New York, NY, May 19, 2026 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of the Jewish American Security Act, a comprehensive, bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) to combat the alarming rise of antisemitism across the United States. The legislation takes decisive action to protect Jewish communities, students, and institutions by strengthening the federal government's ability to prevent and respond to…
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New York, NY, April 21, 2026, ... The Secure Community Network (SCN), the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism (COE), the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples (JFGN), and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office recently convened a regional security briefing, bringing together community leaders, law enforcement, and security professionals to share updates and strengthen local preparedness efforts. Around 100 community members participated in a high-level discussion on…
(As delivered) Over the past year, 20 Jews -- our brothers and sisters -- were murdered. For Jewish people in the diaspora, 2025 was one of the deadliest years in memory. The victims were children and grandparents. Observant and secular. They were from every corner of the globe: Manchester, England; Washington, DC; Boulder, Colorado; and Bondi Beach, Australia. And last week, a terrorist wanted to add West Bloomfield, Michigan to that list. He drove a car packed with…
New York, NY, December 4, 2025 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Community Security Service (CSS) today announced an enhanced partnership to further strengthen the security and resilience of Jewish communities across the United States. The expanded collaboration builds on the long-standing relationship between the two organizations, combining ADL’s intelligence and analytic expertise with CSS’s extensive network of trained volunteer security teams. Through this…
La organización amplía significativamente sus capacidades de monitoreo y respuesta a incidentes relacionados con la Alcaldía para proteger a la comunidad judía más grande del mundo fuera de Israel NUEVA YORK, NY, 5 de noviembre de 2025 — Hoy, la la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) anunció el lanzamiento de una iniciativa integral para rastrear y supervisar las políticas y los nombramientos de personal de la próxima administraci…
Organization significantly expands City Hall tracking and incident response capabilities to protect the world’s largest Jewish community outside of Israel NEW YORK, NY, November 5, 2025 — Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced the launch of a comprehensive initiative to track and monitor policies and personnel appointments of the incoming Mamdani Administration and protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs during a period of unprecedented antisemitism in…
New York, NY, November 4, 2025 Statement from Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League): “In light of Mayor-Elect Mamdani's long, disturbing record on issues of deep concern to the Jewish community, we will approach the next four years with resolve. We expect the mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world to stand unequivocally against antisemitism in all its varied forms and support all of its Jewish residents just as he would all other…
New York, NY, Sept. 2, 2025 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), Community Security Initiative (CSI) NY, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Community Security Service (CSS), Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and the Secure Community Network (SCN) today released the following statement on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP): As we approach the High Holidays and experience unprecedented threats to our communal security, the federal Nonprofit…
New York, NY, January 23, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of a bill in the New York Legislature designed to bring back and strengthen a law prohibiting masked intimidation. The law will protect New Yorkers from harassment, violence and intimidation by people wearing face coverings, which have been exploited in recent months to subject innocent New Yorkers to threats, violence and intimidation. Sponsored by State Senator James Skoufis (D-Cornwall)…
School District of Philadelphia Agrees to Address Repeated Incidents of Antisemitism New York, NY, December 20, 2024 … The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) has entered into a resolution agreement to take a series of steps to address repeated incidents of antisemitic harassment, bullying and discrimination in response to a federal civil rights complaint filed by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). Under the terms of the settlement announced yesterday, SDP will undertake a…
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)…
ADL announces REPAIR plan to hold social media platforms accountable New York, NY, March 24, 2021… Asian-Americans experienced the largest single rise in severe online hate and harassment year-over-year in comparison to other groups, with 17 percent having experienced sexual harassment, stalking, physical threats, swatting, doxing or sustained harassment this year compared to 11 percent last year, according to a new survey released today by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). Fully…
Tech Industry Veteran to Lead ADL’s Efforts to Combat Online Hate and Harassment New York, August 26, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced that it has hired David L. Sifry to be Vice President, Center for Technology and Society (CTS). Sifry will bring decades of expertise to advancing ADL’s work combating hate and harassment online.
Sifry is an entrepreneur and technology executive who was most recently the vice president of revenue products at Reddit,…
Study finds marginalized groups targeted most; users also exposed to extremist ideologies New York, July 25, 2019 … Sixty-five percent of players have experienced severe harassment while playing games online, which includes physical threats, stalking and sustained harassment, while 74 percent of online multiplayer gamers have experienced some form of harassment, according to a first-of-its-kind survey released today by ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) Center on…
New York, NY, July 9, 2019 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement regarding Instagram's announced design change to reduce harassment on their platform and improve the experience of targets of online hate and harassment:
"We welcome Instagram's new changes to address harassment on their platform. Putting the power to combat hate in the hands of users will make a tangible difference in the lives of both the targets and the perpetrators of online…
Study shows bipartisan support for policymakers and tech companies to take action to combat online hate and harassment New York, February 13, 2019 … Thirty-seven percent of Americans experienced severe online hate and harassment in 2018, including sexual harassment, stalking, physical threats or sustained harassment, according to a new study released today by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). This is a big increase from the 18 percent who reported such experiences in 2017…
New York, NY, July 24, 2018 … For the first time, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is investigating misogyny as a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism. In a new report released today “When Women are the Enemy: The Intersection of Misogyny and White Supremacy,” ADL finds a powerful connection between the “men’s rights” arena and white supremacist ideologies. The report marks a new prioritization of misogyny as a part of the organization&rsquo…
New York, NY, June 14, 2018 … Four students from Boise State University have been selected by a panel of experts and leaders as the first-prize winners of a the Anti-Defamation League’s inaugural Innovate Against Hate campus challenge, a nationwide contest that challenged students from across the country to build and launch a social marketing campaign aimed at countering hate and extremism.
The Boise State University student project, called S.A.M.E. (Students Against…
Slight decline from similar poll in 2016 Jerusalem, May 23, 2018 … A new poll of Israeli teens conducted by the Anti-Defamation League’s Israel Office shows the extent to which Israeli young people are exposed to anti-Semitic messages and anti-Israeli content on the Internet and social media. The poll, conducted by the Geocartography Institute, found that 68 percent of Israeli youth ages 15-18 report having encountered anti-Semitism online.
Nearly a quarter of those…
New York, NY, May 10, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League released a statement today welcoming Spotify’s new hateful content guidelines that prohibits any content promoting, advocating or inciting hatred or violence on their platform.
“All social platforms should have clear rules on hateful content for users to follow. We are encouraged that Spotify has taken a step to join the many platforms that have been advising their users on hateful content, and we are pleased…