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Who Leads the Pride: Fostering Student Leadership with Don't Feed the Lion

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Don’t Feed the Lion: IntroductionDon’t Feed the Lion by Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi explores the story of antisemitism growing at Oakdale Middle School. The story begins with Theo Kaplan, a 13-year-old Chicago middle schooler and soccer captain. Theo’s world is turned upside down when his professional soccer idol, Wes Mitchell, makes an antisemitic comment that goes viral. The situation escalates when Theo discovers a swastika…
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ADL Launches AI Assistant to Help Educators Teach About Jewish Identity, Antisemitism with Confidence

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Innovative educator tool uses AI to assist educators teaching about Holocaust, Jewish themes  New York, NY, February 26, 2026 – Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) launched ADL Ora: an AI Assistant to provide educators in K-12 schools with at-your-fingertips access to accurate and pedagogically sound information for teaching students about Jewish identity, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. A trusted source, this closed AI agent offers dynamic capabilities, providing…
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Beyond the Podium: Jewish Identity, Antisemitism and the Olympic Games 

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Every two years, we watch athletes compete on the world stage—and what captivates us isn't just the competition. It's the stories: the struggles, the triumphs, the personal journeys that help us see ourselves and others more clearly. The Olympics offer us a unique opportunity to explore something deeper: the complexities of identity—individual and national.  When we bring these conversations into our classrooms, we're teaching students to see the human stories behind the…
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ADL Announces New Toolkit to Fight Misinformation in K-12 Classrooms

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Online toolkit empowers parents and educators to identify biased and inaccurate materials on antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Jewish history New York, NY, January 14, 2026 – Today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) launched an online toolkit to help parents and educators evaluate whether content on antisemitism, the Holocaust, Jewish identity, and history is accurate and unbiased. In an age of evolving technology, educators are drawing from a variety of sources to create curricula…
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ADL Statement on House Hearings Addressing Antisemitism in Education

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New York, NY, September 10, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response to two House Education and Workforce Committee hearings: “Unmasking Union Antisemitism” and “From Playground to Classroom: The Spread of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools.”  “We appreciate the Committee’s focus on the growing crisis of antisemitism in education that undermines the safety and integrity of our schools. Since…
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Nuevo informe de la ADL: 71% de los padres judíos y 37% de los padres no judíos encuestados afirman que sus hijos encontraron antisemitismo en las aulas

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El 86% de los padres apoya la educación sobre el antisemitismo; el 88% respalda la educación sobre el Holocausto y el 52% cree que debería ser obligatoria.  Nueva York, NY, 23 de diciembre de 2024 ... Según una encuesta publicada hoy por el Centro de Investigación sobre Antisemitismo (CAR) de la Liga Antidifamación (ADL), el 71% de los padres judíos y el 37% de los padres no judíos encuestados informaron que sus hijos fueron testigos…
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71% of Jewish Parents and 37% of Non-Jewish Parents Surveyed Say Their Child Encountered Antisemitism in the Classroom, New ADL Report Finds

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New York, NY, December 23, 2024 … Seventy-one percent of Jewish parents and 37 percent of non-Jewish parents surveyed reported that their child witnessed or experienced antisemitism in K-12 classrooms or through course materials, according to a survey released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR). This represents more than a third of all parents.  These findings are part of a new ADL survey on attitudes of US adults and parents…
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ADL, Brandeis Center, StandWithUs launch antisemitism helpline for MA and NY K-12 schools

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  Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York Boston, MA, September 30, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, today announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism in Massachusetts and New York. The helpline…
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What Can Sports Teach Us About Antisemitism?

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Sport is the setting of some of humanity’s greatest stories. Through the perspective of athletes, teams, fans, coaches, and others, we experience narratives filled with emotions and learn life lessons, like the fulfillment of success and the devastation of failure. Some of these stories are as short as an afternoon, like a pickup basketball game with friends, while others are lifelong journeys, such as unwavering fandom for a favorite team or the privilege of competing on the world&rsquo…
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Información errónea y desinformación electoral: Cómo saber qué es cierto y qué es falso

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La información falsa y engañosa sobre el voto y las elecciones perjudica tanto a los individuos como nuestra capacidad de hacer realidad la promesa de la democracia para todos. Esta guía puede ayudar a aclarar qué es la información errónea, en qué se diferencia de la desinformación, cómo detectarla y qué podemos hacer al respecto, incluyendo la búsqueda de información precisa sobre las elecciones. Informaci…
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Conspiracy Theories and How to Help Family and Friends Who Believe Them

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Conspiracy Theories and How to Help Family and Friends Who Believe Them
Do you have someone in your life who has been drawn in by a conspiracy theory? Has their behavior changed and you’re not sure how you can help? Perhaps your parents have ventured down the QAnon rabbit hole and have become obsessed with trying to decode social media posts by public figures. They send you a daily stream of articles and YouTube videos about how the government is controlled by pedophiles who are running a child sex trafficking ring, and they’re especially worried…
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How A Texas Teen Turned Bias and Body-Shaming into Advocacy and Action

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Olivia Julianna (who uses only her first and middle name publicly to protect her privacy) has been an activist for several years, advocating voting rights and reproductive-health care. Like many in her generation, she found the political side of TikTok where young people post about important issues facing them. Olivia is involved with Gen-Z for Change, a nonprofit organization leveraging social media to promote civil discourse and political action on a variety of topics including…
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The Horrific Mass Shooting in Buffalo: How to Talk with Young People

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Another mass shooting has taken place, a violent massacre in which the shooter targeted a Black community after posting a white supremacist tract online that espoused virulently antisemitic and racist beliefs.  On May 14, 2022, a gunman entered a supermarket in a largely Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York and shot thirteen people, killing ten people and injuring at least three others. Almost all of the victims are Black. The gunman was identified by law enforcement as eighteen…
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The Verdict is In: How to Talk with Young People about the Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Verdict

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April 21, 2021 The verdict has come down. The jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.  On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old Black man living in Minnesota, was killed while being arrested by the police. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pinned Floyd to the ground while he was…
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What Young People, Parents and Families Should Know about Omegle

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April 14, 2021 Don’t talk to strangers. It’s a rule that some parents teach their children from a young age. But there’s one website that encourages users to do just that, and it’s growing increasingly popular among tweens and teens. It is being used in ways that young people and their families should learn more about. Created in 2009, Omegle is a free website that randomly pairs users in one-on-one video chat sessions. The site has seen a resurgence over the past year,…
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