January 20, 2023
Ms. Ada Colau Ballano
Mayor of Barcelona
Barcelona Municipal Council
Pl. de Sant Jaume
Barcelona
Dear Mayor Colau,
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is the world’s leading anti-hate organization. Founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry, its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Today, ADL continues to fight…
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November 21, 2022
Jeff Bezos,
Executive Chair
Andy Jassy,
President and CEO
David Zapolsky,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Dear Mr. Bezos, Mr. Jassy and Mr. Zapolsky,
We, the undersigned, lead organizations representing US Jewish communities. We come together today in one voice to express how disturbed we are that Amazon has not given any indication that it will remove the book and film, Hebrews to…
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Executive Chair
Andy Jassy, President and CEO
David A. Zapolsky, Senior VP, General Counsel and Secretary
Amazon
Dear Mr. Bezos, Mr. Jassy and Mr. Zapolsky:
More than a week ago I wrote you, along with the Brooklyn Nets, to express our concerns about a virulently antisemitic book and related video, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” by Ronald Dalton Jr., being sold on Amazon. We asked that either Amazon remove the works from their shelves or…
Kasper Rorsted
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Rabe
Chairman-Supervisory Board
Adidas
World of Sports
Adi-Dassler-Straße 1
91074 Herzogenaurach
Germany
Dear Mr. Rorsted and Mr. Rabe:
In light of Kanye West’s increasingly strident antisemitic remarks over the past few weeks, we were disturbed to learn that Adidas plans to continue to release new products from his Yeezy brand without any seeming acknowledgement of the controversy surrounding his most recent…
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO and National Director
July 27, 2022
Dear Mr. Agrawal,
I am once again reaching out regarding Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s chronic violations of Twitter’s terms of service on his accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. We ask that you de-platform him for his continued use of Twitter to promote antisemitism, hate, violence and Holocaust denial.
As I wrote in January 2021 to then Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Khamenei…
July 13, 2022
In a letter to Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, ADL urged the government to take immediate action against the antisemitic "Mapping Project," which is currently being hosted on the web by an Iceland-based provider. H.E. Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Rauðarárstíg 25
105 Reykjavík
Dear Minister Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir,
…
June 18, 2022
In an email correspondence to "1984.is", a web hosting service based in Iceland, ADL urged the company to remove the antisemitic "Mapping Project" immediately. To whom it may concern,
I am writing on an urgent basis from the Anti-Defamation League, a US nongovernmental organization.
A website, https://mapliberation.org/, has apparently relocated to your hosting service after being removed from its previous hosts for doxing. Specifically, the site…
The Honorable Claudia Roth
Dienstsitz der Kulturstaatsministerin
Bundeskanzleramt
Willy-Brandt-Str. 1
10557 Berlin
Dear Madam Minister:
Since its founding 109 years ago, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), has been a global leader in combating antisemitism and extremism. We have followed with great concern the story of blatant antisemitic images featured in the documenta 15 art exhibition.
We write to convey that concerns about this scandal are felt well beyond Germany,…
March 15, 2022 In a letter to Amnesty International, ADL expressed serious concern about the hostility displayed by Amnesty International and its employees towards Israel and its supporters. March 15, 2022
Dr. Agnès Callamard
Secretary General
Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London, WC1X 0DW, UK
Dear Madam Secretary General,
I am reaching out to express serious concern about the recent hostility displayed by Amnesty International and its employees towards…
March 14, 2022 In a letter to the Sierra Club, ADL expressed deep disappointment with the organization's decision to cancel trips to Israel. March 14, 2022
Mr. Dan Chu
Acting Executive Director
The Sierra Club
2101 Webster St. Suite 1300
Oakland, CA 94612
Dear Mr. Chu:
We are writing regarding the Sierra Club’s announcement that it has cancelled upcoming trips Israel due to pressure from activists who seek to shut down any form of engagement or…
January 19, 2022 In a letter to Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), ADL expressed dismay at a recent statement from the church that questioned the validity of Jewish statehood, and the morality of Jews and Judaism. January 19, 2022
The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Dear Reverend Nelson:
We are writing…
October 04, 2021 In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, ADL urged the U.S. to send as senior a delegation as possible to the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism. September 24, 2021
The Honorable Antony J. Blinken
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Mr. Secretary,
As you and your advisors plan your schedules for the coming weeks, I urge you to ensure…
August 25, 2021 In a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, ADL raised concern about a gap in Twitter’s enforcement of its stated policies toward accounts linked to U.S.-designated terrorist groups. August 24, 2021
Jack Dorsey
Chief Executive Officer
Twitter
355 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94103
Dear Mr. Dorsey,
I write to you today to raise concern about a gap in Twitter’s enforcement of its stated policies toward accounts linked to U.S…
The phrase “You Will Not Replace Us” is a white supremacist slogan referring to the common White supremacist belief that the white race is in danger of going extinct due to rising numbers of non-White people who are controlled and manipulated by Jews. It may also be seen in acronym form as YWNRU.
ALTERNATE NAMES: YWNRU, Jews Will Not Replace Us
The phrase “We Wuz Kangs” is a racist term meant to attack African-Americans by racist mockery of Afrocentric theories about Egyptian connections to sub-Saharan Africa.
ALTERNATE NAMES: We Wuz Kings, Kings N Shiet
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Women for Aryan Unity (WAU) is a longstanding white supremacist group for women. Its logo is a diamond featuring red and white stripes and stylized letters spelling “WAU.”
ALTERNATE NAMES: WAU
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Like Pepe the Frog, “Trollface” is a widely-used internet cartoon meme that has been appropriated and used by some white supremacists. Care must be taken not to make assumptions of the intent behind its use but to judge it only in context.
The phrase “The Goyim Know” is an antisemitic phrase portraying the ostensible reaction of Jews when their supposedly conspiratorial or manipulative misdeeds are revealed to the public. Often combined with “Shut It Down.”
ALTERNATE NAMES: Da Goyim Know
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St. Michael’s Cross is a white supremacist symbol that originated in Romania in the years before World War II as the symbol of the fascist Iron Guard movement.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Archangel Michael's Cross, Iron Guard
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“Six Gorillion” is an antisemitic phrase used by white supremacists to refer to the Jews who died during the Holocaust (typically thought to be around six million). They replace “million” with “gorillion” to give the impression that Jews wildly exaggerate Holocaust-related deaths.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Muh Six Gorillion
Read more about Six Gorillion