Antisemitism in the United States

• In Event: Characterizing and Preventing Domestic Terrorism: A Mixed-Methods Study of Seven Far-Right Terrorist Groups

Abstract

Over the last several years there has been a significant rise in antisemitic attacks in the United States. While such attacks have always been present in the United States, this growth in attacks is a serious problem. While some have attributed a rise in such attacks to behavior by the state of Israel, this is clearly not a key factor given that attacks happen even when the news is not covering Israeli actions. Using a newly created incident dataset of far-right violence from 1990-2021, we explore various factors that impact the reasons why some states have a larger number of antisemitic attacks while some have almost none.

Authors

• Hope LaFreniere, University of Massachusetts Lowell

• Eoin Healy, Development Services Group, Inc.

• Victor Assal, University at Albany, SUNY