by: Shaya Lerner June 02, 2016 A French cartoonist with a long record of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel art work has been named the winner of Iran’s most recent Holocaust cartoon contest. Zeon, who the Iranian media said was arrested in the past for his “anti-Zionist” cartoons in 2015, won the $12,000 prize. His winning work features what appears to be the entry gate of a Nazi-era death camp atop a cash register with six million in cash inside. The next day, the…
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by: Jinnie Array June 01, 2016
Beginning on Memorial Day and for four consecutive evenings this week, the History Channel will air its 2016 version of ‘Roots,’ a remake of the 1977 television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s classic novel Roots: The Saga of An American Family. The book is an historical portrait of American slavery based on Haley’s heritage dating back to 1750 in the West African village of Juffure and how his family’s saga unfolded over…
by: Oren Segal May 24, 2016
NBC recently released the names of 15 U.S. residents who allegedly traveled to join ISIS since 2013. The names had been provided to the network by an individual who claimed to be a defector from ISIS and were reportedly verified by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center and other counterterrorism specialists.
While three of the individuals on the list – Yusuf Jama, and Douglas McCain – had already been publicly known, the other 12 had not. The list…
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Boulder Daily Camera
To the Editor:
Tom Mayer highlights the Palestinian perspective on Israel's establishment 68 years ago ("Hear about the Nakba," Daily Camera, May 17). He mischaracterized it as an "unrectified political crime." Mayer omitted important facts and the complexities of the conflict:
• Jewish connection to the land of Israel goes back nearly four millennia. It is the cornerstone of Jewish life — embedded in prayer, ritual and…
by: Oren Segal May 20, 2016
UPDATE: 5/20/16 - Facebook & Instagram have removed the accounts identified in this blog.
Al-Manar, the media wing of Hezbollah, has long broadcast terrorist propaganda disguised as news to the Arab speaking world. After being dropped by two of the largest satellite providers in the Arabic speaking world, ArabSat (which dropped the channel in December 2015) and NileSat (which dropped the channel in April 2016), Hezbollah is relying…
by: David Robbins May 20, 2016 By Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
This article originally appeared on The Jerusalem Post Blog
Isi Leibler gets it wrong on almost all counts in his criticism of my appearance in April before J Street U, the student arm of J Street.
As I made clear publicly in accepting the invitation to speak, I did so both because of my conviction that it is vital to engage with all members of our…
by: Oren Segal May 19, 2016
The 15th issue of Inspire, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)’s English language magazine, released on May 14, provides readers with instructions for murdering “the intelligentsia, economic and influential personalities of America.” Such attacks, claims the magazine, are “easy options that do not require huge efforts or man power, but the result is parallel to the big operations or…
by: Shaya Lerner Iran’s newest “Holocaust contest” exhibition opened on May 14 in a gallery in Tehran. According to Iranian news reports, the contest received over 864 submissions from participants around the world. Of those, 150 cartoons from 50 countries were accepted, with representation of cartoonists from Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Peru, Syria, Turkey and Yemen, among others. Contest organizer Masoud Shojai Tabatabaei insisted the event was not to…
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The Dallas Morning News
To the Editor:
Re: “Transgender battle — Patrick draws boos, again calls for superintendent’s ouster,” Thursday news story.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s rhetoric was filled with untruths as he advocated against the Fort Worth ISD policy, which allows transgender students to use restrooms in accordance with their gender identity. Patrick’s assertion about student safety is fictional. There simply is no…
by: Oren Segal May 13, 2016
Update - 9/27/16: In September 2016, ISIS released an updated version of the app, along with an accompanying workbook. The app and workbook were announced on Twitter and Telegram and were downloadable from file sharing sites.
ISIS has released a mobile app designed to teach young children the Arabic alphabet while simultaneously indoctrinating them with militant ideology. The app was shared via ISIS channels on the chat application Telegram and made…
By Jonathan Greenblatt CEO of the Anti-Defamation League As the still fairly new CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), I’ve been on the job less than one year. I’m frequently asked about our current position on historical League decisions. One of those crucial questions is where ADL stands with regards to recognition of the Armenian Genocide. My family was directly impacted by the Holocaust. Given that profoundly personal experience, I appreciate the pain of those who…
by: Oren Segal May 13, 2016 UPDATE 5/14/16 - Apple has removed the app from iTunes.
Last month, al-Manar, Hezbollah’s media arm, which is listed as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity” by the U.S. government, launched Trust News, a new iPhone app. Available through the Apple online store iTunes, the app streams al-Manar’s live television broadcasts and newsand provides access to al-Manar’s social media platforms.It also provides the latest speeches of…
by: David Robbins May 11, 2016
Ed Blumenthal is fighting anti-Semitism and hate with everything he’s got—including his legs.
His late father, Ernie Blumenthal, escaped from Nazi Vienna in 1938, but luckily found a home in Philadelphia. His grandfather barely escaped some time later.
To honor the memory of his father, who died recently from pancreatic cancer, and to raise awareness of that illness and of anti-Semitism and hate, Ed rode his bike from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, a…
by: Shaya Lerner On May 14, 2016, the second international Holocaust Cartoon Contest exhibition will open in Iran, with the first place winner – reportedly to be announced in June – receiving a large cash prize. According to reports in the Iranian press, the May 14th date was chosen to coincide with Nakba Day (catastrophe day), the term used by Palestinian to refer to the events surrounding Israel’s independence in 1948. The contest reportedly received over 800…
by: Marilyn Mayo May 05, 2016 On his radio show yesterday, white supremacist David Duke celebrated Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana, which made him the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Duke also used the show as yet another opportunity to promote his virulent brand of anti-Semitism, blaming Jewish “neo-cons” for trying to destroy Trump’s candidacy and for allegedly controlling the country.
Duke asserted that “Jewish extremists have made a terribly…
by: David Robbins May 04, 2016 By Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
This article originally appeared on The Jerusalem Post Blog
As an organization dedicated to combatting anti-Semitism and fighting against all forms of bigotry, the Anti-Defamation League speaks often about the Holocaust both from a Jewish framework and from one that addresses hatred and genocide in the world at large.
The moral lesson of the…
by: Oren Segal May 03, 2016
James Gonzalo Medina, a 40-year-old resident of Hollywood, Florida, was arrested on May 2, 2016, for allegedly plotting to use an explosive device in a Florida synagogue on Passover. Court documents indicate that he wanted to leave a notice with the bomb attributing the attack to ISIS.
Violent expressions of anti-Semitism, including encouragement of attacks against Jews and Jewish or Israeli institutions, have been at the core of propaganda distributed by Al…
May 03, 2016 With 22% of students ages 12 – 18 years old currently reporting having been a target of bullying, concerns about bullying in schools have motivated hundreds of books to be written and a wide variety of programs to be designed and implemented with the goal of turning the tide of bullying. Many of these books and programs aim to change the behavior of “bullies.” And herein lies one of the problems that makes it so challenging to change the dynamic of bullying.
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The following letter was written in response to an op-ed that appeared in the New Jersey Jewish News on April 28, 2016. Letters to the Editor
New Jersey Jewish News
Dear Editor:
Jared Silverman’s commentary mischaracterizes the issue and underscores the very reasons the Anti-Defamation League continues to educate and advocate for a compassionate response to the refugee crisis.
By conflating refugees with migrants and immigrants, Silverman confuses the issues and undermines…
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The Washington Free Beacon
To the Editor:
Adam Kredo’s article, “ADL Pursuit of Meeting with Anti-Israel Activists Proves Fruitless,” (April 26) distorts ADL’s role in responding to a protest last week and misrepresents our offer of dialogue with the left-wing Jewish activist group, IfNotNow, when they held a protest in the lobby of the building where ADL’s offices are located.
Kredo’s portrayal of “entreaties for a…