By: Dr Avi Verma

The IndoUS Tribune unequivocally condemns the recent spate of attacks, threats, and intimidation targeting Jewish places of worship and community institutions across the United States and around the world. These assaults are not isolated incidents. They are part of a disturbing global surge in hatred, antisemitism, and religious intolerance that has no place in any civilized society.

A synagogue, temple, mosque, church, or gurdwara is not merely a building. It is a sanctuary of faith, identity, and community. An attack on any place of worship—regardless of ethnicity, geography, or religious belief—is an attack on the fundamental right to live and worship without fear.

A Disturbing Pattern of Violence

The past few months have witnessed alarming incidents that demand collective outrage and immediate action. In December 2025, a deadly terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia, claimed innocent lives and left a community shattered. Around the same time, a violent antisemitic disruption outside Los Angeles’ historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple resulted in arrests and sent shockwaves through American Jewish communities.

Across the United States, Jewish institutions are facing an unprecedented wave of vandalism, bomb threats, synagogue disruptions, harassment, and intimidation. Many synagogues now resemble fortified zones—with metal detectors, armed guards, and security checkpoints—turning prayer into an act of courage rather than peace.

According to FBI data, Jews account for nearly 69 percent of all religiously motivated hate crimes in the United States. This horrifying statistic has worsened dramatically since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, which triggered a global spike in antisemitic incidents. This is not coincidence—it is cause and effect.

Hatred Has Many Masks

Antisemitism today wears multiple disguises. It emerges from white supremacist ideologies, Islamist extremism, and radicalized political movements where legitimate criticism of Israeli policies mutates into open hatred of Jews as a people. Chants like “Globalize the intifada” are no longer abstract slogans—they have translated into real-world violence against Jewish men, women, and children far removed from any battlefield.

Conspiracy theories such as the so-called “Great Replacement”, long discredited yet endlessly recycled online, cast Jews as orchestrators of global decline. Digital echo chambers radicalize individuals, transforming online hate into swatting attacks, coordinated harassment, bomb threats, and physical violence. History has shown—repeatedly—that when antisemitism is normalized, violence soon follows.

Indians Understand This Pain

As Indians—and particularly as Hindus in India and in the United States—we understand this pain all too well. Our temples have been vandalized. Our communities have faced terrorist attacks. Our faith has been mocked, misrepresented, and targeted by extremists. We know the frustration, the fear, and the lingering agony that follows such assaults.

That is why the IndoUS Tribune stands in unwavering solidarity with the Jewish community.

India’s civilizational ethos has long been one of peaceful coexistence. Jews have lived in India for centuries without facing systemic antisemitism—a rarity in world history. India’s official stance has consistently condemned terrorism and expressed solidarity with Israel, recognizing it as a fellow civilization confronting extremism. Antisemitism is rightly viewed by most Indians as an “unwelcome import”, alien to our traditions and values.

At the same time, rising intolerance anywhere should concern everyone. An attack on one faith creates a precedent that endangers all others.

No Moral Equivocation

Let us be absolutely clear:

Hatred is not resistance. Terror is not protest. Antisemitism is not free speech.

Those responsible for attacks on Jewish institutions—whether lone actors, organized groups, or foreign-coordinated networks—must be identified, prosecuted, and brought to justice without delay. Governments must move beyond statements of concern and provide tangible support, enhanced security funding, and federal-level investigations where necessary.

Organizations such as the ADL, Jewish Federations, and community alliances are right to demand action. Silence, hesitation, or moral equivocation only embolden extremists.

A Call to Conscience

Every individual and every community is entitled to practice their faith without fear, intimidation, or threat. This is not a Jewish issue. It is not a Hindu issue. It is not a Christian, Muslim, or Sikh issue.

It is a human issue.

History will judge societies not by how loudly they proclaimed tolerance, but by how firmly they stood when hatred knocked at the doors of their neighbors’ places of worship.

The IndoUS Tribune reaffirms its commitment to religious freedom, pluralism, and human dignity. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our Jewish friends today—not as an act of charity, but as a matter of principle.

Because when hatred targets one faith, it threatens us all