by: Kenneth Jacobson | August 22, 2018 Algemeiner More than 70 years after the murder of six million Jews in the Shoah, we are witnessing a variety of efforts to legitimize antisemitism once again.
The latest reminder of this came from the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohammed, an open antisemite, who said recently: “Anti-Semitism is a term that is invented to prevent people from criticizing the Jews for doing wrong things.”
Other manifestations of this appear…
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by: Kenneth Jacobson | August 22, 2018 The Times of Israel Nothing exposes the awkwardness and superfluity of the recently passed Nation-State law in Israel better than the protests by the Druze community and the contortions that Israeli leaders are going through in order to calm the waters.
Right-wing Israeli leaders, such as Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of Education claim that in no way are they against the notion that Israel is both a Jewish and democratic state, but that…
By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs and Susan Corke | Director of Countering Antisemitism and Extremism at Human Rights First August 15, 2018 The Hill In 2017, when the number of homophobic hate crimes increased in Norway, the Oslo police force marched in the Pride parade as a show of solidarity. When Canadian synagogues were threatened, authorities denounced the threats as antithetical to Canadian values, and police promised to proactively…
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.
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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…
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…
Washington, D.C., August 10, 2018 ... This Sunday, white nationalists plan to demonstrate in Washington, D.C., on the anniversary of the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a violent white nationalist event that killed three and left dozens injured last year. Today, the Anti-Defamation League, the League of Women Voters, Muslim Advocates, and the NAACP issued the following joint statement on the eve of this hateful demonstration:
“There is no place…
New York, NY, August 9, 2018 … In advance of the first anniversary of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that shook the nation, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today launched the ADL H.E.A.T. (Hate, Extremism, Anti-Semitism, Terrorism) Map ™ -- a first-of-a-kind interactive map detailing extremist and anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. The map is a visual reflection of select proprietary datasets developed by ADL experts in its Center on Extremism.
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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…
Orange County, CA, August 2, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the decision to bring a hate crime charge against Samuel Woodward, the man previously charged with the killing of his former high school classmate, Blaze Bernstein.
Woodward also faces felony murder charges in connection with the death of Bernstein, whose body was found in a shallow grave in Orange County in January with more than 20 stab wounds.
According to the Orange County District Attorney…
New York, NY, July 26, 2018 … As the court-issued deadline for family reunification looms today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) delivered a petition today to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security with 38,000 signatures calling for an end to the catastrophic human rights violation that is the Administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy. ADL called on the Trump Administration to reunite all separated families immediately and to end the policy that created…
Only 36 of 57 participating states submitted hate crime data in 2016 New York, NY, July 25, 2018 … Against a backdrop of rising reports of hate crimes, Human Rights First and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released their annual analysis of hate crime reporting by the 57 participating states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a security- and human rights-focused intergovernmental organization comprised of governments from North America, Europe, and…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
New York, NY, June 29, 2018 … Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement following the announcement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement:
"While often the fifth and deciding vote on many cases, Associate Justice Kennedy has been an important voice on key cases throughout his 30 years of distinguished service on the Court. He has affected a broad range of civil…
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…
New York, NY, June 28, 2018 … White supremacist groups continued to escalate their propaganda campaign targeting U.S. college campuses, with incidents increasing by 77 percent during the 2017-2018 academic year, according to new data released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
From Sept. 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018, ADL’s Center on Extremism documented 292 cases of white supremacist propaganda on college campuses — including fliers, stickers, banners, and posters …
New York, NY, June 26, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded today to the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii, upholding President Trump’s discriminatory policy blocking immigrants and visitors to the United States from six Muslim-majority nations.
ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement:
Today’s decision will be recalled as a dark and shameful stain on America’s history reminiscent…