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Unite the Right 2 Highlights Challenges Facing Alt Right, Other White Supremacists

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August 15, 2018 Sparsely attended and heavily protested, Unite the Right 2 reflected the challenges facing the alt right and the larger white supremacist movement. As he made his way towards D.C.’s Lafayette Park, rally organizer Jason Kessler was accompanied by about 30 right wing speakers and activists and a police escort. A massive police presence kept throngs of counter-protesters at a distance from Kessler and his group. There were no major incidents of violence, though some…
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Belfer Fellow Perspective: An App Story

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August 14, 2018 By Patricia Novick | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society Six years ago, I was working with a group of 10 preteen girls from a predominantly Latinx community in Chicago. They were participating in a summer program hosted by the Field Museum. One part of the program involved looking at communities like an anthropologist, evaluating the community’s positive assets. One week, the girls invented their own homework assignment. They said they…
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In Her Own Words: Confronting Charlottesville

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August 14, 2018 By Elissa Buxbaum, Director, Campus Affairs Sarah Kenny was Student Council president at the University of Virginia when the alt-right rallied at her school’s Charlottesville campus last year. She hadn’t yet returned to campus when a tiki-torch-wielding crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched through the white columns of the UVA Rotunda, spouting anti-Semitic and racist vitriol.  “I had seen something on Twitter the night before, and…
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Five Lessons of Charlottesville One Year Later: ADL Director

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | August 12, 2018 USA Today One year ago, hundreds of torch-wielding white supremacists gathered on the campus of the University of Virginia, chanting “Jews will not replace us!" The following day, the streets of Charlottesville exploded in violence, as neo-Nazis, Klansmen and alt-right agitators clashed with counter-protestors. As the National Guard was being called in, a young counter-protester, Heather Heyer, was killed in a tragedy…
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Al Jazeera Propagates Hatred. Is it also a Foreign Agent?

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | August 10, 2018 The Hill Qatar’s flagship media network Al Jazeera continues to be a major exporter of hateful content against the Jewish people, Israel, and the United States. For this reason, it is particularly urgent for U.S. officials to evaluate the separate legal question of whether or not Al Jazeera should be required to register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent over to its extensive ties to the Qatari regime. This would be an important…
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Beyond the Statistics: Counting and Responding to Hate Crimes

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August 10, 2018 This week is the anniversary of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which attracted hundreds of bigots from around the country.  We remember the TIKI torches, the chants “Jews will not replace us!” from angry white men, and the bias-motivated murder of counterprotester Heather Heyer. On this anniversary, as groups in many cities are rededicating themselves to&nbsp…
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ADL H.E.A.T. Map™ FAQ

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1. Why is [Incident X] not included in the map?Incidents may be excluded from the map for all sorts of reasons, including because the incident in question may not actually be extremist-related. Many hate crime murders, for example, have no connection to white supremacy or other form of extremism. If you think we have overlooked an incident, you may contact us to provide relevant details. Report an Antisemitic, Bias or Discriminatory Incident on ADL’s incident reporting form. To share…
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Unite the Right Anniversary Event Planned for Washington, D.C.

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August 07, 2018 The Unite the Right anniversary rally will take place at 4:30pm on Sunday, August 12 in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. Organizer Jason Kessler is promoting the event as a way to protest the “human rights abuses” he claims took place at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Despite his assurances that no “extreme elements” will be involved in the 2018 rally, Kessler has invited leaders from the alt right, as well as other…
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Washington Post Op-Ed Completely Distorts the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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by: Kenneth Jacobson | August 05, 2018 Algemeiner No matter how often one reads about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and thinks that one had heard it all, someone comes along and shocks us with their ignorance, all in the guise of objective analysis. So it is with an article published in The Washington Post on July 26 by a Norwegian professor, Jorgen Jensehaugen, titled “The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s Plan for Middle East Peace.” Jensehaugen’s thesis is…
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A View from Southern Israel

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by: Carole Nuriel July 30, 2018 One morning, my colleague Gaby Dubois and I set out to visit Israel’s south, near the border with Gaza, in the wake of tensions there in recent months. Just a few days earlier it seemed as if the escalating security situation would force us to cancel our visit, but thankfully things had quieted down a bit by then to enable us to go. We went to visit the Sdot Negev Regional Council for two reasons: first, to express ADL’s support and solidarity…
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It’s Time to Examine How Online Disinformation Affects Social Groups

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July 26, 2018 By Samuel Woolley | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society   Computational propaganda — the use of automation and algorithms on social media to manipulate public opinion — has become a global phenomenon. This has come as a surprise to many in the technology sector, and it’s quite the adverse development given that less than a decade ago experts hailed social media as a savior for democratic communication. Russian…
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Analysis: America's Gulf Allies Still Sponsor Hate Preachers

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By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs July 20, 2018 FDD's Long War Journal The Islamic month of Ramadan is a venerated time in the Gulf.  Worshippers place a renewed emphasis on piety and community, while governments try to burnish their moral credentials by sponsoring major religious activities. Yet in so doing, America’s Gulf allies provided a platform this year to a wide range of hate preachers.  By hosting such extremists – even…
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Remarks by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to the 109th NAACP Annual Convention

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Remarks, as delivered, to the NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas July 16, 2018 Remarks as delivered Thank you, Gary, and good morning, NAACP! It is so great for me to be here with you today.  You know, two months ago, my friend –  and your President and CEO –  Derrick Johnson, addressed the Anti-Defamation League at our National Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. in a room a lot like this. And in a speech no one on our side will soon forget,…
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“Zionists are the F...ing Worst.” California Assembly Candidate Estrada Attacks Jews who Support Israel; Praises Farrakhan’s Speeches

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California legislative candidate Maria Estrada praised the speeches of notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan
July 13, 2018 The Anti-Defamation League does not participate in partisan political activity, but that does not mean we should ignore racism or anti-Semitism on the campaign trail. Maria Estrada, who is running for a seat on the California State Assembly (63rd District), has attacked Zionism and Israel in a manner that raises concerns about anti-Semitism, and has expressed troubling support for notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. It’s impossible to ignore the undercurrent of…
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This Passover, Think of the Modern Plagues

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Next Year May We All Be Free April 10, 2019 As Jews celebrate freedom, let’s reflect on 10 modern plagues that still oppress so many—and identify actions we can take to help. Anti-Semitism For many in the American Jewish community, anti-Semitism feels closer, more pervasive and more threatening than ever. In October 2018, in the deadliest attack in history on the Jewish community in the U.S., a white supremacist gunman entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and…
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Contrarrestando la Ola de Odio Contra la Comunidad Latina

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July 03, 2018 La comunidad latina en Estados Unidos está lidiando con una ola anti-inmigrante. Este odio se manifiesta de diversas maneras incluyendo el acoso que sufren alumnos cuando les gritan “construye el muro” durante juegos deportivos, cuando estudiantes juegan un juego que llaman “La Migra”  donde pretenden ser agentes de ICE y deportar a otros que actúan a ser migrantes, en fiestas universitarias de disfraces donde estudiantes se visten como…
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Iranians are Yearning for Real Reform — They Deserve the West’s Support

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By Alireza Nader | Chair of ADL's Iran Task Force June 29, 2018 The Jewish Chronicle The arrest of prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotudeh last week was just another sign that the Islamic Republic of Iran will never respect human rights or individual dignity. Mr Sotudeh has spent many years in jail fighting for human rights but was freed in September 2013 as part of President Hassan Rouhani’s “reform” efforts, only to be rearrested June 13, 2018 as the…
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How We Can Use Games to Understand Others Better

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June 25, 2018 By Karen Schrier | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society Can games be used to support positive social change, connectedness, and caring, and help reduce bias? These are the big questions I will be exploring over the next year as a Belfer Fellow with ADL’s Center for Technology and Society. There are many questions in this area that need to be answered, but here are a few initial insights: Games may support empathy — but there are…
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How We're Countering the Wave of Hate Against Latinos

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June 21, 2018 The Latino community in the United States has increasingly been on the receiving end of anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric fueled by hate. Hate rears its ugly head in many ways, including bullying in schools where students chant “build the wall” at sporting events, play a game called “La Migra,” where students pretend to be ICE agents and deport students acting as immigrants, and in college costume parties where students dress like maids and gardeners,…
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Jonathan Greenblatt's Remarks at Capitol Hill Press Conference Regarding Family Separation Policy For Migrants

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Washington, D.C. June 19, 2018 Thank you, Vanita. I want to thank Reverend Al Sharpton and Janet Murguía for helping to organize this event today, and I want to thank all of my colleagues for coming out.  For those of you who don't know, the Anti-Defamation League, or the ADL, was founded in 1913 with the mission to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all, and I stand here today because what we are seeing is injustice plain…
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