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Coronavirus Crisis Response at ADL

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March 24, 2020 As America responds to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we here at ADL are actively mobilized and continuing our important work of “Fighting Hate for Good.” While recognizing we live in uncertain and unpredictable times, we also realize our vital mission to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all” continues, and remains just as important now as it did a week, a month, or a year ago. While…
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Important Books to Explore Bullying and Ally Behavior

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While bullying is still a problem in schools, the intersection of bias and bullying can be particularly harmful. Identity-based bullying is when a person is targeted based on an essential part of their identity (e.g., race, immigration status, sexual orientation, religion, or gender identity). It is common in schools and not only impacts the targeted person but everyone else around them that shares their identity. Identity-based bullying can leave all students feeling unsafe and fearful that…
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ADL Announces David L. Sifry to Lead Center for Technology and Society

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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,…
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Two-Thirds of U.S. Online Gamers Have Experienced Severe Harassment, New ADL Study Finds

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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…
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President Trump Tells Four Democratic Congresswomen to “Go Back” to Where They Came From

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July 19, 2019 Edition: July 18, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 President Trump directs “blatantly racist” tweets at four Democratic Congresswomen of color, telling them to “go back” to where they came from. Argentina marks the solemn 25th anniversary of the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 and wounded 300. White supremacists in Massachusetts have launched a coordinated fliering campaign, targeting area synagogues with propaganda…
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ADL Statement Regarding Instagram's New Efforts to Reduce Harassment on Their Platform

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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…
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Portugal: A New Safe Haven for Jews?

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March 13, 2019 Could anti-Semitism, which drove Jews out en masse 500 years ago, drive Jews back to Portugal? By Andrew Srulevitch, Director of European Affairs   With all of the bad anti-Semitism news coming out of Europe these last few weeks, it’s time for some good news. About a month ago in Porto, Portugal, I listened to Rabbi Abraham Levy of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue of London recount the story of Torah ornaments that had traveled from Barbados,…
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When a School’s Policies are Biased, ADL Steps In

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February 25, 2019 Mya and Deanna Cook, 15, were both excellent students, but they had been kicked off school sports teams, banished from prom, and sentenced to hours of detention for refusing to change their hair. When these twin sisters were punished by their Boston-area high school for wearing braided hair extensions, ADL helped them change their school’s controversial hair and makeup policies, which unfairly targeted students of color. ADL’s New England office received a…
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More Than One-Third of Americans Experience Severe Online Hate and Harassment, New ADL Study Finds

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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…
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Fighting Hate Through Games

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December 21, 2018 64% of American households have a member that plays video games for three or more hours per week. And these gamers are not just kids. In 2017, the average age of a gamer was 31, and there were more gamers over 36 than between 18 – 35 or under 18. At ADL’s Center for Technology and Society (CTS) we know that video games can be a meaningful force for good in society. We think games can be incredible tools in helping to challenge bias and create respectful and…
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Attack on a Louisiana Synagogue: You Can’t Become Complacent About Anti-Semitism—and Here’s Why

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December 20, 2018 Imagine the terrified, demoralizing feeling of going to your place of worship, and seeing hateful graffiti spread across its walls—graffiti that directly targets and assaults not only your faith, but who you are as a person. That’s exactly what happened in Mandeville, Louisiana on September 5, 2018, at Northshore Jewish Congregation (NJC). Imagine being Rebecca Slifkin, who worked at NJC, whose concerned neighbors came by to tell her about being shocked and…
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On Rosh Hashanah 5779

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September 07, 2018 By: Marvin D. Nathan, National Chair       Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO & National Director On Rosh Hashanah, we take time to pause to reflect on the year that has passed, and what we hope for in the year ahead.  We celebrate the New Year as an opportunity to press the “reset” button, with hopes that the coming year will bring a brighter future for our people, and for the world we share together with everyone. We’ve…
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ADL Urges Jewish Institutions to 'Think Security' During Jewish High Holidays

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New York, NY, September 4, 2018 … In advance of the Jewish High Holidays, ADL is reaching out to synagogues and Jewish community institutions across the country to provide information on security preparedness and to remind them to make security an everyday priority. Working through its 25 regional offices, ADL has shared a list of security best practices and encouraged institutions to reach out to local law enforcement to discuss security and advise them of High Holiday schedules…
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The Fight Against Rising Hatred and Bigotry Must Begin with Teachers and Students

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | August 28, 2018 USA Today Last summer, as most teachers were still preparing their classrooms for students, the largest and most violent gathering of white supremacists in decades took place. Teachers were left wondering how they should discuss this horrific event with students and how students would react. For those teaching early grade students, many questioned whether they should have the conversation at all, and, if so, what kind of information was&nbsp…
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ADL and Partners Launch Initiative to Combat Extremism in Cities Across the U.S.

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New York, NY, August 15, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), along with a diverse group of partners, today launched “Communities Overcoming Extremism: The After Charlottesville Project.” This national capacity-building project is focused on empowering communities with tools to combat the dramatic rise in extremism, intolerance, and political violence cities and communities have seen in the year since the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville last August. &ldquo…
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ADL Report Investigates Links Between Misogyny and White Supremacy

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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…
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ADL Announces Winner of Innovate Against Hate Campus Challenge

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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…
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ADL Survey: 68 Percent of Israeli Youth Say They Have Encountered Anti-Semitism on the Internet

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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…
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Anti-Semitic Robocalls Supporting Patrick Little Proliferate in California

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Patrick Little: "The Holocaust is a lie."
May 18, 2018 By Oren Segal | Director of the Center on Extremism Supporters of Patrick Little’s campaign for Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat have taken up a disturbing new tactic: virulently anti-Semitic robocalls.  Little, an unabashed anti-Semite and racist who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is polling at around 18%, well behind Feinstein in California’s party-blind June 5th…
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