by: Abraham H. Foxman | December 08, 2013 JTA Nelson Mandela will always be remembered as a symbol of courageous resistance to the racist policies of apartheid South Africa. He was a true hero of conscience. But he also will always have a special place in the memory of the Jewish community. I first met Mandela in Geneva in 1990 as part of a delegation of American Jewish leaders. My colleagues and I spent 2 1/2 memorable hours with the then newly free African National Congress leader. It was a…
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by: Abraham H. Foxman | December 04, 2013 The Huffington Post In recent years, Hollywood, for better or worse, has played a significant role in educating the public about the Holocaust and its contemporary implications. Sophie's Choice, Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful, the recently released Aftermath, along with many other films, have created some degree of popular cognizance about the nature of the Holocaust, the role of rescuers, forms of resistance and contemporary manifestations of…
November 18, 2013 CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS A dynamic young leader in the immigration reform movement, Lorella Praeli first met ADL after she was bullied in school.
My first exposure to ADL was just after graduating from middle school in Connecticut. I’d gone through a really ugly experience with cyberbullying at a time when no one knew what to do about it, plus I had my own self-doubts about being a Latina with a disability. The training for ADL’s Names Can Really Hurt Us program…
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Read the full, comprehensive report: Profile: Omar Hammami
Omar Hammami, an American citizen from Alabama who once served as primary recruiter for Al Shabaab, the Somali-based terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda, was killed September 13, 2013 at age 29 by members of Al Shabaab.
Between 2007 and 2011, he was a public face and voice of Al Shabaab and a critical part of the terrorist organization's effort to recruit English-speakers. Hammami was…
Ben White, the author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and co-author of Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, is an anti-Israel speaker who regularly delivers presentations on American college campuses.
A graduate of Cambridge University in the UK, White is a supporter of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – which is predicated on the dismantlement of Israel as a Jewish state – and an advocate for the Boycott,…
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The Pakistani-based terrorist group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has carried out numerous attacks against American interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has warned of future terror attacks inside the U.S.
While TTP originally focused its attacks on Pakistani and American installations in Pakistan and Afghanistan in order to implement shari'a, or Islamic law, the May 2010 attempted bombing in Times Square is indicative of the group's…
October 31, 2013 During this exciting Centennial year, we have devoted a heavy dose of our attention to the relationship between the two elements of our mission – fighting anti-Semitism and securing justice for all.
At this, our final major national event of the Centennial, I want to turn my attention and yours solely to the condition of the Jewish people -- then, now and in the future.
In 1913, the Jewish history was very much a mixed bag. Centuries long anti-Semitism…
October 30, 2013 Since the mid-1990s, variations of the rumor that Tommy Hilfiger is racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic persist despite the fact that these allegations have been debunked over and over again.
Spread initially through e-mails and other electronic media almost 20 years ago, the rumor’s many variations stem from an original allegation that Hilfiger appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and stated that his fashion was intended for upper-class whites and if he had known…
October 29, 2013 What was Kristallnacht (kris'·tahl·nockt)?
Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass," was a wave of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Germany and Austria that took place on November 9–10, 1938. On the night of November 9th, the Gestapo (Nazi State Police) informed local police by telegram about the actions against Jews and their synagogues that would be taking place throughout Germany, instructing them not to interfere with what was happening…
October 22, 2013 Anti/contra el prejuicio: Término utilizado para describir el compromiso activo de enfrentar el prejuicio, los estereotipos y todas las formas de discriminación. Prejuicio: Una tendencia o preferencia —ya sea a favor o en contra de un individuo o grupo— que interfiere con el juicio imparcial.
Intimidación: Las acciones repetidas o las amenazas de acción dirigidas a una persona por parte de una o más personas que son o son…
October 04, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY, October 3, 2013 - Hobby Lobby President Steve Green has issued the following statement on behalf of the company:
“We sincerely apologize for any employee comments that may have offended anyone, especially our Jewish customers and friends. Comments like these do not reflect the feelings of our family or Hobby Lobby.
Our family has a deep respect for the Jewish faith and those who hold its traditions dear. We're proud contributors to Yad Vashem, as…
October 01, 2013 As the international community continues to consider its response to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons, conspiracy theories claiming Jewish or Israeli manipulation of or involvement in the events in Syria abound.
These claims, primarily promoted by American anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists and Holocaust deniers, invoke age-old anti-Semitic canards about Jewish control over world events and America serving as some sort of proxy for Jewish or Israeli…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | September 08, 2013 The Jewish Daily Forward Last June, Jane Eisner participated in a private roundtable discussion at the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem about Israel’s Jewish identity. What came out of the talks was the sense that Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora face a similar challenge — how to be a modern people in a modern world while holding onto ancient tradition. This is the continuation of that discussion. In some ways, I’m used…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | August 27, 2013 JTA On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the trial of Leo Frank in Atlanta, let’s begin by stating for the record: No, the Leo Frank case was not the impetus for the founding of the Anti-Defamation League. It is true that the organization, now celebrating its centennial, was founded the same year as the arrest and trial of Frank for the murder of one of his factory workers, a 13-year-old girl named Mary Phagan. But the idea for ADL,…
August 27, 2013 Read the entire report: Kinism: A Racist and Anti-Semitic Religious Movement (PDF).
Kinism is a relatively new white supremacist religion that began to gain ground in the early 2000s in the United States. While accepting many standard Christian beliefs and declaring Jesus as their Savior, Kinists assert that whites have a “God-given right” to preserve their “own kind” and live separately from other races.
Although the movement is small, it…
IntroductionHizb ut-Tahrir (HT), an international organization that seeks to establish a worldwide Islamic theocracy, is increasing its efforts to spread its message and recruit members in the U.S. The American branch of HT convened its 2012 Khilafah Conference, titled "Revolution: Liberation by Revelation," on June 17, 2012, in the Chicago suburb of Hickory Hills, IL. Messages at the conference primarily centered on promoting the organization's vision of establishing a worldwide Caliphate and…
July 12, 2013 The Anti-Defamation League commends the International Council of Christian and Jews (ICCJ) for its comprehensive statement about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, which calls on religious institutions and groups to refrain from issuing one-sided declarations in attempting to promote a resolution to the dispute. The statement by ICCJ, one of the world’s oldest and most respected international Christian-Jewish organizations, urges religious bodies and leaders to recommit…
July 03, 2013 On June 25, 2013, government officials announced that an 18-year old Babylon High School student had been arrested in January at JFK International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Oman en route to join a terrorist organization in Yemen.
In announcing the newly unsealed charges and a guilty plea, government officials alleged that Justin Kaliebe, an American citizen, had made travel arrangements to attempt to join Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). On…
June 24, 2013 Read the full report: E. Michael Jones (PDF)
E. Michael Jones is a Catholic writer who seeks to defend traditional Catholic teachings and values from those he perceives as seeking to undermine them. At various times such diverse groups as Protestants, urban planners, and moviemakers have been the subjects of his ire, but a longstanding obsession of Jones is the damage that he believes Jews are inflicting on the Catholic Church and western civilization.
June 24, 2013 This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter.
Read the full report: Elohim City (PDF)
Elohim City is an Identity settlement of 70 to 90 residents located on 400 acres at the edge of a rugged and mountainous tract of land along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border in Adair County, Oklahoma. It was founded in November 1973 by Robert G. Millar(1925-2001), a former Mennonite and…