Marina Rosenberg The attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, had profound and far-reaching effects on Israelis, Jewish communities around the world and many others. Across Latin American, several Jewish communities faced a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents, diverse government responses, and escalating security concerns. The aftermath of this attack has not only exposed the vulnerability of Jewish populations in the region but has also highlighted the complex geopolitical dynamics…
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As we begin the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah tomorrow at sundown, we want to share insights from ADL Rabbinic Fellow David Wolpe with you. We hope that everyone in the ADL community can find something important to consider in his essay about how we can all aspire to push for a world without hate in the days to come. Although Rosh Hashanah often sparks thoughts about the state of the world, it also asks us to look inside ourselves. I find the teaching that follows helpful both…
New York, NY, October 1, 2024 …ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today appointed veteran federal law enforcement executive Steve Gonzalez as its new vice president of global safety and security. A longtime leader at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gonzalez most recently served as assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s New York Criminal Division. “We are pleased to welcome Steve Gonzalez into our top security leadership position at ADL,” said Jonathan…
La tarjeta de calificaciones de las redes sociales revela la falta de acción consistente de las principales plataformas ante el odio antisemita reportado por los usuarios Nueva York, NY, 30 de septiembre de 2024 ... Una nueva tarjeta de calificaciones publicada hoy por la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) encontró que cinco de las principales plataformas de medios sociales —Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube y X— rutinariamente no toman medidas sobre el odio…
New York, NY, September 30, 2024 … A new scorecard released today by ADL (Anti-Defamation League) found that five major social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X – routinely fail to act on antisemitic hate reported through regular channels available to users. The ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) evaluated both policy and enforcement around antisemitism and issued grades to each of the five platforms based on a fixed set of criteria…
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…
A new ADL Center on Extremism report analyzing the funding sources of anti-Israel & anti-Zionist organizations based on tax records and other public information
Amid Rising Antisemitism, ADL and Moishe House Equip Young Jews with Tools to Combat Antisemitism
Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 63% since 2023, FBI reportsNew York, NY, September 23, 2024 … Data released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that reported hate crime incidents across the country reached a record high of 11,862 in 2023. In 2023, reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents rose to 1,832 incidents, a sharp increase of 63 percent from 2022, and the highest number ever recorded by the FBI since it began collecting data in 1991…
September 20, 2024 – As antisemitism reaches unprecedented levels in the United States, ADL (Anti-Defamation League), OneTable, and Passages Israel are working to build bridges between the Jewish and Christian communities through shared experiences and dialogue. Their joint initiative, “A Light in the City,” aims to foster friendship and understanding by hosting Shabbat dinners in four key cities. The pilot program, to take place in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York…
New York, NY, September 19, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced it is joining Wigdor LLP as co-counsel in an employment discrimination lawsuit against Intel, marking the first time in recent history the anti-hate organization has filed suit against a major Fortune 500 company for alleged antisemitic discrimination in the workplace. The complaint in John Doe v. Intel Corporation alleges that Intel failed to address a hostile work environment,…
New York, NY, September 19, 2024 … Adopting an Israel divestment strategy aligned with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement could lead to significant negative financial implications for university endowments, finds a report released today by JLens, the leading Jewish values-based investor network, part of the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) family. The report, the first of its kind to thoroughly quantify these risks, analyzed the historical…
Los investigadores registran importantes picos de vandalismo, acoso y agresiones durante el año académico 2023-24. Nueva York, NY, 16 de septiembre de 2024, ... Un total de 2.087 incidentes anti-Israel de agresiones, vandalismo, acoso, protestas/acciones y resoluciones de desinversión se registraron en los campus universitarios de Estados Unidos entre el 1 de junio de 2023 y el 31 de mayo de 2024. Esto representa un aumento del 477% en esas mismas categorías en…
New York, NY, September 16, 2024, … A total of 2,087 anti-Israel incidents of assault, vandalism, harassment, protests/actions and divestment resolutions were recorded on college and university campuses in the United States between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. This represents a 477 percent increase in those same categories compared to the prior school year, according to a new ADL (Anti-Defamation League) report released today. The annual campus report from the ADL…
The murder of a police officer in Dallas last month by a suspected adherent of the sovereign citizen movement became the latest in an alarming rise of violent incidents this year involving individuals who subscribe to the extreme right-wing, anti-government ideology and law enforcement officials. In fact, 2024 has been a record year for violent encounters between police and sovereign citizens. In the space of just six months between March and August 2024, sovereign citizens opened fire on…
New York, NY, September 12, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the election of Nicole Mutchnik as chair-elect of ADL’s Board of Directors. Currently vice chair of the board, Nicole is a well-known community leader in Los Angeles who has served in various regional and national leadership positions over the last two decades, including as chair of the Los Angeles regional board. “At a time when we are facing unprecedented levels of antisemitism, we are…
Let’s say that a university decides to acquiesce to the demands of anti-Israel protestors and divest its endowment from companies with business ties to Israel. It’s a plausible scenario, despite the many political, economic, and legal reasons to reject the idea: its unfair singling-out and demonization of Israel; the likelihood of reduced endowment returns and lower donations from alumni; state measures discouraging boycotts of Israel; and potential legal risk from…
From Memorial Day through Labor Day 2024, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a sustained, high level of white supremacist activity that included paramilitary-style marches, demonstrations, “fight nights,” propaganda drives, and disruption of public forums across the country. COE documented 64 white supremacist events across 25 states between May 27 and September 2, 2024. A majority of these events were small, with just five to 12 participants, but there were also larger…
Campus activism surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict often presents a skewed narrative, painting Israel as the sole aggressor and magnifying its flaws beyond those of any other nation. While all countries have their shortcomings and deserve scrutiny, Israel stands out as a unique target of widespread university divestment campaigns, suggesting a disproportionate focus on its actions and policies. Through their rhetoric and demands, anti-Israel divestment campaigns can feed into the…
There are many reasons why it’s a bad idea for university endowments to divest from Israel. Divestment serves to delegitimize Israel and puts the onus for solving the longstanding Palestinian-Israeli conflict on only one side. It could also likely lead to economic ramifications, such as reduced alumni giving and lower returns, as well as open up the potential for heavier taxation of endowment income. Beyond all of these arguments, universities that decide to divest…