The State of Antisemitism in America 2025: Comparing American Jews and the General Public

American Jewish Committee (AJC) is the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people. Below is a comparison of the Survey of American Jews and the Survey of the General Public from AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America 2025 Report.

AJC's State of Antisemitism in America 2025 Report: Survey of American Jews, conducted by the research company SSRS, is based on interviews conducted online and by telephone from September 26 - October 29, 2025, among a nationally representative sample of 1,222 Jews aged 18 or older. Online interviews were conducted via the SSRS Opinion Panel^[1], as well as with additional sample; telephone interviews were conducted via SSRS Omnibus callback sample^[2]. The margin of error for total respondents is +/-3.7 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Find the methodology report here.

AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America 2025 Report: Survey of the General Public, conducted by the research company SSRS, is based on interviews with U.S. adults that were conducted from October 3 – October 5, 2025, among a nationally representative sample of 1,033 respondents aged 18 and older via the SSRS Opinion Omnibus Panel^[3]. The margin of error is +/-3.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Find the methodology report here.

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*Please note: certain sums may not total 100% due to rounding^[4].

1.	How much of a problem, if at all, do you think antisemitism, that is hostility or prejudice toward Jewish people, is in the United States today?

	American Jews
	93%
A problem
	70%
	General Public
	American Jews
	7%
Not a problem
	19%
	General Public
	American Jews
	--
Not sure
	11%
	General Public
	American Jews
	<1%
No answer
	0%
	General Public

	American Jews	General Public
A very serious problem	46%	28%
Somewhat of a problem	47%	42%
Not much of a problem	6%	14%
Not a problem at all	1%	5%
Not sure	--	11%
No answer	<1%	0%

 

2.	Since the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, do you think that antisemitism in the U.S. has…

	American Jews
	86%
Increased
	63%
	General Public
	American Jews
	1%
Decreased
	6%
	General Public
	American Jews
	13%
Stayed the same
	31%
	General Public
	American Jews
	<1%
No answer
	<1%
	General Public

	American Jews	General Public
Increased a lot	50%	22%
Increased somewhat	36%	40%
Stayed the same	13%	31%
Decreased somewhat	<1%	4%
Decreased a lot	<1%	1%
No answer	<1%	<1%

 

3.	How closely, if at all, do you typically follow news about Israel?

	American Jews
	73%
Closely
	49%
	General Public
	American Jews
	27%
Not closely
	51%
	General Public
	American Jews
	<1%
No answer
	0%
	General Public

	American Jews	General Public
Very closely	32%	10%
Somewhat closely	41%	39%
Not too closely	23%	33%
Not at all closely	4%	18%
No answer	<1%	0%

 

4.	Based on what you’ve seen or heard, how would you characterize the news coverage of the Israel-Hamas war?

	American Jews
	33%
Biased in support of Israel
	44%
	General Public
	American Jews
	24%
Fair
	32%
	General Public
	American Jews
	43%
Biased in support of Hamas
	24%
	General Public
	American Jews
	1%
No answer
	<1%
	General Public

	American Jews	General Public
Biased in support of Israel	14%	19%
Slightly biased in support of Israel	18%	25%
Fair	24%	32%
Slightly biased in support of Hamas	23%	14%
Biased in support of Hamas	20%	10%
No answer	1%	<1%

 

5.	Compared with five years ago, would you say you have more trust, less trust, or about the same amount of trust in the way democracy is functioning in the United States?

	American Jews
	10%
More trust than five years ago
	16%
	General Public
	American Jews
	77%
Less trust than five years ago
	64%
	General Public
	American Jews
	13%
About the same level of trust as five years ago
	20%
	General Public
	American Jews
	<1%
No answer
	0%
	General Public

 

6.	Do you consider the phrase “Israel has no right to exist,” to be antisemitic or not?

	American Jews
	83%
Yes, antisemitic
	79%
	General Public
	American Jews
	17%
No, not antisemitic
	21%
	General Public
	American Jews
	<1%
No answer
	<1%
	General Public

 

 

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• To see the full results from The State of Antisemitism in America 2025: AJC’s Survey of American Jews, click here.

• To see the full results from The State of Antisemitism in America 2025: AJC’s Survey of the General Public, click here.

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^[1] SSRS Opinion Panel members are recruited randomly based on nationally representative ABS (Address Based Sample) design (including Hawaii and Alaska). Additionally, the SSRS Opinion Panel has recruited hard-to-reach demographic groups via the SSRS Telephone Omnibus survey platform. Prior to July 2019, the SSRS Opinion Panel was recruited entirely from the SSRS Telephone Omnibus. For more information: https://ssrs.com/opinion-panel/.

^[2] This was a prescreened sample from our Telephone Omnibus survey, which was a national, weekly dual-frame bilingual telephone survey designed to meet standards of quality associated with custom research studies. Similar to previous surveys, we included samples where someone in the household had been identified as Jewish in a previous Omnibus survey.

^[3] The SSRS Opinion Panel Omnibus is a national, twice-per-month, probability-based survey that is conducted via self-administered web surveys and telephone interviews, using sample from the SSRS Opinion Panel. SSRS Opinion Panel members are recruited randomly based primarily on nationally representative ABS (Address Based Sample) design (including Hawaii and Alaska). For more information: https://ssrs.com/ssrs-solutions/ssrs-opinion-panel-omnibus/.

^[4] Comprehensive and precise data available upon request. Contact [email protected].