‘EPIDEMIC of Antisemitism’: ADL CEO warns assaults against Jewish Americans at record levels

This segment is an interview with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt responding to the anniversary of the deadly shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where Sarah Milgram and Yaron Lashinsky were killed. Greenblatt says the attack symbolized a broader breakdown, arguing that 2025 has been one of the most violent years the ADL has tracked, with more than 200 assaults nationwide and multiple attacks on Jewish and other faith communities. He links the D.C. shooting to the Boulder killing of Karen Diamond and to other incidents, including an attempted synagogue bombing and arson at the governor’s home in Harrisburg. Greenblatt argues that antisemitism is now pervasive across the political spectrum, naming figures and examples from both the right and left and criticizing leaders who fail to condemn hate within their own camps. …

1. Greenblatt frames antisemitic violence as a nationwide epidemic, not an isolated set of events.
2. He cites multiple recent attacks to argue that the threat is escalating across faith communities.
3. He says hate is spreading because social media and political rhetoric have coarsened public discourse.
4. He urges leaders on both left and right to condemn hate inside their own camps.
5. He supports expanded federal security funding for houses of worship through the Jewish-American Security Act.

• The transcript cites many alarming examples, but it provides little independent evidence beyond anecdotal incidents and ADL tracking figures.
• Greenblatt names political figures across the spectrum, but the argument that this proves a broad 'epidemic' is asserted more than analytically demonstrated.
• The segment blends antisemitism, anti-Muslim hate, and general political incivility into one frame, which is morally coherent but analytically broad.
• There is no discussion of base rates, enforcement trends, or alternative explanations for the rise in reported incidents.