By Jonathan Greenblatt ADL CEO and National Director As America approaches its 250th birthday, we will mark this event in many ways: Some will celebrate our democratic legacy, some our veterans and service members, and some will revel in the aspects of our nation that make it so unique. But one of the greatest parts of this country deserves our special respect: America has strived to protect its religious minorities like few places in the world. …
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ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities Statement on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Assault on Protestant Churches
New York, NY, June 24, 2026 ... JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor that empowers investors to align their capital with Jewish values, today announced several milestones as 2026 approaches the half-year mark, including more than doubling assets since the inception in February 2025 of TOV, the pioneering Jewish values-oriented exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsored by JLens, reflecting net investor inflows and market performance. The JLens Jewish Investor Network – which…
The Impact of Israel Divestment on the New York City Pension Funds: Estimating BDS’s Financial Toll on New York City Employees, Retirees and Beneficiaries
Organizations warn the ordinance is divisive, harmful, and unconstitutional, and say it would incite hostility toward Jewish residents, harm local businesses, and expose taxpayers to higher costs and litigation Somerville, MA – Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law urged Somerville city officials, including Mayor Jake Wilson, to reject a proposed ordinance that would require the city to boycott and divest from…
New collaboration will embed LULAC researcher within ADL Center on Extremism and produce the first-ever State of Anti-Latino Hate report New York, June 18, 2026 – ADL, (the Anti-Defamation League) the world's leading anti-hate organization, and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation's oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, today announce a groundbreaking new partnership to systematically track, report on and disrupt hate targeting the…
This report details the real human impact of some of the sites Cloudflare sustains and evaluates the systemic policy and enforcement gaps that allow them to remain operational.
Student choked in class and called a “stupid kike” as district failed to effectively address harassment New York, NY, June 16, 2026 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging a Jewish student was subjected to persistent, escalating and severe antisemitic harassment and assault while enrolled in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Boulder,…
2025 was the third highest year on record for antisemitic incidents since the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) began tracking them in 1979.
New York, NY, June 10, 2026 … Israel divestment could put New York City taxpayers at risk for more than $37 billion over a decade, according to a new report released today by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and its affiliate, JLens, examining the potential impact of BDS-aligned investment restrictions on the city's pension funds. The report, titled “The Impact of Israel Divestment on the New York City Pension Funds: Estimating BDS’s Financial Toll on New York City…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video to Facebook in January 2025 announcing dramatic changes to the company’s content moderation policies. In the clip, the 40-year-old executive shared his commitment to restoring free expression and to making sure that “people can share their beliefs and experiences” on Meta platforms. In reality, our research has shown that these policy changes have resulted in a dramatic increase of antisemitism and extremism on Meta’s…
The mayor stayed away from the Israel Day Parade. I went because Jewish pride, peoplehood and Israel ties are not up for negotiation. By Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO When Mayor Mamdani announced that he would skip New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade, he broke with a tradition that every mayor has honored since the event began in 1965 – standing shoulder to shoulder with members of the New York Jewish community at a parade celebrating their cultural heritage. His absence wasn…
New data-sharing agreement combines ADL's national Audit with Stop Hate in Schools' real-time incident mapping to identify patterns across schools and districts New York, NY, June 4, 2026 — ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Stop Hate in Schools have entered into a formal data-sharing partnership to strengthen antisemitism incident tracking in K-12 schools. The agreement will inform ADL's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents and augment Stop Hate in Schools' real-time school…
A data-driven look at anti-Jewish bias, attitudes towards Israel, and campus climate, with implications for universities and institutional action.
By Jonathan Greenblatt To the Class of 2026, my dear graduates, Mazel Tov. I know what you went through to get here. You arrived on campus in the Fall of 2022. There was the usual mix of nerves and excitement. New friends. Late nights. The rhythms of college life in a post-pandemic world. There was one year of relative normalcy. And then, in the first weeks of your sophomore year, on a Saturday morning in October 2023, Hamas launched the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the…
ADL study finds popular open-source LLMs can easily be manipulated by malicious actors to produce antisemitic, extremist, and dangerous content amid weak safety guardrails.
A groundbreaking study supported by ADL found that fact-based dialogues with a trained AI chatbot durably reduced antisemitic conspiracy beliefs and increased favorability toward Jews.
ADL examined the strategic evolution of anti-Israel activism on U.S. campuses and provides recommendations for universities to respond proactively to changing tactics.
IntroductionProfessional academic associations are an often unrecognized part of the higher education landscape, yet they are deeply influential in shaping the culture and intellectual contributions of academic fields and disciplines. As publishers and conveners, they play a vital role in the production and dissemination of knowledge. They also serve as a primary source of professional socialization for academics across campuses, and often set the standards for professional ethics. Yet many of…
This joint ADL-Jewish Federations research shows the normalization of antisemitism and its effects on American Jews’ mental health and feelings of safety.