Jews, 4% of Massachusetts residents, targeted in 83.3% of commonwealth’s religion-bias hate crimes in 2025

Nearly a fifth of 2026 Seattle hate crimes targeted Jews, who make up one per cent of the population

An even more significant proportion of hate crimes in New York were recorded against Jews, according to recently released data

Jews, 4% of Massachusetts residents, targeted in 83.3% of commonwealth’s religion-bias hate crimes in 2025

The state’s data “affirms what we already know as members of the Jewish community, that we are in the midst of an ongoing and unprecedented experience of being targeted as Jews,” Jeremy Burton, CEO of the local JCRC, told JNS.

Seattle Jews targeted in nearly 20% of hate crimes despite being 1% of population

Anti-Jewish hate crimes have surged in Seattle in 2026, with Jews accounting for nearly one in five hate crimes recorded by the city through July despite representing roughly 1 percent of the metro area’s population. According to Seattle Police Department data analyzed by JNS, 13 of the city’s 66 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and July 31 targeted Jews, or 19.7 percent of the total. That represents a sharp increase from the 9.1 percent share of Seat…