Reggie Jackson: ADL data recorded 465 antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania in 2024, including 189 in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. Our verdict: Unverified.
Reggie Jackson made the claim on 7 November 2026, according to a Jerusalem Post article about his comments comparing US antisemitism to 1960s racism.
Our verdict
Unverified
We could not find enough public evidence to confirm or refute the claim that ADL data recorded 465 antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania in 2024, including 189 in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. The statewide figure of 465 is confirmed by ADL's own 2024 audit, but the Philadelphia and Montgomery County figures appear only in a secondary report and are not confirmed by any primary ADL source we found.
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The statewide figure of 465 antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania in 2024 is confirmed by ADL's Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2024, which was published on 22 April 2025 and is hosted on the US House of Representatives document site. That document explicitly lists Pennsylvania with 465 total incidents.
However, the claim also includes two smaller figures: 189 incidents in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. These numbers appear in a report by Canary Mission, which cites ADL's 2024 audit, but they do not appear in the ADL audit excerpt we examined, nor in any other official dataset or independent news source in our evidence. The Jerusalem Post article simply reports that Reggie Jackson cited these figures; it does not verify them.
Because the claim mixes one confirmed figure with two unconfirmed ones, we cannot say the claim as a whole is accurate or inaccurate. We therefore rate it unverifiable. We could not find enough public evidence to confirm or refute the Philadelphia and Montgomery County numbers. If you have evidence that does so, please send it to us.
The numbers
Antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Montgomery County in 2024
The claim cites 465 incidents statewide, 189 in Philadelphia, and 51 in Montgomery County for 2024, but only the statewide total is confirmed by the ADL audit.
Figures in incidents
The evidence
5 sources, all background: none settles the claim either way.
- Background
The Jerusalem Post reports that Reggie Jackson cited ADL data claiming 465 antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania in 2024, with 189 in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. The article attributes the claim to Jackson but does not independently verify the figures. [1]
- Background
A Canary Mission report cites ADL's 2024 Audit, stating 465 antisemitic incidents in Pennsylvania, 189 in Philadelphia, and 51 in Montgomery County for 2024. This is the only source in our evidence that gives the Philadelphia and Montgomery County breakdowns. [2]
- Background
The ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2024 confirms that 465 antisemitic incidents were recorded in Pennsylvania in 2024. It does not provide the Philadelphia or Montgomery County figures in the excerpt we examined. [3]
- Background
A Facebook post from ADL describes the ADL H.E.A.T. Map as a tool for exploring reported incidents of hate, extremism, antisemitism, and terrorism, but does not provide specific incident counts for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, or Montgomery County in 2024. [4]
- Background
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission discusses its 2024 'No Hate in Our State' report. ADL Philadelphia provided a general statement endorsing the report and noting a rise in hate incidents, but no specific 2024 incident numbers for Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, or Montgomery County are cited. [5]
What we could not confirm
- Whether ADL's full 2024 audit contains a breakdown showing 189 antisemitic incidents in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. The audit excerpt we examined did not include these figures.
- Whether any independent source, such as the ADL H.E.A.T. Map or another reputable news organisation, confirms the Philadelphia and Montgomery County figures. We found none in our evidence.
How we checked
We looked at ADL's official 2024 audit of antisemitic incidents, a Canary Mission report, a Jerusalem Post article, a Pennsylvania state government report, and an ADL social media post about its H.E.A.T. Map. We checked whether the statewide total and the city and county figures appeared in primary ADL documents or were confirmed by independent sources. We reviewed 5 relevant sources.
Sources
- [1]www.jpost.com · Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson compares US antisemitism to 1960s racism | The Jerusalem Post
- [2]cmcdn.canarymission.org · Philly PDF Report
- [3]docs.house.gov · Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2024 | ADL · April 22, 2025
- [4]facebook.com · ADL
- [5]pa.gov · PHRC discusses 2024 'No Hate in Our State' Report · February 6, 2025
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