New York, NY, May 21, 2025, … Jewish families at independent K-12 schools are facing many challenges related to antisemitism and ongoing institutional shortcomings in addressing these issues, according to new research from the ADL Ratings and Assessments Institute (RAI) and the Ronald Birnbaum Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education (CCAE). To address the failures of many independent K-12 schools to address antisemitism, ADL is launching a new initiative to support and empower…
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New York, NY, May 13, 2025 – JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor, along with ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), today called upon shareholders of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)(the “Company”) to vote AGAINST a shareholder proposal designed to harm Israel by pressuring the Company into severing business ties with the country. ADL and JLens noted that Proposal 9 is expected to be submitted to a shareholder vote at the Alphabet annual meeting on June 6, 2025. The…
In response to mounting incidents, ADL and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) have developed this toolkit to help address antisemitism and anti-Israel bias and to foster inclusive academic spaces that welcome diverse perspectives on Israel and the broader Middle East. It is intended for Jewish and Zionist faculty, staff and others experiencing antisemitism and anti-Israel bias in their professional academic associations and scholarly societies. This resource includes real-world…
New York, NY, May 6, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement in advance of tomorrow's Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, "Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on America's Campuses." Antisemitism on college campuses is a serious crisis. Over the past year, we’ve seen hate-fueled rhetoric and protests that have crossed the line into harassment, intimidation,…
New York, NY, May 5, 2024 – ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and its affiliate, Jlens, welcome the decisions of the two leading independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”), to recommend that investors vote AGAINST anti-Israel shareholder proposals at the upcoming annual meetings of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). ADL…
New York, NY, April 30, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the findings of the Harvard Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias and commended the administration for finally prioritizing this issue. Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: For years, antisemitism has been a persistent, systemic challenge at so many colleges and universities, and it worsened exponentially in the wake of the…
Article by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt: Campus Antisemitism Demands Action, Not Overreach
New York, NY, April 7, 2025 – JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and Fund Sponsor of the JLens 500 Jewish Advocacy U.S. ETF (NYSE: TOV), today calls upon shareholders of two prominent global defense companies to vote AGAINST shareholder proposals that JLens believes were designed to pressure the companies into severing ties with Israel. The companies, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), are portfolio holdings of TOV, a faith-based ETF that…
1. The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism is a non-profit organization seeking to dismantle Zionism. The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) is a far-left, explicitly anti-Zionist non-profit organization founded in 2023 by prominent anti-Zionist activists and academics who seek the villainization and wholesale rejection of Zionism—the movement for the self-determination and statehood of the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, Israel—from academia…
New York, NY, April 10, 2025 – JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and affiliate of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), announced today the recipients of its 2024 Corporate TOV Awards. The TOV Awards, whose name reflects the Hebrew word for “good,” were created to annually recognize and honor 18 companies that rank highly and outperform peer companies according to JLens’ Jewish values scorecards. The 18 TOV Awards recipients were selected based on JLens’…
New York, NY, March 24, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response Columbia University’s announcement that it will be taking significant action to curb antisemitism on its campus: “We welcome Columbia University’s announcement that it is taking significant action to curb antisemitism on its campus. Over the past 18 months, Columbia inadequately addressed the crisis of antisemitism on its campus following the 10/7 terror…
Brandeis Center, ADL, National Jewish Advocacy Center, Jewish on Campus Complaints Alleged Schools Willfully Ignored Severe & Pervasive Anti-Semitic Harassment & Intimidation Washington, D.C., March 20, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is opening investigations into complaints filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) against Yale University; University…
El sesgo antiisraelí y antisemita, junto con la manipulación de contenidos en Wikipedia, socavan la neutralidad de la plataforma Nueva York, NY, 18 de marzo de 2025 ... Por medio de una extensa investigación, los investigadores del Centro de Tecnología y Sociedad (CTS) de la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) encontraron un prejuicio antisemita y antiisraelí muy extendido en Wikipedia, incluyendo pruebas claras de una campaña coordinada para…
New York, NY, March 18, 2025, … Through an extensive investigation, ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society (CTS) researchers found widespread antisemitic and anti-Israel bias on Wikipedia, including clear evidence of a coordinated campaign to manipulate Wikipedia’s content related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in likely violation of Wikipedia’s policies. The report further found that pro-Hamas perspectives inform Arabic-language…
NEW YORK, NY, March 11, 2025 – The JLens 500 Jewish Advocacy U.S. ETF (NYSE:TOV; the “Fund”), a groundbreaking exchange-traded fund designed to empower investors to combat antisemitism, support Israel and embody Jewish values, announced today that it has exceeded $100 million in assets, less than two weeks after its launch. The Fund, whose ticker symbol “TOV” is the Hebrew word for “good,” began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on February 27,…
Dear President Wolfson, Vice President Lumbantobing, and Council Members, The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), the American Jewish Committee (AJC), Hillel International and the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) are writing to express our deep concern regarding the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) March 6, 2025, webinar titled "Scholasticide in Palestine" which was endorsed by a Council Member and promoted to the full AAUP…
In a notable development for the anti-Israel movement, prominent American and international anti-Zionist activists traveled to Lebanon last month to attend the joint funeral of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, leaders of the Lebanon-based, U.S.-designated terror group Hezbollah. Many other such activists marked the occasion by openly expressing their admiration for these notorious terror leaders at anti-Israel demonstrations and online. Attendees at Nasrallah and Safieddine’s…
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump designated the Houthis (also called “Ansar Allah”), the Islamic Republic of Iran’s terror proxy in Yemen, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). This adds to their previous designation under the Biden administration as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). Together, the FTO and SDGT designations allow the US Government to target the Houthis more effectively. The Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks…
School District Settles Lawsuit Brought by Brandeis Center, ADL, and AJC Alleging Ethnic Studies Courses were Developed in Secret and Infected with Anti-Semitism (Santa Ana, Calif., February 20, 2025) – Major Jewish organizations on February 20 announced that the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the school district for introducing ethnic studies courses that were developed in secret and infected with anti-Semitism. …
While much of the world welcomed the prospect of a pause in hostilities and the release of hostages following news of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in mid-January, leading voices in the U.S. anti-Zionist movement responded by doubling down on extreme and inflammatory positions and support for violent action. In online statements and at on-the-ground rallies in the days following the deal — which was announced on January 15, 2025, and officially began with a multiphase…