New York, NY, May 10, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today applauded the successful federal hate crime prosecution of a Virginia man who had repeatedly issued death threats to leaders and staff of the Arab American Institute over a five-year period.
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
Hate crimes like this may target specific individuals, but their effect can be far greater – the perpetrator attempts to…
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May 10, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3
A string of anti-Semitic assaults on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn has the community on edge. In Russellville, Arkansas, neo-Nazis disrupted a Holocaust Remembrance Day event to voice their support for a Holocaust-denying professor, who Arkansas Tech University is planning on honoring with a scholarship in his name. A state representative in Pennsylvania was seen taking a selfie with an alleged white supremacist, prompting ADL and other community leaders to demand…
May 06, 2019 By Jinnie Spiegler | ADL Director of Curriculum and Training
This year, ADL had the opportunity to present three separate sessions at SXSW EDU -- a component of the big annual South by Southwest conference that focuses on teaching and learning. ADL’s sessions covered (1) discussing and framing current events in the classroom through an anti-bias lens, (2) acting as and developing better allies, and (3) the role art plays in promoting social justice themes in the…
May 03, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 A white supremacist opens fire at a synagogue in Poway, California during end of Passover services, killing one and injuring three. Meanwhile, new data from ADL documented a 105% increase in assaults on Jews in 2018. The New York Times apologizes for publishing an anti-Semitic cartoon and promises to take additional steps to prevent it from happening again. Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate this week, and the latest info about ADL…
New York, NY, May 2, 2019 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement regarding Facebook's decision today remove anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and other bigots from its platform:
It’s important that social platforms make policy decisions that combat hate and so this is a long overdue step by Facebook but a move that we welcome. Still, it’s not enough for tech companies…
May 02, 2019 On Saturday, April 27, 2019, A man opened fire at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, killing one worshipper, a 60-year-old woman who was mourning her mother’s recent death, and injuring three more, including the rabbi. Police apprehended John T. Earnest as the sole suspect in the shooting. It was the Jewish sabbath and the last day of Passover, a holiday celebrating the Jews’ delivery from oppression.
Earnest, 19, was a nursing student in nearby…
May 02, 2019 Anti-Semitic fliering posted outside the Chabad Lubavitch Center in Ocean City, Maryland
The April 27 shooting attack on a Poway, California, synagogue served as a stark reminder that white supremacists remain a significant threat to Jewish institutions. Not that anyone needed a reminder; the Poway assault took place just six months after Robert Bowers’ October 27, 2018 shooting rampage at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
The attack on the Tree of Life synagogue…
by: Jonathan Greenblatt | May 01, 2019 The Times of Israel As we remember the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, we are once again confronted with loss. Once again, we are confronted by the violent hate that has plagued the Jewish people for thousands of years.
It is hard to believe that six months to the day of the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, this week we witnessed another…
Use this collection of resources for educators and families to help teach about and celebrate Jewish American heritage in schools, communities and at home.
New York, NY, April 30, 2019 … The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history, according to new data from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued today. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic incidents recorded a total of 1,879 attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions across the country in 2018, the third-highest year…
April 26, 2019 USA Today By George Selim | ADL Senior Vice President of Programs; Former Director of the Office for Community Partnerships and Interagency Countering Violent Extremism Task Force at the Department of Homeland Security
Six months after a gunman shouting “all Jews must die” killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, another gunman in another synagogue killed one worshiper and wounded three — this time in Poway, California.
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April 28, 2019 On Saturday April 27, 2019, a gunman identified in media reports as 19-year-old John Earnest opened fire inside the Chabad Congregation in Poway, California, leaving one dead and three injured.
The assault, which took place on the last day of Passover, occurred exactly six months after Robert Bowers’ deadly shooting rampage at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, which left 11 congregants dead and two more wounded. It also comes on the heels of fatal attacks…
New York, NY, April 27, 2019 ... ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt released the following statement in response to the shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, near San Diego, Calif.:
We are devastated by the shooting at the Chabad synagogue. This was an attack on an Orthodox congregation but, more than that, an attack on the entire Jewish community.
At ADL, we grieve for the innocent who lost their lives. We pray for the victims who were wounded or…
April 25, 2019 On April 20, FBI agents arrested a New Mexico border vigilante leader, Larry Mitchell Hopkins (aka “Johnny Horton, Jr.”) on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The arrest occurred just days after members of Hopkins’ group, the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), attracted considerable attention and condemnation for detaining at gunpoint several hundred asylum-seeking migrants and families crossing the border near El Paso, Texas.
The two…
The following letter was submitted to The New York Times in response to "Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech" (April 16). To the Editor:
Re “Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech” (column, April 16):
Michelle Goldberg would have a legitimate point to make if she had limited her argument to the decision to bar the entry of Omar Barghouti to the United States.
As despicable as his views are — as the founder of the boycott, divestment and sanctions…
April 18, 2019 As Cinco de Mayo festivities commence, it is important to stop and consider whether classroom observances and celebrations in general are inclusive and respectful and whether they do or do not promote stereotypical portrayals of groups of people—in this case, people who are Mexican and Mexican-American. Cinco De Mayo is a fun and festive holiday in the U.S. that it is often wrought with problematic choices made by people wanting to have a good time and celebrate…
by: Kenneth Jacobson | April 16, 2019 Forward Last week, the ADL joined a number of other Jewish organizations in signing a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to oppose any steps by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank.
Signing the letter was for us the ultimate Zionist statement.
Israel needs a two-state solution as much as the Palestinians. And as news reports suggest the Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is being readied for release in the coming weeks,…
April 16, 2019 Accelerationism is a term white supremacists have assigned to their desire to hasten the collapse of society as we know it. The term is widely used by those on the fringes of the movement, who employ it openly and enthusiastically on mainstream platforms, as well as in the shadows of private, encrypted chat rooms. We have also recently seen tragic instances of its manifestation in the real world.
The concept of acceleration has existed for years as a fringe philosophy…
The follow letter was submitted to The Daily in response to "Netanyahu Won. The Two-State Solution Lost" (April 11) Lisa Tobin
Executive Producer, The Daily
Dear Ms. Tobin:
The Daily Podcast of April 11 was riddled with inaccuracies, omissions and premature conclusions.
Yes, for those of us who believe that Israel needs a two-state solution as much as the Palestinians, there are worrying trends, including the prime minister’s campaign statement about annexing…
April 12, 2019 In late March, FBI agents arrested a Pennsylvania white supremacist for allegedly making racist threats online. On April 1, 2019, Corbin Kauffman of Lehighton, Pennsylvania, was charged with interstate transmission of threats to injure the person of another. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the maximum penalty for this offense is five years of imprisonment for each violation and a term of supervised release following imprisonment and a fine, but judges are given…