Hate & Resilience
Challenge: Fortifying Jewish Communal Safety Amid A Surge in Global Antisemitism
Strengthening Resilience & Security for Jewish Communities Worldwide
It was a scary time to be a Jew and support Israel around the world in 2024, with a dramatic 340% increase in total antisemitic incidents worldwide compared to 2022 and nearly a 100% increase compared to 2023. With growing Jew-hatred and anti-Israel sentiment a real threat, The Jewish Agency’s Security Assistance Fund provided vital aid to numerous global Jewish communities that needed help to keep Jewish institutions and community members safe, and our JReady platform helped users develop key emergency skills to ensure crisis preparedness.
The Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization (WZO) clearly chronicled in our 2024 Antisemitism Report's data how and where instances of antisemitism skyrocketed around the world. This included:
288%
increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States, peaking in April 2024
562%
increase in antisemitic incidents in Canada, a quarter of which were violent
450%
increase in antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom, with almost 2,000 incidents in the first half of 2024 alone
185%
increase in antisemitic incidents in South Africa, accompanied by calls for boycotts of Israel and anti-Israel propaganda
387%
increase in antisemitic incidents in Australia, including arson, vandalism and physical assaults
350%
increase in antisemitic incidents in France, with 28% involving violence
300%
increase in antisemitic content compared to 2023 in the digital space
"Especially after the November antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam, Jews here were afraid. When Jews are scared to come to Jewish places to be social, to connect, they won’t come, and their sense of community and their Jewish identity will disappear. The support from the Security Assistance Fund has had a big impact. That feeling of going into a Jewish place and being protected is a tremendous thing and vital for Jewish life in the Netherlands, and we are very grateful."
-Chanan Hertzberger, Chairman of the Central Jewish Organization (CJO) group in the Netherlands
For support, more and more communities and Jewish institutions turned to The Jewish Agency’s Security Assistance Fund. In turn, our Security Assistance Fund invested over $5.5 million in strengthening the security and preparedness of Jewish communities in 43 countries over the course of the year. The Fund also helped Jewish communities worldwide who needed more aid via immediate emergency grants that enabled them to implement enhanced security measures such as security cameras, armored doors and more.
The Jewish Agency, with our presence on the ground in 65+ countries worldwide, was also ready to provide support in the wake of antisemitism, as we did in November 2024 in Amsterdam. After a mob instigated antisemitic attacks against Israelis and Jews following a Europa League soccer match, The Jewish Agency immediately reached out to community leaders to let them know we stand with them.
But The Jewish Agency didn’t just strengthen the security of communities globally in 2024 – we strengthened their overall resilience too. Our JReady platform, which marked its fourth year since being established with support from WZO, KKL-JNF and The Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, continued to actively develop the resilience and emergency preparedness of Jewish communities in light of rising antisemitism and the widespread impact of the war in Israel.
Throughout 2024, ~2,000 participants from nearly 30 countries engaged in 52 JReady courses, workshops, webinars and other activities. Offering professional training, digital tools and other helpful materials, JReady acted as a crucial resource to Jews globally dealing with the ramifications of the war in Israel on their community.
“I think we all as Jews carry a responsibility to make our community a safer place in the wake of October 7 because we are living in complex and threatening times. We need to be prepared to deal with antisemitism and any other threats that may come our way, and thanks to JReady, I now feel more equipped to help my community in a crisis,” stated Daniel, a Jewish community member living in Vancouver, Canada, and a participant in JReady’s Community Emergency Managers Course developed by The Jewish Agency in collaboration with Tel Aviv University.
Explore More
$55 Million
distributed by the Security Assistance Fund to bolster the safety of Jewish communities in 43 countries
~2,000
participants from nearly 30 countries engaged in 52 JReady courses, workshops, webinars and other activities