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March 2026

• Hindu mob vandalizes Catholic church in Odisha village

  A Hindu mob vandalized and desecrated a Catholic church in Dengaswargi, a village in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

  Mar 5 · Dengaswargi, India1 source

• Antisemitic graffiti threatening Jewish community found at San Jose State

  Antisemitic graffiti threatening violence against the Jewish community was found scrawled in a bathroom stall in MacQuarrie Hall at San Jose State University.

  Mar 4 · San Jose, United States1 source

• Idaho church sign says 'Antisemitism isn't a sin'

  A Baptist church in Hagerman, Idaho displayed a sign reading 'Antisemitism isn't a sin, but gossip is,' and its pastor defended the message after complaints from residents and criticism from a local rabbi.

  Mar 3 · Hagerman, United States1 source

• Radio host calls NYC Mayor Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach'

  A conservative radio host posted a tweet calling New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani a 'radical Islam cockroach' and a 'Jew hating' 'antisemite,' prompting condemnation from Senator Chuck Schumer.

  Mar 2 · New York, United StatesRacism3 sources

• Candidate's campaign posters defaced with swastikas in Le Tampon

  In Le Tampon, campaign posters for candidate Alexis Chaussalet were torn down, and on some posters swastikas were drawn and a moustache resembling Adolf Hitler's was added.

  Mar 2 · Le Tampon, France1 source

• Jewish subway commuter assaulted on Manhattan train

  A Jewish man reading a psalm on a New York City subway train was struck on the head by an assailant, knocking off his kippah, before the attacker fled at the 116th St.–Columbia University station in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.

  Mar 2 · New York City, United States1 source

• Jewish artisan harassed with antisemitic slurs at Buenos Aires fair

  A Jewish artisan selling ceramics at the San Telmo fair in Buenos Aires was surrounded and insulted with antisemitic slurs after asking a vendor to remove a Palestinian flag.

  Mar 1 · Buenos Aires, Argentina7 sources

• Two Jewish tourists assaulted in Milan for wearing kippahs

  Two 19-year-old Argentine Jewish tourists were assaulted outside a supermarket in Milan by a group who shouted antisemitic insults after spotting their kippahs, leaving one with a broken nose.

  Mar 1 · Milan, Italy1 source

• Antisemitic emails sent to Stanford Jewish leaders

  Emails from an account named 'exposingstanfordjews' were sent to seven Stanford Hillel leaders and Jewish campus leaders, making unfounded claims and alleging threats against Jewish students.

  Mar 1 · Stanford, United States1 source

February 2026

• Belgian party leader denigrates Jewish ritual circumcision

  Sammy Mahdi, chair of Belgium's CD&V party, said on a Dutch-language news station that mohels are 'butchers by day' who circumcise children on weekends, drawing condemnation as antisemitic.

  Feb 26 · Belgium1 source

• Swastikas spray-painted at former Nazi transit camp site in Drancy

  Two swastikas were spray-painted on buildings at the site of the former Drancy internment camp, the main departure point for Jewish deportees from France during the Holocaust.

  Feb 25 · Drancy, France1 source

• Woman chants 'Tax the Jews' at San Francisco press conference

  At a San Francisco press conference on tax reform, a woman repeatedly chanted 'Tax the Jews' and 'tax Israel', antisemitic shouts that continued for about two minutes before officials and others condemned them.

  Feb 25 · San Francisco, United States2 sources

• Gail's bakery in Archway vandalised with antisemitic graffiti

  A Gail's bakery in Archway, London, was vandalised overnight with windows smashed and graffiti including 'reject corporate Zionism'.

  Feb 24 · Archway, United Kingdom1 source

• Swastika drawn on stumbling stone memorial in Rome neighborhood

  A swastika was drawn on the informational panel of a stumbling stone commemorating Giovanni Tagliavini, a resident deported and killed at Mauthausen, in the Tor Marancia neighborhood of Rome.

  Feb 22 · Rome, ItalyRacism1 source

• Elderly Jewish woman in Paris insulted with antisemitic slurs by campaign activists

  An elderly Jewish woman in Paris's 19th district was shouted at with antisemitic insults and threats by activists distributing campaign leaflets after they saw a mezuzah on her door.

  Feb 22 · Paris, France1 source

• Rabbi and children targeted with Nazi salute in Lyon

  A rabbi walking with a group of children to synagogue in central Lyon was confronted by an individual who performed a Nazi salute and shouted 'Free Palestine'.

  Feb 21 · Lyon, France1 source

• Jewish teenager assaulted at scout camp in Victoria

  An 18-year-old Jewish teenager was verbally abused and punched in the face three times by a fellow scout at a scout camp at Lardner Park, south of Warragul, Victoria.

  Feb 21 · Warragul, Australia2 sources

• Truck rammed into Brisbane synagogue gates

  A man drove a light truck into the gates of the largest synagogue in Brisbane, smashing them, before fleeing.

  Feb 20 · Brisbane, Australia1 source

• Kosher restaurant in Paris vandalized with acid

  Unknown perpetrators broke into a kosher restaurant in Paris's 17th arrondissement and sprayed a corrosive liquid, apparently acid, on tables, walls and floors, causing heavy damage.

  Feb 20 · Paris, France1 source

• Antisemitic sticker posted on lamppost in Finchley, London

  A sticker reading 'You love me because I kill Jews for you' was posted on a lamppost in Cavendish Avenue, Finchley, a predominantly Jewish area of London.

  Feb 20 · London, United Kingdom1 source

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