April 01, 2009 Three months after the Bernard Madoff financial scandal broke in December 2008, the public fury directed at him persists. In the days immediately before and after Madoff's March 12, 2009, guilty plea for his actions in the reported $65 billion Ponzi scheme, articles on popular mainstream Web sites continued to elicit anti-Semitic comments but they represented a small percentage of the overall response from readers. Those who made anti-Semitic remarks blame Madoff's actions not…

March 21, 2009 On March 21, 2009, the New Jersey-based League of American Patriots (LOAP), a white supremacist group, attempted to host an organizational meeting at a Clifton, New Jersey public library, in part to commemorate the its one-year anniversary. Shortly after the approximately 15 attendees arrived, about five anti-racist protestors disrupted the meeting by entering the room with a rolling camera. A reported "brawl" then ensued, and police were called to the scene. The LOAP members…

March 20, 2009 The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is an international traditionalist Catholic organization which defines its mission as opposing innovation and modernity within the Catholic Church.  Although its main focus has always been the preservation of the Latin Mass as a viable form of worship, SSPX has promoted theological and conspiratorial anti-Semitism among its adherents.  In sermons, writings, Web sites and publications, SSPX representatives have charged…

March 19, 2009 A much circulated rumor claims that the United Kingdom has "removed the Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offended' the Moslem population." This false information, which began circulating via e-mail in April 2007, recently resurfaced in an e-mail slide show on the importance of remembering the Holocaust. In fact, Holocaust education is mandatory in British schools and continues to be part of the national curriculum.

by: Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor | April 02, 2004 ADL The passion about "The Passion" has not abated. Mel Gibson's opus clearly inspires countless of faithful Christians. Whether in the pre-release screening for 5,000 Evangelicals that I attended , or in the New York City movie theatre on opening day, it is impossible not to be moved by the people who are inspired by the film. For many, the two hour movie brings them closer than ever before to one of the central moments of their Christian…

March 17, 2009 Jeff Rense is an Ashland, Oregon-based Internet and satellite radio host who maintains a virulently anti-Semitic Web site, Rense.com. His radio show promotes a wide variety of conspiracy theories, often focusing on extraterrestrial aliens but including a great deal of anti-Semitism expressed both by Rense's guests and Rense himself. Rense.com, which claims to receive over ten million hits a month, contains thousands of regularly updated links to articles and posts on the…

by: Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League | January 25, 2004 The Palm Beach Post Stunned silence followed last week's screening of Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ for a gathering of Christian leaders at the Calvary Assembly in Orlando. As the lights came up, the silence was etched with stifled sobs and tears. The 3,000 Christian pastors, leaders, students and others who attended the preview of the film's graphic portrayal of the events leading up to the…

February 16, 2009 Remarks of Christopher Wolf Chair, ADL Internet Task Force and Chair International Network Against Cyber-Hate (INACH) To the London Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism Houses of Parliament, London   Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important conference. It is an honor to be here. In Washington, DC, where I live, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has just opened an exhibit on the power of Nazi propaganda. The exhibit…

February 13, 2009 A group of racist academics, conservative pundits and anti-immigrant activists held their debut conference, dubbed "Preserving Western Civilization," (PWC) outside of Baltimore, Maryland, from February 6 – 8, 2009. Around 70 people attended the event, at which presenters railed at the alleged threat that multiculturalism poses to the United States and other Western countries. The stated aim of the conference was to defend "America's Judeo-Christian heritage and…

February 04, 2009 A group of racists and anti-immigrant figures plans to convene a conference in Baltimore, Maryland, from February 6-8, 2009, to address third-world immigration to the West, the alleged corollary between race and intelligence, and the "Islamic threat." Sponsored by a new group called "Preserving Western Civilization" (PWC), the conference's speakers include academics, grass roots activists, mainstream and conservative journalists, and a member of a far-right political party in…

January 22, 2009 Police officers in Brockton, Massachusetts, arrested a white supremacist after he allegedly killed two people and raped and attempted to kill a third.  The arrest pre-empted what authorities believe was a planned racially motivated killing spree directed at Jews and non-whites that would have continued later that evening. On January 21, 2009, Keith Luke, 22, allegedly forcibly entered the home of his former neighbors, armed with a gun. According to police, after…

January 21, 2009 Domestic extremists are suspected or known to have been involved in the killings of at least 11 people in the United States in 2008, according to an investigation by the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism. This figure represents a minimum number of deaths, as it often takes years for connections between killings and extremism to be revealed.  Sometimes, especially in the case of murders behind prison walls, news of the killing never makes it to the public at all…

December 19, 2008 The financial scandal surrounding allegations that Bernard Madoff ran a $50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme has given anti-Semites fodder for their bigoted views. There has been a dramatic upsurge in anti-Semitic comments on a wide range of Web sites since the Madoff story broke in the news. Anti-Semitic reaction to the Madoff scandal was prevalent on some of the most popular newspaper sites, blogs and message boards on the Internet. Most of the anti-Semitic comments tended…

October 29, 2008 In 1965, it was determined that Israel’s infrastructure was strong enough to support relief programs for children and Israel switched from being a recipient of UNICEF aid to a donor to UNICEF assistance programs.  Indeed, when UNICEF received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965, Zena Harman, who had been Israel’s representative to UNICEF and at the time was UNICEF’s chairperson, received the award on behalf of the organization. Since that time, UNICEF has…

October 24, 2008 Read the full report here: Financial Crisis Sparks Wave of Internet Anti-Semitism (PDF). As the financial crisis continues to affect markets around the world, anti-Semites are still using it to promote conspiracy theories about Jewish involvement in the crisis, and anti-Semitic statements and other anti-Jewish messages are appearing on a daily basis on financial Internet discussion groups and on websites and blogs both in the U.S. and abroad. The crisis has also given…

October 23, 2008   A federal jury in Waco, Texas, sentenced white supremacist Robert Allen Byrd, 34, of Keene, Texas, to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping and murder of a 39-year-old Kemp woman in 2006. The jury deliberated approximately 90 minutes before convicting Byrd of capital murder on October 15, 2008.  The jury found Byrd, a "captain" in the Aryan Circle racist prison gang, guilty of beating and stabbing the woman to death. …

September 05, 2008 The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the first death sentence for a hate crime in the state. The Court's ruling against Gunner Jay Lindberg, 33, was handed down on August 28, 2008, 12 years after he brutally murdered a 24-year-old Vietnamese immigrant in Tustin, California. In 1997, an Orange County Superior Court jury convicted Lindberg of murder in the first degree with the special circumstances of both a hate-crime and attempted robbery; the judge…

August 18, 2008 Carl Knorr, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood racist prison gang, pleaded guilty to three charges at a federal court in Riverside, California, on July 25, 2008.  Knorr pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal facility, and possession of contraband alcohol in prison. In accordance with the plea arrangement, Knorr will receive 11 ½ years in federal prison at his sentencing in October.  The crimes were…

January 12, 2009 A much-forwarded e-mail rumor suggests that the popular video-sharing site YouTube is trying to remove videos posted to a page created by the Israel Defense Forces to show Israel's recent military operations against Hamas in Gaza. There is no truth to this rumor.

July 23, 2008   A jury in San Francisco convicted Eric Hunt, 24, of felony false imprisonment as a hate crime, misdemeanor battery, and misdemeanor elder abuse for his attack against noted author, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. The jury found Hunt, a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey, guilty on July 21, 2008, after hearing two weeks of testimony, including Wiesel's account of the attack and details regarding Hunt's mental health and Holocaust denial…