New York, NY, July 1, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Crowell & Moring LLP today filed a federal lawsuit alleging Iran, Syria and North Korea provided material support to Hamas that enabled it to commit atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023, that killed, injured, and terrorized scores of U.S. citizens and their families, and seeking financial compensation under applicable federal and local laws. The suit names over 125 plaintiffs, including U.S. citizens who were…
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Remarks as delivered June 27th, 2024 Thank you- I join you all here this morning on behalf of ADL, the oldest anti-hate organization in the United States, alongside my good friend Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, and our partners - Assembly members Brian Cunningham, Nily Rozic, Grace Lee, Jennifer Rajkumar and Pastor Johnnie Green. In addition. We are very grateful to Dr. Hazel Dukes of the NY NAACP, an icon of the civil rights movement for lending her strong words of…
Según una encuesta realizada en siete países con grandes comunidades judías, la mayoría de los encuestados apoyan la acusación antisemita de la "doble lealtad", aceptando que los judíos son más leales a Israel que a sus países de origen. En Estados Unidos, esta cifra asciende al 51%. Casi el 40% de los encuestados estuvieron de acuerdo con al menos 6 de los 12 tópicos antisemitas. Nueva York, NY, 27 de junio de 2024... Una…
According to a survey conducted across seven countries with large Jewish communities, a majority of respondents endorse the antisemitic “dual loyalty” allegation, agreeing that Jews are more loyal to Israel than their home countries. In the United States, this figure stands at 51%.
New York, NY, June 18, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced that it has issued revised grades for some schools assessed in its Campus Antisemitism Report Card, an initiative that assesses campus climate and administrative policies related to countering antisemitism on college campuses. The tool, released in a beta version this past April, examined 85 institutions and assigned grades to provide campus leadership, parents, students, alumni and other key…
New York, NY, June 10, 2024 … More than half of all Americans - 56 percent - report experiencing online hate or harassment in their lifetimes, continuing an upward trend, according to ADL’s sixth annual Survey of Online Hate and Harassment – the highest rate since 2020. At a time when antisemitic incidents are at historic levels, 34 percent of Jewish adults who were harassed online reported being targeted because of their religion in the past 12 months. In addition, 63…
New York, NY, June 6, 2024 … Researchers at the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society (CTS) found that some Facebook groups in local communities have become toxic sites of harassment, particularly identity-based harassment against Jews, women, LGBTQ+ advocates, immigrants, and people of color. Through interviews with community members, targets of the harassment and other stakeholders, combined with online observation, content analysis, and data scraping,…
New York, NY, June 3, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) charging Jewish Voice for Peace’s (JVP) political fundraising arm with numerous violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations. Jewish Voice for Peace is a fringe anti-Israel group dedicated to the elimination of the state of Israel as a Jewish state despite nearly half of the world’s Jewish population residing in the…
New York, NY, May 28, 2024… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and JLens filed a Notice of Exempt Solicitation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, calling on shareholders to vote in favor of Proposal Eleven in Meta's 2024 proxy statement. The proposal would require Meta to transparently address critical issues of hate speech and cyberbullying as well as other issues related to protecting kids. According to a 2023 survey conducted by the ADL Center for…
New York, NY, May 28, 2024 … As the U.S. celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month, the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a new partnership to preserve the institutional archives that document ADL’s fight against antisemitism, hate and bigotry since its founding in 1913. The ADL Archives Project will catalog, stabilize and digitize ADL’s collections to preserve and provide public access to important archival…
New York, NY, May 24, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today condemned the U.N.'s top court, the International Court of Justice, for allowing external political pressure to dictate its biased ruling demanding Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah. ADL issued the following statement: ADL condemns the ICJ for allowing external political pressure to dictate its biased ruling today, and South Africa for essentially serving as Hamas’ representatives at the court…
Chicago, May 23, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today reiterated its call for Northwestern University President Michael Schill to resign following his troubling testimony before Congress that was “rife with hypocrisy and platitudes.” David Goldenberg, ADL Midwest Regional Director, issued the following statement: "President Schill’s testimony today clarified his leadership imperils Jewish students and that he has failed at virtually every turn to take…
New York, NY, May 15, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response to the commitments announced by Harvard University interim President Alan Garber following yesterday's disbandment of the anti-Israel protest encampment. Interim Harvard President Alan Garber repeatedly said that Harvard would not negotiate with anti-Israel protestors encamped on its campus. Yet, following the disbandment of the encampment yesterday, President Garber announced …
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against two California colleges -- Occidental and Pomona -- for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Arnold & Porter joined the Brandeis Center…
Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 2024 – In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Media & Entertainment Institute today announced the release of two curated film lists developed in partnership with Common Sense Media: "Movies That Illustrate and Celebrate the Jewish Experience" and "Movies About the Holocaust." The initiative aims to promote understanding, appreciation, and diversity through cinema that reflects the rich tapestry of Jewish life and the…
New York, NY, May 9, 2024… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) applauds the decision by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, to recommend investors vote against an anti-Israel shareholder proposal in Amazon's 2024 proxy statement. Titled “Customer Due Diligence,” Shareholder Proposal 6 seeks to end the company's involvement in Project Nimbus—a $1.2 billion cloud computing agreement with the…
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying and harassment of Jewish students in classrooms, hallways, schools yards, and walkouts since October 7, 2023. BUSD Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel is also being called to testify tomorrow…
TikTok videos will share testimonials, educate against denial & raise awareness New York, NY, May 6, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched a new social media campaign geared toward Gen Z consumers of social media. The campaign, with an emphasis on TikTok and other video platforms, will highlight and promote survivor testimonials and messages from several TikTok creators, with an aim to counter Holocaust denial and misinformation. The new…
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expanded their complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), sounding the alarm that the already-hostile environment for Jewish students is taking a frightening turn for the worse. In February, the two organizations filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the…
"Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West" From Brazil to South Africa, from Italy to Australia, from Belgium to the United States: 2023 saw an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries in comparison to 2022.Most countries with large Jewish populations recorded increases in the number of incidents also in the first nine months of 2023, before the war started; "October 7 helped spread a fire that was already out of control…