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Charlottesville Roundup: Lessons to Use in Your Classroom Today

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Male Teacher Helping Students in Classroom
August 29, 2017 In response to the recent events in Charlottesville, Facing History and Ourselves, Teaching Tolerance, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Federation of Teachers, and EduColor teamed up to support educators as they return to the classroom. Hosted and led by AFT, we asked educators what topics they were most concerned about and addressed them in a co-hosted webinar, “When Hate Is in the Headlines: Resources for K–12 Educators.” Together, we offered…
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ADL Hires Former DHS Director George Selim as Senior Vice President of Programs

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New York, NY, August 28, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today announced the appointment of George Selim, a leading expert on Homeland Security and countering violent extremism (CVE), as Senior Vice President of Programs. In this newly created position, George will report directly to ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Selim will lead ADL’s education, law enforcement, and community security programs, and oversee its Center on Extremism. George has served Presidents Bush,…
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ADL Applauds President Fenves’ Decision to Remove Confederate Statues from University of Texas Campus

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Austin, TX, August 22, 2017… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves’ decision to remove and relocate several confederate monuments from the University of Texas at Austin campus earlier this week. ADL commends the University for going through a thoughtful process in making the determination to remove and relocate the monuments. Rachel Bresner, ADL Jean & Jerry Moore Southwest Civil Rights Counsel, issued the following…
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ADL Pledges to Stand with Immigrants in Opposition to Possible Executive Repeal of DACA

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New York, NY, August 25, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply dismayed at reports that President Trump is considering ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which would mean the loss of legal protections for more than 700,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: We are deeply dismayed at reports that President Trump is…
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ADL Provides Nationwide Security Briefing for Jewish Institutions

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New York, NY, August 24, 2017 ... Earlier this week, in response to the events in Charlottesville and ongoing concern about security for Jewish institutions across the country, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held a nationwide briefing for leadership and security directors at local and national Jewish institutions. More than 500 individuals participated in the conference call from across the country, representing Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, and other communal organizations. …
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ADL Provides Nationwide Security Briefing for Jewish Institutions

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New York, NY, August 24, 2017 ... Earlier this week, in response to the events in Charlottesville and ongoing concern about security for Jewish institutions across the country, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held a nationwide briefing for leadership and security directors at local and national Jewish institutions. More than 500 individuals participated in the conference call from across the country, representing Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, and other communal organizations. …
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ADL: Pardon of Arpaio Would Be Deeply Objectionable

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Update:  President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio on Aug. 25. Read our statement. New York, NY/Phoenix, AZ, August 21, 2017… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed vehement opposition to a potential pardon of convicted former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by President Donald Trump. ADL Arizona Regional Director Carlos Galindo-Elvira issued the following statement: A pardon by President Trump of Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for…
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We Must Grapple With History to Move Forward

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Leo Frank
August 18, 2017 By Lauren Jones Civil Rights National Counsel at the Anti-Defamation League On August 17, 1915 a mob dragged Leo Frank, a Jewish superintendent at a pencil factory in Georgia, from his prison cell, drove him to a place where others stood ready with a noose, and lynched him. They called themselves the Knights of Mary Phagan. A crowd of men, women and children looked on and cheered. Within the local community, the members of the lynch mob were well-known. But their…
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White Supremacists React Gleefully to President Trump's "Rogue" Press Conference

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August 17, 2017 White supremacists are eager to capitalize on the chaos and violence in Charlottesville, and they’re feeling emboldened and validated by President Trump’s weak response to Unite the Right. They view his remarks as a tacit approval of their message. Online -- from Twitter and other mainstream social media platforms to the corners of the dark web -- white supremacists are celebrating the “victory” in Charlottesville, devising plans for their next…
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 Al-Qaeda’s Latest Inspire Magazine Details “Train Derail Operations” 

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Inspire train derailment issue
August 17, 2017 On August 13th, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released the 17th issue of Inspire magazine featuring instructions from the “AQ-Chef,” including “a simple method for targeting trains…[involving] derailing a train from the railroad by placing an object on the tracks.” The magazine supplements the instructions with a list of priority targets, ranking “Jewish interests everywhere” first. While this is not the first time al-Qaeda…
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ADL Condemns President Trump's Remarks

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New York, NY, August 15, 2017 … Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), released the following statement on President Trump’s remarks today: We have a history in this country of presidents standing up to bigotry and hate. Today, for the second time in four days, President Trump did the opposite. President Trump went beyond the pale today in equating racist white supremacists in Charlottesville with counter protesters who…
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Anti-Semitism on Full Display in Charlottesville

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Sieg Heils in Charlottesville
August 15, 2017 Alongside the racism, nativism and xenophobia on display at Unite the Right, the event was also an expression of the animating power of anti-Semitism.  Marchers threw Nazi salutes as they waved swastika flags, proudly wore swastika pins and shirts, and shouted “sieg heil!”  A sign carried by rally-goers warned that the “Jewish media is going down;” another declared that “Jews are Satan’s children.”  A white…
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Lessons to Teach and Learn from 'Unite the Right'

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Teenage Students and Teacher in a Class Debate
August 13, 2017 Racial hatred, bias and white supremacy were on full display in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend. In the largest and most violent gathering of white supremacists in decades, “Unite the Right” brought together white supremacist groups including the alt-right, neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. Their stated goal was to save the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, because like other places in the South, there are still monuments there celebrating heroes…
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ADL Calls On White House: Name the Hate, Disavow All Ties and Devise Plan of Action to Confront White Supremacy

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New York, NY, August 13, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) strongly condemns the violence yesterday surrounding the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the hatred on display from a range of white supremacist groups. ADL has reported extensively on right-wing extremism and the rise of the alt-right. ADL supports the response from many elected officials, public figures and community leaders and welcomes President Trump’s condemnation of…
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Violence and Hate Unite the Right

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William Fears of Alt Right Texas
August 13, 2017 On the morning of Saturday, August 12, hundreds of white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the Unite the Right rally. The rally never happened, but it almost didn’t matter: The event was the largest and most violent gathering of white supremacists in decades. On Friday afternoon, over the objections of the Charlottesville city council, Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler secured a permit to gather in one of the typically bucolic college town…
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Saturday’s ‘Unite The Right’ Rally in Charlottesville Could Be Largest White Supremacist Gathering in a Decade, ADL Says

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Expresses Concern Over Volume and Variety of White Nationalists and Alt-Right Adherents Slated to Attend New York, NY, August 11, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released an analysis ahead of the “Unite the Right” rally set to take place tomorrow, Saturday, August 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The League’s Center on Extremism estimates the rally has the potential to be the largest white supremacist gathering in a decade. “The white supremacist…
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Statement On Developments in the Case Against Perpetrator of Bomb Threats to Jewish Institutions

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New York, NY, August 8, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement after developments in the case of the Israeli-American teenager Michael Kadar, who was accused of carrying out a series of bomb threats against Jewish community institutions this year. The reports allege that Kadar sold his services on an online platform that was shut down by U.S. authorities last month: The new information does not change our view that the bomb threats against…
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“Unite the Right” Rally Could Be Largest White Supremacist Gathering in a Decade

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August 07, 2017   A variety of white supremacists, self-identified white nationalists and others on the extreme right are gearing up for the “Unite the Right” rally on August 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event has the potential to be the largest public gathering of white supremacists in at least a decade; ADL predicts as many as 500 Unite the Right supporters could show up. Charlottesville law enforcement estimates total crowd size could reach 4,000,…
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Remembering the Sikh Oak Creek Hate Crime Murder Victims – And Acting

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August 04, 2017 On August 5th, 2012, six Sikh worshippers were killed, and four others wounded, by a white supremacist skinhead at their Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The shooter then turned his gun on himself. Less than a week after the tragedy, US Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. participated in a memorial service for the victims, stating that the crime was “an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime.” Now, five year later, as we observe the anniversary of this…
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ADL Says Proposed Immigration Law is Cruel, Anti-Family and Un-American

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New York, NY, August 2, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act, a new bill in the Senate endorsed earlier today by President Trump and designed to cut legal immigration to the United States. The bill, introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue, would reportedly limit the number of foreign nationals who are eligible to obtain green cards to reunite with their families already in…
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