September 5, 2024 Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Meta 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, We write to you as leaders of seven of the largest Jewish Diaspora communities representing over 90% of Jews globally outside of Israel. As Jews, our communities continue to feel the impact of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, with its death toll of over 1200 Israelis, over 4000 wounded, and over 250 taken hostage, and over a hundred still held captive in Gaza. Our Jewish…
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Given the harrowing history of Israel at the games, we must be vigilant in safeguarding Jewish athletes by Jonathan Greenblatt The 2024 Paris Olympics’ motto is “Games Wide Open” – but we must ask: Are these games truly wide open to Israelis and Jews? Sports are often touted as a great equaliser, especially at the Olympics. However, sports can also serve as a vehicle for harmful elements in society, including anti-Semitism, racism, sexism, and other forms of…
Riots across the United Kingdom involving far-right elements broke out after the murder of three young girls at a dance class in the Southport knife attack was falsely attributed to a recently arrived Muslim migrant. It is predictable but still problematic to see Israel scapegoated as the cause of the riots raging across the United Kingdom involving far-right elements. This is happening across social media. The claims have no basis and contribute to the increasing anxiety among the Jews in the…
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ADL Equips “Jewish Olympics” Athletes with Antisemitism Response Tools
Following the alarming rise in antisemitic incidents on campus, leading Jewish and educational groups call on college and university administrators to take action ahead of the new school year. July 31, 2024… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP), Hillel International, and Jewish Federations of North America today announced a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at combating…
July 30, 2024 H.E. Mr. Volker Türk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland veronica.birga@un.org Dear High Commissioner Türk, We, the undersigned, representing the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel, write to you today regarding United Nations Special…
Complaint: “Virulent wave of antisemitism” swept through Philadelphia schools after Oct. 7 New York, NY, July 23, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), represented pro bono by the law firm Mayer Brown LLP, today filed a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of Jewish parents whose children have been subjected to “severe and persistent harassment and discrimination” at the hands of fellow students and teachers in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)…
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 de julio de 2024 ... En vísperas del trigésimo aniversario del atentado a la AMIA en Buenos Aires, el J7 - Grupo de Trabajo de Grandes Comunidades contra el Antisemitismo se reunió para abordar desafíos comunes, desarrollar estrategias coordinadas y compartir las mejores prácticas en respuesta al reciente aumento del antisemitismo en todo el mundo. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO y Director Nacional de la ADL, pronunció…
Global Task Force Warns of Surge in Antisemitism Across Seven Countries Post-October 7
Nueva York, NY, 15 de julio de 2024 ... Un nuevo informe de la ADL ha encontrado que HispanTV, un medio de comunicación en español fundado por la corporación de medios de comunicación controlada por el estado de la República Islámica de Irán y con un amplio alcance en América Latina, promueve las opiniones antisemitas del régimen iraní, el revisionismo del Holocausto, los prejuicios contra Israel y la incitación. …
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 de julio de 2024 ... Hoy, la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) anunció su primer curso de formación de facilitadores Words to Action en América Latina, que comenzará pocos días antes del trigésimo aniversario del atentado a la AMIA en Buenos Aires. En respuesta a un intenso aumento global del antisemitismo y de los incidentes antisemitas desde el 7 de octubre, Words to Action se ha convertido en un programa educativo muy…
ADL Launches First-Ever ‘Words to Action’ Antisemitism Training in Latin America
NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League’s [ADL] Task Force on Middle East Minorities expressed grave concern over the recent escalation of violence targeting Syrian refugees in Türkiye, and calls on Turkish authorities to ensure the safety of Syrian and Arab refugees and bring the perpetrators to justice. On June 30, 2024, an angry mob vandalized and burned vehicles owned by Syrians in the Turkish province of Kayseri, following a social media post…
Según una encuesta realizada en siete países con grandes comunidades judías, la mayoría de los encuestados apoyan la acusación antisemita de la "doble lealtad", aceptando que los judíos son más leales a Israel que a sus países de origen. En Estados Unidos, esta cifra asciende al 51%. Casi el 40% de los encuestados estuvieron de acuerdo con al menos 6 de los 12 tópicos antisemitas. Nueva York, NY, 27 de junio de 2024... Una…
According to a survey conducted across seven countries with large Jewish communities, a majority of respondents endorse the antisemitic “dual loyalty” allegation, agreeing that Jews are more loyal to Israel than their home countries. In the United States, this figure stands at 51%.
The death of Saleh Al-Arouri, a leading Hamas financier and military leader on January 2, 2024, resulted in threats of retribution against Israel by Hamas, Hezbollah and other regional proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Similar to the killing of Qassim Soleimani, the head of Quds Force, in 2020 in Baghdad, and the killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Quds Force (IRGC-QF), in 2022 in Syria, Al-Arouri's death led to vitriol and…
Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and teachers since Oct. 7. According to the complaint, Berkeley administrators have ignored parent reports and…
Cartoons and posts that accuse Israel of stealing organs from Palestinians in Gaza illustrate the persistency of the age-old antisemitic canard of blood libel.