Jews Targeted in 60 Percent of Religion-Based Crimes New York, NY, November 16, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the release of the 2014 FBI Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report, which, for the second year in a row, documented a decrease in the number of reported hate crimes in the United States. The 5,479 hate crimes reported to the FBI, down from 5,928 hate crimes in 2013, is the lowest number of hate crimes recorded since 1991, the first year data was…

New York, le 14 Novembre, 2015 ... L'Anti-Defamation League (ADL) a exprimé aujourd'hui choc et horreur suite à la vague d'attentats terroristes coordonnés à travers Paris, qui aurait coûté la vie à au moins 130 personnes et blessé quelques 180 personnes additionnelles. Des terroristes armés de fusils, de bombes et de ceintures d’explosifs ont pris d'assaut au moins six lieux à travers Paris, y compris une salle de…

New York, NY, November 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the European Union (EU) guidelines which call for Israeli goods from the West Bank and the Golan Heights to be given unique labels. The guidelines suggest such Israeli goods be labeled, “product from the Golan Heights (Israeli settlement)” or “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement).” Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following statement: The recent EU…

New York, NY, November 10, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s decision by the European Court of Human Rights upholding a French court’s conviction of Dieudonné M’bala M’bala for incitement to hatred against Jews.  The French performer, known as Dieudonné, has been repeatedly convicted and fined under French hate speech laws for anti-Semitic statements during his shows.  “Dieudonné is a recidivist…

New York, NY, November 9, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned Israel Member of Knesset Hanin Zoabi of the Arab Joint List Party for comparing the current situation in Israel to the period of Kristallnacht, the mass pogrom against Jews and Jewish businesses in Germany and Austria in November 1938. Zoabi, who was speaking at a Kristallnacht commemoration event in Amsterdam organized by Platform Stop Racism and Exclusion, said, “Kristallnacht didn’t suddenly…

Jerusalem, November 9, 2015…. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the loss of Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s fifth president and former member of parliament, deputy prime minister and education minister who strengthened the study of Arabic and Sephardic Jewish heritage and worked tirelessly to promote Jewish-Arab co-existence and democratic values. “President Navon was an important leader whose contributions helped to shape the modern state of Israel," said Jonathan A…

New York, NY, November 6, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded Adidas for launching a new initiative to assist schools willing to transition away from offensive Native American nicknames and mascots. Adidas has reportedly offered schools financial and design resources that will help remove economic barriers for those seeking to create new mascots. “A school’s history and tradition are not sufficient reasons to perpetuate an offensive stereotype,…

Jewish Reggae Artist Matisyahu Honored for Standing Up to Anti-Israel Boycott New York, NY, November 6, 2015 … The new CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said that anti-Semitic sentiments and anti-Israel forces here at home and abroad are not new but are developing in new ways. “Anti-Semitism is not exactly new. Political parties across the world are using anti-Semitism as a strategy to gain at the ballot box. Anti-Israel forces are getting more sophisticated, adopting new…

New York, NY November 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the Senate Banking Committee to confirm, without delay, a key leader of U.S. efforts to counter terrorism and the states that sponsor it. Adam Szubin, Acting Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, leads the enforcement of sanctions against terrorists, weapons proliferators, human rights violators and rogue nations like Iran. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following…

Jerusalem, November 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned the graffiti spray-painted on Israel’s Supreme Court walls, and called for a throughout investigation by law enforcement to find the perpetrator. According to reports,  “Don’t demolish a synagogue, we want a Jewish state” was sprayed painted on November 4 on the walls of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of the demolition of a synagogue in the community of Giv’at…

Jerusalem, November 4, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed shock at a photo circulating on social media portraying Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked with a Hitler-like moustache. The photo, titled “Heil-et Shaked”, was posted in reaction to Shaked’s drafting of a Knesset bill which would require representatives of foreign funded NGO’s to wear special badges while visiting the Knesset. Carole Nuriel, Acting Director of ADL's Israel office,…

New York, NY, November 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a new U.S.-France compensation program for Holocaust victims deported from Nazi-occupied France during World War II.  The program was established by a U.S.-France agreement to provide up to $60 million to compensate deportees from the U.S. and around the world who were not eligible to access the French pension program established in 1946 until now.  Today is the opening of the claims process being…

New York, NY, November 2, 2015 … For the second time, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has filed a friend of the court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the University of Texas’ admissions policy, emphasizing the importance of achieving and preserving diversity in institutions of higher education through constitutionally sound measures. ADL filed a similar amicus brief when the Supreme Court heard this case in its 2012 Term and asked the Fifth Circuit Court of…

New York, NY, November 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned remarks by an Austrian parliamentarian in which she heartily agreed with a comment posted on Facebook that “Zionists money Jews are the global problem.” Susanne Winter, a parliamentarian and member of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), wrote in response to an anti-Semitic post by Oehlmann Hans-Jörg, “It is great.  You are taking the words right out of my mouth…

New York, NY, October 30, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) joined with representatives of faiths from around the world at an international conference in Rome celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Vatican’s landmark document, Nostra Aetate. Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, ADL Director of Interfaith Affairs, attended the conference as a representative of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC), where he was among a group of leaders who greeted…

Jerusalem, October 29, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today denounced Israeli rap artist Yoav Eliasi for a Facebook post belittling the murder of Richard Lakin and insulting his co-existence advocacy work. Richard Lakin was seriously wounded in a recent terror attack in Armon Hanatsiv, and succumbed to his wounds earlier this week. ADL called on Eliasi to immediately  apologize to the Lakin family for the offensive comments. Reacting to Lakin’s death on Facebook,…

Tells Party Leader: Now is Your Chance to Condemn Anti-Semitism New York, NY, October 29, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned anti-Semitic comments by Gerald Kaufman, a Labour Member of Parliament in the U.K., who accused Jews of undue influence over the Conservative party and Israel of fabricating terror attacks as excuses to kill Palestinians. Speaking at a pro-Palestinian event on October 27, Kaufman said, “It’s Jewish money, Jewish donations to the…

New York, NY, October 28, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today submitted testimony on terrorist use of social media to the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security. In its testimony, ADL highlighted the troubling tactics employed by various terror groups on social media, in particular ISIS, and noted that several platforms have provided the opportunity for a deeply disturbing flow of horrific materials - including a high volume of appalling…

New York, NY, October 28, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today denounced a speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying that instead of using a presentation to the international community as an opportunity to reduce tensions and send a message of reconciliation, he used it to grandstand his “litany of accusations, incitement and half-truths.” Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, who is currently traveling in Israel on…

New York, NY, October 28, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commended the Polish Episcopate for declaring, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, that anti-Semitism is a sin and for stressing the importance to the church of Catholic-Jewish dialogue. The Polish Episcopate’s pastoral letter asserted that “anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism are sins against the love of thy neighbor” and that, “Christian-Jewish dialogue must never be…