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Shooting in Halle, Germany: What We Know

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October 10, 2019 On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of Jewish calendar, the synagogue in Halle, Germany was attacked. A terrorist with a shotgun tried unsuccessfully to enter the synagogue, where approximately 80 congregants were worshiping. After his failed attempt at the synagogue, he began shooting at nearby individuals, killing two people and wounding two others, none of whom were affiliated with the synagogue. According to news reports, Stephan Balliet, a 27-year-old German…

October 09, 2019

President Accuses Jewish Dems of ‘Disloyalty’; Arrest in OH JCC Threat; CA Students Sing Nazi Song

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August 23, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 President Trump accused Jews who vote for Democrats of having “great disloyalty” – invoking a centuries old anti-Semitic trope. An avowed white nationalist was arrested for threatening to attack a Jewish community center in Youngstown, OH. And in California, members of a high school water polo team were seen on video giving the Nazi salute and singing a Nazi song. Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate, and…

August 23, 2019

Man Arrested for Bomb Plot Listed Synagogue, LGBTQ Bar and ADL as Potential Targets

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August 16, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 A man in southern Nevada was arrested after investigators uncovered his plot to attack an LGBTQ nightclub, a local synagogue and the regional ADL office with firearms and explosives. A white supremacist group distributed anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic fliers at Seattle-area synagogues as part of a coordinated propaganda effort. And over 100 tires were slashed in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in NJ. Read on for more on these headlines,…

August 16, 2019

White Supremacist Terrorist Acts, Conspiracies and Plots against Jews

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May 13, 2021 Over the past 25 years, numerous white supremacists have targeted the Jewish community in the U.S. through terrorist acts, conspiracies and plots. Here is a selection of significant incidents from 1994 through 2021. Assumption, Illinois, 2020: Federal agents charged Randall Burrus with weapons offenses in connection with an alleged white supremacist plot to attack a synagogue or mosque. This is linked to the April 15, 2020 incident involving John Michael Rathbun in…

May 13, 2021

Exposing the Sale of Far-Right Hate on Amazon

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August 02, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 A new report from ADL reveals extremist items, including those promoting white supremacy, are widely available for purchase on Amazon, despite the company’s terms of service against such products. The alleged gunman responsible for killing three at a California food festival promoted a book cited by white supremacists on social media shortly before opening fire. The NonProfit Times is out with their annual “Power and Influence Top 50,”…

August 02, 2019

ADL HEADLINES: Congress Holds Hearing on the Rising Threat of White Nationalism

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April 12, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 Congress holds a hearing on the growing threat posed by white nationalism and increase in hate crimes; anti-vaccination advocates are misappropriating Holocaust imagery to push their agenda; and Airbnb reneges on its decision to de-list properties in the West Bank. Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate this week, and the latest info about ADL around the country. 1 A Flood Online of Hate Speech Greets…

April 12, 2019

ADL Welcomes UK Designating All of Hezbollah as a Terrorist Group

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New York, NY, February 25, 2019 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the United Kingdom's important decision to ban Lebanese Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist group. Until now, Britain had merely proscribed Hezbollah's "military wing," a policy that is still pursued by the European Union even though Hezbollah itself admits that such a distinction is inaccurate and arbitrary. “Hezbollah threatens the security of not just Israel, but also the entire Middle…

February 25, 2019

Washington White Supremacist Arrested for Threatening Mass Killings of Jews and other Minorities

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December 17, 2018 FBI agents and Snohomish County deputies arrested a Washington state white supremacist last week for allegedly making threats to carry out mass killings of Jews and other minorities. Dakota Reed, 20, of Monroe, Washington, was charged with malicious harassment—Washington’s hate crime statute—and making bomb threats. Authorities also seized a cache of firearms, ammunition and white supremacist propaganda from Reed’s residence. The…

December 17, 2018

How Conspiracy Theories Can Kill

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November 14, 2018 “HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people,” declared the post on the social media site Gab, “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” Just minutes later, Robert Bowers, who is believed to be the author of that post, entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and opened fire on congregants, allegedly shouting &ldquo…

November 14, 2018

Standing Together to Support the Community

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt November 05, 2018 A week ago, most of us had never heard of the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Now we’ll never forget it. And as Shabbat approaches, it’s hard to know what to feel. Shabbat always brings peace and comfort. But last week, when gunfire and violence tore apart one congregation’s morning service, it shattered that comfort and peace for all of us. This week, can Shabbat bring us some consolation? Let…

November 05, 2018

Foreign Terror Organizations Respond to U.S. Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem

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May 25, 2018 In the weeks since the U.S. embassy was relocated to Jerusalem, foreign terror organizations have rejected the relocation and called on followers to attack the United States, Israel, and Jews around the world. Additionally, they have accused the United States and Israel of violating international law, perhaps in an effort to enhance their own political legitimacy. Statements Calling for Violence against Jews: On Thursday, May 17, the Liwa al-Tawhid Brigades, also known…

May 25, 2018

U.S. Citizens Responsible for Vast Majority of Islamist Extremist Terror Plots in the U.S. Since 2002, Annual ADL Report Finds

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Analysis of 16-year period shows more than half of plots were carried out by U.S. citizens New York, NY, May 1, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released new data and analysis of 98 Islamist extremist plots and attacks in the United States over the past 16 years. Among the key findings: the vast majority — a full 90 percent — of the plots and attacks were carried out by U.S. citizens or individuals living in the country with lawful permanent or temporary status…

May 01, 2018

Qatari Backing for Extremist Preachers and Anti-Semitic Incitement

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April 10, 2018 In preparation for the Qatari Emir’s visit today to Washington, the White House announced last week that President Trump thanked the monarch by phone for his country’s “continuing commitment” to countering extremism. However, in the last year Qatar’s government has actually continued to use its prominent platforms to promote strident anti-Semitic preachers, a practice President Trump and Congressional leaders should raise with the Qatari Emir Tamim…

April 10, 2018

Diverse Books Matter

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Teach students about the importance of diverse literature and engage them in a study on the diversity of books in their classroom or school library.

November 03, 2017

Slurs, Offensive Jokes and How to Respond

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Color Speech Bubbles with censored swearing words

Teach students about why slurs are and why they are harmful, helping them explore possible responses to slurs when they hear them.

May 04, 2017

8 Ideas for Teaching National Hispanic Heritage Month

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GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we present this resource to help teachers engage students in thinking broadly and critically about the Hispanic American experience in all of its complexity. In highlighting the significant events as well as people that have made a substantial contribution…

August 19, 2016

Voting Rights Then and Now

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GRADE LEVEL: High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Racial Discrimination and Safeguarding the Right to Vote In August 2015, we commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The Voting Rights Act is landmark federal legislation that was enacted during the Civil Rights Movement and was intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Prior to that, even though Black…

July 22, 2015

10 Ideas for Teaching Black History Month

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Bayard Rustin Speaking with Kids before Demonstration

Engage students in activities that get them to think broadly and critically about the Black experience in all of its complexity.

January 08, 2015

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights: Relevancy for Today

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GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, History/Social Studies In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this curriculum for grades 3–12 provides grade-specific lessons, resources and extension activities to provide your students opportunities to examine civil rights in the United States past and present. The lessons provide an opportunity for students to delve deeper into Martin Luther King Jr…

November 12, 2014

70+ Years Later: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education

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Brown v. Board of Education School Segregation Protest

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Speaking and Listening, Language “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” These are the words of the landmark Supreme Court decision on May 17, 1954 that declared segregated schools unconstitutional. More than seventy years later, even though much progress has been made, there are…

May 15, 2014