March 14, 2013 On March 20, 2013, President Barack Obama will visit Israel in his first official international trip of his second term. It will be his first trip to Israel as president. President Obama will become the fifth sitting U.S. president to visit Israel. The other four were George W. Bush (twice in 2008) Bill Clinton (1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998), Jimmy Carter (1979) and Richard Nixon (1974). The unique bond between the United States and Israel dates back to Israel’s…

February 27, 2013 September 24 "This morning they found in a neighbor's home [to the Brazilian Embassy], in the roof of a neigboring home, intercepting equipment - the President told me - made in Israel, one of the latest generation. Israel recognized the [Micheletti] de facto government; I think it is the only government in the world that has recognized it. They have equipment directed to perturbing the mind, trying to cause panic in the few people that are in the Brazilian embassy; they…

The repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Israel views of Iran's leadership place the Iranian regime among the foremost threats to Jews and the state of Israel. Iran's leaders repeatedly demonize the state of Israel and openly call for its destruction at every opportunity. Most notoriously, they describe Israel as a "fake regime" that "must be wiped off the map." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has termed Zionists "the most detested people in all humanity" and called the extermination…

February 07, 2013 Read the full report: Border Disputes - Armed Vigilantes in Arizona (PDF). On October 16, 2002, 13 members of Ranch Rescue, an extreme anti-immigration group, launched a “patrol” of the Arizona-Mexico border near Lochiel, Arizona. Dressed in camouflage military uniforms and carrying rifles and other weapons, the members of the patrol (somewhat self-importantly dubbed “Operation Hawk”) trudged across the desert, allegedly looking for “armed…

by: Abraham H. Foxman | January 31, 2013 The Miami Herald As the confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel get underway this week, the incoming defense secretary will undoubtedly face numerous questions about his support for Israel and his widely reported past comment about the “Jewish lobby” in America. That remark has been cited as one of the most damning marks against his record. That the former Nebraska senator once suggested the “Jewish lobby” inappropriately tried to…

January 29, 2013 IRS Form 990 2015 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Calendar Year ending December 31, 2015) (PDF) 2014 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Calendar Year ending December 31, 2014) (PDF) 2013 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Calendar Year ending December 31, 2013) (PDF) IRS Form 990-T 2015 – Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return Calendar Year ending December 31, 2015 (PDF) 2014 –…

by: Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg and Philip A. Cunningham | January 28, 2013 Religion News Service The head of a schismatic Roman Catholic sect known as the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) recently labeled Jews “enemies of the Church.” The comments from Bishop Bernard Fellay could have triggered a public clash between Catholics and Jews, as in 2009 when then-SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson denied that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. But rather than spark a crisis, Fellay has instead…

October 23, 2012 July 4, 2010 - President Hugo Chavez on Venezolana de Television, during the closing statements of the New Latin American Group without the US and Canada "...There is an invisible hand out there...that wants to provoke us. Now they say that I am an enemy of the Jews. That's a lie. But I have not done anything against the Jews. One thing is the State of Israel and the actions they are committing very occasionally and we are entitled as a state to take a stand. We are…

January 08, 2013 Read the whole report: Deafening Hate The Revival of Resistance Records (PDF) The music is loud, fast and grating. The lyrics preach hatred, violence and white supremacy. This is "hatecore" – the music of the hate movement – newly revived thanks to the acquisition of the largest hate music record label by one of the nation’s most notorious hatemongers. Resistance Records is providing a lucrative new source of revenue for the neo-Nazi National Alliance,…

January 08, 2013 The Anti-Defamation League has found no evidence to claims by some bloggers on the Internet that Whole Foods Market is "anti-Israel." In fact, the company has assured ADL that it does not boycott Israeli products. In particular, some have specifically criticized a Whole Foods seasonal promotion around halal foods that meet the company's high quality standards. Such criticism is misguided, inappropriate and contrary to American values. We live in a multicultural, multi…

January 07, 2013 In 2000, the ADL wrote a report on The Winrod Legacy of Hate (PDF). Introduction For more than 60 years covering three generations, Gerald, Gordon and David Winrod have produced some of the most vicious and hate filled anti-Semitic propaganda to be found on the American scene. Since 1964, long-time anti-Jewish propagandist Gordon Winrod has been the pastor and prime mover of Our Savior’s Church & Latin School in Gainesville, Missouri, an entity of his own…

January 07, 2013 In 2002, the ADL wrote a report about Racist Groups using Computer Gaming to Promote Hate and Violence against Blacks, Latinos, and Jews (PDF). Introduction Attempting to capitalize on the vast popularity of computer video games - especially among the young - hate groups are manipulating available technology to create violently racist and anti-Semitic versions of popular video games. With titles such as "Ethnic Cleansing" and "Shoot the Blacks," the manipulated…

January 03, 2013 Read the whole report, David Duke: In His Own Words. As Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s, David Duke urged Klan members to "get out of the cow pasture and into hotel meeting rooms." For the past 25 years, he has increasingly attempted to follow his own advice, by using code words, and increasingly disguising his ideas behind more mainstream conservative-sounding rhetoric. As a result, in 2000 David Duke remains one of the most dangerous…

January 02, 2013 Q. What is the basis for ADL's concerns about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"?A. We first learned about Mr. Gibson's plans to make a film based on the final hours of Jesus' life in a New York Times Magazine article that appeared in February 2003. An early version of the script was shared with us. In August 2003, an ADL representative saw a rough cut in Houston. On January 21, we saw a version of the film at a screening in Orlando, Florida. We had hoped to see the film…

December 30, 2012 Remarks By Abraham H. Foxman National Director Anti-Defamation League ADL National Commission Meeting New York, NY, November 1, 2007You have just heard a very important presentation by John Marttila on our 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Toward Jews. But it is just the tip of the iceberg. The survey yielded much information and we will be releasing additional data in the weeks to come. But now let's ask broader questions about anti-Semitism: Why is it so enduring and lethal…

December 27, 2012 Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups often stage events around the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s April 20th birthday. Many of these events are held explicitly to celebrate Hitler’s legacy of anti-Semitism and world vision of Aryan supremacy. Several neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups around the country are planning such events on April 19 and 20, 2008. Many of them plan to feature speakers who espouse a virulently anti-Semitic, racist, and anti-immigrant…

December 27, 2012 Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups often stage events around the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s April 20th birthday. Many of these events are held explicitly to celebrate Hitler’s legacy of anti-Semitism and world vision of Aryan supremacy. Several neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups around the country held such events on April 19 and 20, 2008. Many of them featured speakers who espouse a virulently anti-Semitic, racist, and anti-immigrant ideology. …

March 14, 2013 The repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Israel views of Hugo Chavez's leadership place Venezuela among the foremost threats to Jews and the State of Israel. The Chavez regime repeatedly demonizes the State of Israel and most recenly a report was leaked that the Venezuelan intelligence agency (SEBIN) is targeting and spying on the Venezuelan Jewish community as well as on Venezuelan companies and organizations with ties to Israel. Each time there is a conflict in the Middle East,…

December 14, 2012 An online publication called The Occidental Observer has become a primary voice for anti-Semitism from far-right intellectuals. Founded in October 2007 as a "Webzine," or online magazine, it is one of a number of publishing efforts that have grown out of the Charles Martel Society, a group founded by William Regnery II, a Chicago, Illinois-based heir to the Regnery publishing fortune. Kevin MacDonald's influence Ideologically, the magazine is guided by the ideas of…

November 06, 2012 An e-mail rumor, with a subject line "Europe again becoming 'Judenfrei' and soon 'Judenrein,'" claims that "the last 819 Jews still living in Norway are now leaving the country due to the rise of anti-Semitism." The e-mail goes on to cite a litany of attacks by Muslims against Jewish communities in Norway and elsewhere in Europe, and warns that "history is repeating itself." Much of the information in this e-mail message is alarmist and outright false. ADL is…