The following letter was submitted to The Wall Street Journal in response to "Is Brett Kavanaugh Bad for the Jews?" (July 24, 2018) Liel Leibovitz unsurprisingly chooses to paint the Anti-Defamation League and its CEO Jonathan Greenblatt as partisan (“Is Brett Kavanaugh Bad for the Jews?,” op-ed, July 24). Mr. Liebovitz draws selectively from our record of speaking out on issues that are directly connected to our mandate of fighting anti-Semitism and securing justice…
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by: Carole Nuriel July 30, 2018 One morning, my colleague Gaby Dubois and I set out to visit Israel’s south, near the border with Gaza, in the wake of tensions there in recent months. Just a few days earlier it seemed as if the escalating security situation would force us to cancel our visit, but thankfully things had quieted down a bit by then to enable us to go.
We went to visit the Sdot Negev Regional Council for two reasons: first, to express ADL’s support and solidarity…
New York, NY, July 26, 2018 … As the court-issued deadline for family reunification looms today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) delivered a petition today to the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security with 38,000 signatures calling for an end to the catastrophic human rights violation that is the Administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy. ADL called on the Trump Administration to reunite all separated families immediately and to end the policy that created…
July 26, 2018 By Samuel Woolley | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society
Computational propaganda — the use of automation and algorithms on social media to manipulate public opinion — has become a global phenomenon. This has come as a surprise to many in the technology sector, and it’s quite the adverse development given that less than a decade ago experts hailed social media as a savior for democratic communication. Russian…
Only 36 of 57 participating states submitted hate crime data in 2016 New York, NY, July 25, 2018 … Against a backdrop of rising reports of hate crimes, Human Rights First and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released their annual analysis of hate crime reporting by the 57 participating states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a security- and human rights-focused intergovernmental organization comprised of governments from North America, Europe, and…
New York, NY, July 24, 2018 … For the first time, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is investigating misogyny as a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism. In a new report released today “When Women are the Enemy: The Intersection of Misogyny and White Supremacy,” ADL finds a powerful connection between the “men’s rights” arena and white supremacist ideologies. The report marks a new prioritization of misogyny as a part of the organization&rsquo…
By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs July 20, 2018 FDD's Long War Journal The Islamic month of Ramadan is a venerated time in the Gulf. Worshippers place a renewed emphasis on piety and community, while governments try to burnish their moral credentials by sponsoring major religious activities.
Yet in so doing, America’s Gulf allies provided a platform this year to a wide range of hate preachers. By hosting such extremists – even…
Remarks, as delivered, to the NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas July 16, 2018 Remarks as delivered
Thank you, Gary, and good morning, NAACP! It is so great for me to be here with you today.
You know, two months ago, my friend – and your President and CEO – Derrick Johnson, addressed the Anti-Defamation League at our National Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. in a room a lot like this. And in a speech no one on our side will soon forget,…
July 13, 2018 The Anti-Defamation League does not participate in partisan political activity, but that does not mean we should ignore racism or anti-Semitism on the campaign trail.
Maria Estrada, who is running for a seat on the California State Assembly (63rd District), has attacked Zionism and Israel in a manner that raises concerns about anti-Semitism, and has expressed troubling support for notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan.
It’s impossible to ignore the undercurrent of…
Next Year May We All Be Free April 10, 2019 As Jews celebrate freedom, let’s reflect on 10 modern plagues that still oppress so many—and identify actions we can take to help.
Anti-Semitism
For many in the American Jewish community, anti-Semitism feels closer, more pervasive and more threatening than ever. In October 2018, in the deadliest attack in history on the Jewish community in the U.S., a white supremacist gunman entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and…
July 03, 2018 La comunidad latina en Estados Unidos está lidiando con una ola anti-inmigrante. Este odio se manifiesta de diversas maneras incluyendo el acoso que sufren alumnos cuando les gritan “construye el muro” durante juegos deportivos, cuando estudiantes juegan un juego que llaman “La Migra” donde pretenden ser agentes de ICE y deportar a otros que actúan a ser migrantes, en fiestas universitarias de disfraces donde estudiantes se visten como…
New York, NY, June 29, 2018 … Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement following the announcement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement:
"While often the fifth and deciding vote on many cases, Associate Justice Kennedy has been an important voice on key cases throughout his 30 years of distinguished service on the Court. He has affected a broad range of civil…
By Alireza Nader | Chair of ADL's Iran Task Force June 29, 2018 The Jewish Chronicle The arrest of prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotudeh last week was just another sign that the Islamic Republic of Iran will never respect human rights or individual dignity.
Mr Sotudeh has spent many years in jail fighting for human rights but was freed in September 2013 as part of President Hassan Rouhani’s “reform” efforts, only to be rearrested June 13, 2018 as the…
New York, NY, June 28, 2018 … White supremacist groups continued to escalate their propaganda campaign targeting U.S. college campuses, with incidents increasing by 77 percent during the 2017-2018 academic year, according to new data released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
From Sept. 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018, ADL’s Center on Extremism documented 292 cases of white supremacist propaganda on college campuses — including fliers, stickers, banners, and posters …
New York, NY, June 26, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded today to the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii, upholding President Trump’s discriminatory policy blocking immigrants and visitors to the United States from six Muslim-majority nations.
ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement:
Today’s decision will be recalled as a dark and shameful stain on America’s history reminiscent…
June 25, 2018 By Karen Schrier | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society
Can games be used to support positive social change, connectedness, and caring, and help reduce bias? These are the big questions I will be exploring over the next year as a Belfer Fellow with ADL’s Center for Technology and Society. There are many questions in this area that need to be answered, but here are a few initial insights:
Games may support empathy — but there are…
June 21, 2018 The Latino community in the United States has increasingly been on the receiving end of anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric fueled by hate. Hate rears its ugly head in many ways, including bullying in schools where students chant “build the wall” at sporting events, play a game called “La Migra,” where students pretend to be ICE agents and deport students acting as immigrants, and in college costume parties where students dress like maids and gardeners,…
Washington, D.C. June 19, 2018 Thank you, Vanita.
I want to thank Reverend Al Sharpton and Janet Murguía for helping to organize this event today, and I want to thank all of my colleagues for coming out.
For those of you who don't know, the Anti-Defamation League, or the ADL, was founded in 1913 with the mission to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all, and I stand here today because what we are seeing is injustice plain…
June 19, 2018 The Council of Conservative Citizens, a once-prominent white supremacist group that has been dormant for several years, reemerged to hold the “Nationalist Solutions” conference June 15-17 in Burns, Tennessee. The event was a joint effort with the California-based white supremacist group American Freedom Party (AFP).
The conference, which took place in Montgomery Bell State Park, attracted roughly 70 attendees and speakers. The two-day event featured a…
June 14, 2018 It takes big ideas to combat a beast as big as hate. Tasked with the mission to implement a big idea that will confront and respond to the growing campus presence of hate groups and hate speech, students from across the country competed in ADL’s inaugural Innovate Against Hate Competition.
Designed to empower young people affected most by hateful content on social media, Innovate Against Hate incubated a student-led wave of creative messaging and innovation in…