August 01, 2014 A widely circulated rumor suggests that the owners of Edible Arrangements, a company that sells fruit baskets through a series of privately owned franchises across the country, are “funding Hamas” through a charitable foundation they support. Several ideologically motivated online sites are urging consumers to boycott the company due to their “ties to terrorism."
In fact, there is absolutely no truth to these unfounded assertions. While the…
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by: Gary Jones | July 18, 2014 New Haven Register In the past week and a half, Hamas, the governing body of Gaza and a terrorist group as designated by both the United States government and European Union, has fired more than 1,300 missiles at Israel with the specific intention of murdering innocent civilians. Two-thirds of Israel’s civilian population — Jews, Muslims, Christians and others — are now directly threatened and unplanned refuge in bomb shelters has become a…
July 18, 2014 There have been rumors spreading through social media that international prestige beauty retailer Sephora has discontinued selling Ahava products and Israeli brands.
The Anti-Defamation League has been in contact with Sephora regarding these rumors, and has concluded that there is no truth to them.
Sephora has been working to set the record straight, informing its customers and others through social media channels and other means that in fact the Ahava…
July 02, 2014 Various individuals and groups that comprise the domestic anti-Israel movement in the United States -- who often pay lip service to principles of justice, human dignity and nonviolence -- have gone conspicuously silent in the wake of the tragic murder of three Israeli teenage boys, Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, following their kidnapping by Hamas terrorists on June 12.
The bodies of the Israelis were discovered on Monday, June 30, after an 18-day search…
June 26, 2014 ADL's office in Jerusalem serves as a liaison to the Government of Israel. It coordinates ADL missions to Israel, and introduces participants to Israel, its politics and people. ADL Israel speaks out on issues of concern in Israel, particularly manifestations of bias and discrimination. ADL Israel delivers numerous educational programs to diverse audiences, including anti-bias education, as well as trainings on modern-day anti-Semitism.
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June 19, 2014 On October 7, 1985, Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Italian cruise ship off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. The terrorists, affiliated with Abu Abbas' Palestinian Liberation Front, separated the Americans and the British citizens from the over 400 people on board, and paid close attention to American Jewish passengers.
One of those singled out, was Leon Klinghoffer, a sixty-nine-year-old businessman, who was on the cruise with his beloved wife Marilyn to…
September 02, 2014 KEY POINTS ON OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE
On August 26, following nearly two months of conflict, Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire for an indefinite period of time. Hamas committed to halting rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, and Israel to cease its military actions in Gaza. Israel also agreed to reopen border crossings between Israel and Gaza in order to facilitate the transfer of humanitarian aid and…
June 20, 2014 Introduction
On June 17, 2014, following a series of conversations between ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman and the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera agreed to cancel a global simulcast of the controversial John Adams opera, “The Death of Klinghoffer” which had been scheduled to run this Fall. The Met also agreed to include a message from the daughters of Leon Klinghoffer in the opera’s program and on its web…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | May 22, 2014 Miami Herald The Anti-Defamation League’s Global 100 Index of Anti-Semitism is the broadest public opinion survey of attitudes toward Jews ever conducted. It is one of the most important efforts we have undertaken in our history as an organization. The survey was conducted in more than 100 countries and territories, and 53,100 people were interviewed, representing 4 billion adults around the world. As a result, for the first time we now have empirical…
May 23, 2014 On May 25-26, Pope Francis made his first papal visit to Israel, having previously visited in 1973 as a young Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The Pope's itinerary included visits to the Western Wall, Yad Vashem, Mount Herzl, a meeting with the Chief Rabbis, and receptions with senior Israeli officials including Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Peres.
The following was written a few days prior to the Pope's visit by National Director Abraham H. Foxman and originally appeared in…
May 23, 2014 1947 – The Vatican supports the proposal to internationalize Jerusalem because of its desire to reestablish its influence in the Holy Land and over the Holy Places.
1964 – Pope Paul VI becomes the first pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Church to set foot in Jerusalem. However the Vatican does not recognize the Jewish State, and the pope never mentions the word Israel during the trip.
1980 – Pope John Paul II states that "the…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | May 20, 2014 The Boston Globe This past weekend, I was honored to be the commencement speaker at the Suffolk Law School in Boston. When Suffolk’s administration first broached the possibility of that role for me at one of the largest law schools in the country, I was immensely flattered and, with little hesitation, agreed. As the day of the commencement approached, however, I had moments of ambivalence about the experience. Here’s what I saw around me:…
May 02, 2014 Because questions continue to be raised about the Anti-Defamation League’s position on the Armenian genocide, we want to make clear that as we said in August 2008, ADL recognizes the Armenian genocide.
The following is the text of the original statement, issued on August 22, 2008:
Through our partnership, communities have implemented thousands of No Place for Hate® activities, which have engaged tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents. Additionally, No Place…
April 15, 2014 Following deadly shootings at the Jewish Community Center and at assisted living facility Village Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas, on April 13, 2014, Overland Park police soon arrested a suspect, Frazier Glenn Cross (more commonly known as Frazier Glenn Miller or simply Glenn Miller).
After officers placed the handcuffed Miller into a police cruiser, local television station KMBC’s cameras captured Miller in the back of the cruiser, excitedly bobbing his head and…
April 14, 2014 Following shooting attacks at two Jewish institutions in Overland Park, Kansas, on April 13, 2014, that left three people dead, police arrested a suspect in the shootings, Frazier Glenn Miller (often known simply as Glenn Miller).
Miller is a virulent white supremacist whose record of hate activity dates back to the mid-1970s. For a time, in the early to mid-1980s, Miller was one of the most prominent and notorious white supremacists in the United States, leading a major Ku…
April 14, 2014 Although terrorist acts are commonly thought of as being the work of terror groups or cells, the reality is that many acts of terrorism or ideologically-motivated violence are the work of lone individuals motivated by the ideology of a movement without belonging to any organized groups.
What follows is a selected list of lone wolf incidents in the United States over the past twenty or so years in which one or more individuals were killed.
Theodore John Kaczynski
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by: Oren Segal | April 10, 2014 The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles It’s unusual, but one of the most crucial findings in a recently released inspector general’s report about the Boston Marathon Bombing actually focused on something that did not take place. To be released on April 15, the first anniversary of the deadly events in Boston a year ago, the report stated that although one of the perpetrators, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, did travel to Dagestan, a restive region in…
March 20, 2014 On March 15, 2014, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued the 12th issue of its English-language terrorist propaganda magazine, Inspire.
A new ADL report, Homegrown Islamic Extremism in 2013: The Perils of Online Recruitment & Self-Radicalization, highlights the increasing prevalence and threat of online English language terrorist propaganda.
As in previous iterations of Inspire, the current issue contains a mixture of anti-Semitism and…
March 07, 2014 A WORKPLACE OF DIFFERENCE® program offers some suggestions for creating and maintaining a productive and positive workplace environment.
Establish and/or reissue the company’s policies and practices by which harassment is handled. Enforce them consistently.
State your company’s commitment to diversity as an integral part of the company’s mission, vision, strategy or other organizational planning process.
Maintain a strong and visible profile…
February 24, 2015 Read the full comprehensive report, Al Shabaab's American Recruits (PDF).
A wave of Americans traveling to Somalia to fight with Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, has been described by the FBI as one of the "highest priorities in anti-terrorism."
Americans began traveling to Somalia to join Al Shabaab in 2007, around the time the group stepped up its insurgency against Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian supporters, who have since withdrawn…