New York, NY, February 15, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed “shock and outrage” at news of another violent terrorist attack targeting members of a European Jewish community and a democratic society. The League said the shootings against a synagogue and a controversial cartoonist in Denmark, which left two dead and two police officers wounded, “should serve as another wake-up call to all of Europe” to the continued clear and present danger posed…
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New York, NY, February 14, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today testified for the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing at a public hearing in Phoenix, Arizona on the topic of training and education. The Task Force, established by President Barack Obama in December 2014, is charged with identifying ways to strengthen public trust and foster strong relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they protect while also promoting effective crime…
New York, NY, February 13, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged Congress to act swiftly to pass the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Resolution submitted to Congress by President Obama “as a vital demonstration of America’s commitment to a strong, resolute military campaign against ISIL.” ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman wrote to Congressional leaders and to the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committees urging swift action “to…
New York, NY, February 13, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has honored its longtime lay leader, David Strassler, in recognition of his dedicated commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and for his decades of leadership in the service of ADL’s mission to combat hate. Mr. Strassler, of Great Barrington, MA, was presented with the Barbara B. Balser ADL Lifetime Achievement Award on February 6, 2015 during ADL’s National Executive Committee meeting in Palm Beach,…
New York, NY, February 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the decision by the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford to bar Rev. Stephen Sizer from “writing or speaking on any theme that relates, either directly or indirectly, to the current situation in the Middle East or to its historical backdrop.” ADL commended Right Rev. Andrew Watson, the Bishop of Guildford, for his statements calling Sizer’s actions “indefensible” and…
New York, NY, February 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized J Street for its “inflammatory and repugnant” campaign to mobilize American Jews to reject the Prime Minister of Israel’s sense of duty and responsibility to world Jewry. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
At the height of the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress, J Street’s petition…
New York, NY, February 9, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the Urban Outfitters retail chain to remove a tapestry currently being sold in stores that is “eerily reminiscent” of the prisoner gray and white stripes and pink triangles that gay male prisoners were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps. “Whether intentional or not, this gray and white striped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed…
February 02, 2015 2015 began with heinous attacks in Paris by Islamic extremists directly targeting Jews and those perceived to be treating Islam inappropriately. Two gunmen, brothers Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, attacked the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 9, killing 11 members of the staff and a policeman. Two days later, on January 11, a friend of the Kouachis, Amedy Coulibaly, went into a HyperCacher supermarket – at the…
by: Kenneth Jacobson | January 31, 2015 Santa Cruz Sentinel The latest strategy being used by those who make a career of assaulting the good name of the state of Israel is to link the issue of full equality for African-Americans, as symbolized by the word “Ferguson,” with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The most recent egregious example of this took place in Santa Cruz at an event on Jan. 28 commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. sponsored by UC Santa Cruz.
The announced speaker…
February 02, 2015 Aftermath is a foreign language film (recently released on DVD) that tells the story of two brothers from a small town in Poland, outside Warsaw. Franek, who has been living in the United States for the past thirty years and Jozek, who still lives on the family farm in Poland and whose wife and children have recently inexplicably left him, make a discovery that breaks open all they know about their family and the town around them. The film is based on the events of the…
by: Kenneth Jacobson | January 20, 2015 JTA The latest strategy being used by those who make a career of assaulting the good name of the State of Israel is to link the issue of full equality for African-Americans, as symbolized by the word “Ferguson,” with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is a long history of using legitimate American social justice issues to undermine the Jewish state. We saw it during the Vietnam War, where small contingents linked opposition to the war to…
New York, NY, August 5, 2015 … For the third consecutive year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans are teaming up to fight hate and bullying through ADL’s No Place for Hate® initiative. The goal is to provide tools to help eradicate hatred, prejudice and bullying as students and teachers prepare to head back to school this fall. Research shows that 28 percent of students ages 12 to 18 years old report being bullied at school,…
November 20, 2014 I am honored to be in Sofia today, together with the Anti-Defamation League’s top leadership, at the invitation of President Plevneliev, who was our guest in Washington last year, as a headline speaker at our major event to celebrate ADL’s 100th anniversary.
ADL plays an active role in international affairs and we meet with many presidents, prime ministers, and foreign ministers. We could have invited the German Chancellor, the French…
November 18, 2014 Read the full report here: Khalid Muhammad In His Own Words (PDF).
Khalid Muhammad died on February 17, 2001 from the effects of a brain aneurysm. Prior to his death, his words and deeds had been the focus of increasing public attention. A former national spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI), Muhammad was exceedingly confrontational in his rhetoric. His supporters viewed his hateful diatribes as expressions of rage that traditional Black leaders were unable or…
November 10, 2014 A few days before Halloween, many residents of Prattville, Alabama, woke to find their front doors and yards festooned with racist fliers in plastic bags weighted down with rocks, courtesy of the Missouri-based Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TAK).
“The TAK of the KKK is a pro-White, Christian organization,” the fliers began. “We are dedicated to preserving our race, our heritage and our American way of life.” …
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October 28, 2014. Prattville, Alabama. Fliering by the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TAK).
October 24, 2014. Bentonville, Arkansas. Fliering by the TAK.
October 16, 2014. Van Zandt County, Texas. Fliering by the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
October 12, 2014. Hamilton, Ohio. Fliering by the TAK.
October 10, 2014. St. Louis and Jefferson Counties, Missouri. Fliering by the TAK.
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October 24, 2014 For a print-friendly version of the report, please see: Anti-Israel Activity on Campus After Operation Protective Edge (PDF)
Student groups seeking to isolate and delegitimize Israel, to stifle dialogue and control the message about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have organized activities on college and university campuses for several years.
These efforts polarize campuses, inflame existing tensions and intimidate students. In light of the previous academic year…
October 15, 2014 When planning a special event, either on site or off site, it is important that consideration be given to the safety and security of the attendees. As Director of Security for a large urban, convention hotel, I have had the opportunity to work with many groups and the following is some of the advice I offer.
Any time a group of likeminded people comes together for a common purpose, there is an opportunity for a person or group of people to take issue and…
September 24, 2014 The Metropolitan Opera’s production of The Death of Klinghoffer has once again thrust this highly controversial and deeply flawed John Adams opera into the news.
In May 2014, the Met announced it would cancel plans for a global simulcast of the opera “in response to concerns that the opera’s broadcast to 66 countries around the world could promote anti-Semitism and legitimize terrorism.” But since then…
September 22, 2014 In the course of the time it takes me to introduce Eric Schmidt, the esteemed recipient of ADL’s International Leadership Award, Google will handle in the neighborhood of 12 million searches. Or, put another way, in one month Google - the company which Eric steered as CEO for more than a decade and now serves as Executive Chairman – handles over a 100 billion searches. Wow!
Added to that almost 6 billion hours of video on Google-owned YouTube are…