We have long expressed deep concern over UN Special Rapporteurs who abuse their mandates, utilize antisemitic tropes, trivialize the Holocaust, and support violence against the Jewish state, to drive political agendas. While we recognize the complexity of the removal process for Special Rapporteurs and the importance of maintaining their independence, the current system has allowed for individuals whose conduct conflicts with the UN’s core values to continue serving in these influential…
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ADL Statement on the Premature Recognition of a Palestinian State
Pioneering new work from Indiana University, Indianapolis professor Robert Katz explores 3,000 years of discrimination and reform through legal systems around the world New York, NY, September 19, 2025 – “The law has the power both to oppress and to liberate,” Professor Robert Katz writes in the introduction to his groundbreaking new casebook examining how legal systems have wielded power over Jews across millennia, for good and ill. Antisemitism and the Law (Carolina…
Más del 80 % de los estudiantes judíos de todo el mundo también ocultan su identidad sionista, mientras que uno de cada cinco conoce a compañeros judíos que han sido agredidos físicamente en el campus durante el último año. Nueva York, NY, 16 de septiembre de 2025... Al comenzar el nuevo año académico, una encuesta global realizada por la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) y la Unión Mundial de Estudiantes…
78% of Jewish Students Hide Their Religious Identity on Campuses Worldwide, ADL-WUJS Study Reveals
Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop trio, has made headlines for their onstage anti-Israel comments, support of designated terrorist organizations, and pro-BDS activities. As of August 26, 2025, Kneecap cancelled its sold-out October tour of the US amid a legal battle and pushback concerning their uninhibited support for extremist organizations in their activism. In February 2025, Kneecap posted a picture of a band member reading a book of statements by the terrorist organization Hezbollah’s…
New York, NY, August 12, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and JLens today condemned Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)’s decision to divest from 11 Israeli companies, calling the move politically motivated, morally wrong, and evidence of a discriminatory double standard. The criticism accompanies the release of a JLens white paper: Norway’s Double Standards: How the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Targets Israel, analyzing…
El Índice de Políticas Judías, el primero de su tipo, evalúa a los 50 estados en materia de legislación, iniciativas educativas y medidas de protección destinadas a combatir el antisemitismo y apoyar a las comunidades judías. Nueva York, NY, 8 de agosto de 2025 — En respuesta al aumento sin precedentes de los incidentes antisemitas en los últimos años y tras los violentos ataques contra las comunidades judías en…
New York, NY, August 7, 2025 ... ADL and JLens welcome the growing momentum among consumers and companies in response to recent antisemitic remarks made by beauty influencer and Huda Beauty founder Huda Kattan. Following widespread outrage over her promotion of conspiracy theories blaming Israel for the World Wars, 9/11, and other global tragedies, TikTok removed an antisemitic video posted by Kattan, and Sephora—one of the largest beauty retailers in the world with over 2,700 stores…
Los delitos de odio contra los judíos aumentaron un 5,8 %, reflejando fielmente los hallazgos de la ADL para 2024; es la cifra más alta jamás registrada por el FBI Nueva York, NY, 5 de agosto de 2025... Los datos sobre delitos de odio publicados hoy por la Oficina Federal de Investigación revelan que, si bien los incidentes de delitos de odio denunciados en todo el país disminuyeron de 11.862 en 2023 a 11.679 en 2024, los incidentes de delitos de…
New York, NY, July 29, 2025 ... ADL and JLens jointly condemn beauty influencer Huda Kattan’s recent promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories, including the false claim that Israel orchestrated the World Wars, 9/11, and other global tragedies. These dangerous and historically baseless accusations echo some of the oldest and most pernicious antisemitic tropes. “Huda Kattan built a brand around beauty—but these antisemitic conspiracy theories are nothing short of ugly…
New York, New York July 25, 2025…– A coalition of leading American Jewish organizations, including ADL (Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), B’nai B’rith International, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, UJA-Federation of New York and WJC (World Jewish Congress), today declined an invitation to meet with France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel…
During the twelve-day conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which began on June 13, 2025, Iranian regime-linked and pro-Iranian regime groups helped organize demonstrations across Western capitals, which they used as vehicles to express support for the clerical regime in Tehran, as well as members of the regime’s terrorist proxy network. At a number of marches across London during June 2025, marchers held placards bearing the name of the Islamic Human Rights…
NEW YORK, NY, July 3, 2025 – – JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor and sponsor of the JLens 500 Jewish Advocacy U.S. ETF (NYSE: TOV; the “TOV ETF”), along with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the world’s leading anti-hate organization, strongly condemn the report issued by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese during the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Titled “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide,” the report…
The Islamic Republic of Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism, and Holocaust denial and distortion. Anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate and incitement have been a core pillar and a defining feature of the Iranian regime, promoted through state media, educational system, religious sermons and international propaganda, including through Holocaust cartoon contests and annual Quds Day rallies. Since its founding in 1979, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
In the aftermath of the U.S strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, we're seeing a continued spike in antisemitic and conspiratorial anti-Israel rhetoric—from extremist influencers and public-facing leaders.
J7 Task Force Statement on the Current Situation in the Middle East
Antisemites and extremists of varying ideologies quickly reacted to reports of preemptive Israeli strikes against the Iranian regime with their predictable hate-filled rhetoric.
New York, NY, May 30, 2025 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and Jewish values-based investor network, today condemned a recent statement by the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s that distorts Israel’s fight against terror in Gaza. The claims are factually inaccurate, inflammatory, and harmful— and this rhetoric serves only to delegitimize Israel’s legitimate security concerns, distort the complexity…
J7 Task Force Statement on the Deadly Shooting at the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.