Khalil is a legal U.S. resident and is married to an American citizen. After the 30-year-old's detention last weekend, Judge Jesse M. Furman in New York ordered that Khalil not be deported while the court considers his lawyers' legal challenge.
