Suspect’s Facebook Profile Suggests White Supremacist Leanings New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed horror and profound sorrow at the tragic murder of nine parishioners during a prayer meeting at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. According to ADL’s Center on Extremism, the suspect in the shootings, identified as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, may have white supremacist leanings.  A photo of Roof…

New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the French Ministry of Culture and Communication to undertake an independent investigation to assess the facts surrounding purported anti-Israel discrimination by the Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle chapel. According to reports, a group from Tel Aviv University was denied reservations in both facilities even after attempting to make reservations for the same time period under a fictitious non-Israeli affiliation and…

Urges This Administration to Face the Reality That Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel New York, NY, June 8, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, which held that American citizens born in Jerusalem may not list “Israel” as their place of birth on their American passports. ADL, joined by 12 other groups, had filed an amicus brief arguing that Americans born in Jerusalem…

New York, NY, June 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the overwhelming passage of a Senate resolution, which condemns anti-Semitism and urges measures to prevent and combat anti-Semitic attacks and incidents. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led the effort with the support of more than half of the Senate -- 53 original co-sponsors total. The resolution (S.Res.87) is a response to the escalation of…

New York, NY, June 4, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly objected to the decision by French telecom company Orange S.A. to eventually end its business relationship with an Israeli company, calling the move a “cowardly” and “completely unjustified” caving-in to anti-Israel boycott demands. “Orange took a cowardly decision to cave into demands by the international campaign to boycott Israel,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National…

New York, NY, June 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the decision made by the executive committee of the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) to align the group with the BDS movement, as a “biased and divisive” effort which showed “blatant disregard” to the concerns of Jewish students. “We share the outrage of the British Jewish community and the Union of Jewish Students at the decision by the NUS to align itself with the…

New York, NY, June 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the arrest of an unnamed 28-year-old foreign national in Ribaforada, Spain, for online incitement to kill Jews.  The Spanish Ministry of the Interior announcement on May 30 noted the “gravity and brutality of the content,” being spread on social media. In one video, three visibly identifiable Muslim women reportedly chanted, “Catch and kill all the Jews. Strike them and make the Jews…

New York, NY, June 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said that the Supreme Court’s decision in Elonis v. United States, a case that involves statements that cross the line between speech protected by the First Amendment and an unlawful “true threat,” left open many questions, including the scope of what constitutes a true threat in cyberspace. ADL urged lower courts confronting this issue to find that recklessness in making threatening statements may be…

New York, NY, May 29, 2015 … As the 2014-2015 academic year winds down, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported a marked increase in the number and intensity of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents on American college campuses. During this academic year, ADL counted a total of 520 anti-Israel events on campus, representing a 38 percent increase compared to the previous academic year. Moreover, boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns were initiated on a total of 29 U.S. college…

New York, NY, May 29, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a compromise reached at the FIFA Congress whereby the Palestinian Football Association dropped its demand for Israel’s suspension. The world soccer body overwhelmingly passed a resolution – supported by the Israeli delegation – to create a joint Israeli-Palestinian-FIFA committee to handle issues as they arise. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: The…

Lady Gaga Accepts Award with Inspiring Message for Students Working to Make Their Schools “No Place for Hate” New York, NY, May 21, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Making a Difference Award was presented today to Born This Way Foundation in recognition of its work championing positive social change. The nonprofit organization – co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta – is dedicated to supporting the wellness of young people and…

New York, NY, May 15, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed passage in the House of a bill that gives Congress a role in assessing and implementing any nuclear agreement reached with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (S.615) passed the House on May 14 by a vote 400-25 after passing overwhelmingly in the Senate on May 7. “We applaud the role Congress has and will continue to play in the global effort to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon,”…

New York, NY, May 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today provided a progress report on its efforts to confront cyberhate based on recommendations by the Anti-Cyberhate Working Group, established by the League in 2012. Art Reidel, co-chair of both ADL’s Cyberhate Response Task Force and the Working Group, participated in a panel discussion at the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem. Mr. Reidel presented an update on significant achievements,…

New York, NY, May 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment at the Vatican announcement that the Holy See intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine in a bilateral agreement, and called the development premature. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: As with other instances of governments recognizing a Palestinian state, this step is premature and serves to undermine the only real solution to the…

New York, NY, May 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is sending a delegation of lay leaders and staff experts to the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, which will convene May 12-14 in Jerusalem. National Director Abraham H. Foxman, who is leading the ADL delegation, will be honored on Wednesday night at a dinner where he will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50-year career working to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and hatred. A…

New York, NY, May 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s Senate passage of a bill to allow a role for Congress in assessing and implementing any nuclear agreement reached with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (S.615), which passed the Senate by a vote of 98-1, was a priority issue for hundreds of ADL activists who fanned out on Capitol Hill Tuesday to lobby their Senators as part of the League’s annual National Leadership Summit in Washington,…

New York, NY, May 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today extended congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the newly formed Israeli government. The new governing coalition can now begin to address the difficult challenges of ensuring the security and well-being of all Israelis, and uphold Israel’s founding principles as a Jewish and democratic state. Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the…

Washington, DC, May 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today honored Michael Steinbach, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counter-Terrorism Division, with the ADL William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award in recognition of his “career on the front lines in the fight against terrorism and extremism.” The award given to Mr. Steinbach was presented by Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director on May 5 during ADL’s National Leadership Summit in&nbsp…

New York, NY, May 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised filmmaker Alexandre Arcady for his critically acclaimed film “24 Days” and its harrowing retelling of the murder of Ilan Halimi, the French Jewish youth who was held captive and tortured in Paris by a group of African and North African immigrants in a heinous anti-Semitic attack. Winner of the Lia Award at the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival, the film is based on a memoir written by the victim’s…

Dallas, TX, May 4, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the attempted violent attack at a community center in Garland, Texas last night. Two armed individuals reportedly targeted the center where an anti-Muslim event was taking place. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, and Roberta S. Clark, ADL Regional Director, issued the following statement: We deplore the attempted assault on the Culwell Events Center in Garland, TX last night.  No matter how…