Jerusalem, July 27, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the sentencing of two Israeli youths who had torched the Hand-in-Hand bi-lingual Hebrew-Arabic school in Jerusalem and spray painted it with hate graffiti in November 2014. The third defendant's trial is still in process. The two were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 24 to 30 months and were ordered to compensate the school in the sum of 10,000 NIS and 15,000 NIS. The two brothers, Shlomo and Nahman Twito from…
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New York, NY, July 27, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the blog publishing platform WordPress to remove ISIS propaganda from its website, after the League’s research found a repository of ISIS videos, statements and publications on the platform. WordPress has not responded to ADL’s flagging of the content, which included beheading and execution clips and articles encouraging individuals to travel, join and carry out attacks. ADL is also asking internet…
July 24, 2015 In a recent exchange of letters with the Anti-Defamation League, The Coca-Cola Company made clear that it has long been a proud supporter of Israel and has never supported the use of boycotts against any country. Coca-Cola was reacting to ADL’s concerns that some were attempting to link the company to highly charged and divisive anti-Israel remarks made by Zahi Khouri, the head of the Palestinian National Beverage Co., which is licensed by the Company to distribute its…
New York, NY, July 23, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised the introduction of the Equality Act, comprehensive federal anti-discrimination legislation that explicitly adds sexual orientation and gender identity and expression to federal anti-discrimination laws prohibiting discrimination in the areas of employment, public accommodation, credit, federal funding, education, jury service and housing. The introduction of the legislation follows the groundbreaking July 15…
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COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Racial Discrimination and Safeguarding the Right to Vote In August 2015, we commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The Voting Rights Act is landmark federal legislation that was enacted during the Civil Rights Movement and was intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Prior to that, even though Black…
For Educators Because discussions of race and racism are part of our public discourse, educators feel a sense of responsibility to bring these topics into their classrooms—because young people want to be part of the conversation and should be. If handled effectively, these discussions provide opportunities for timely learning. Below are suggestions and strategies for having classroom conversations with young people about race and racism. Prior to these discussions and…
New York, NY, July 22, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commended the Department of Justice for bringing federal hate crime charges against Dylann Storm Roof for the horrific bias-motivated murder of nine parishioners during a prayer meeting at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17. Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL National Director, and Mark Moskowitz, ADL Southeast Regional Director, issued the following statement:
We welcome the announcement…
New York, NY, July 20, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today sent a message to members of the House and Senate asking them to carefully review the proposed Iranian nuclear deal by probing the administration more deeply on the details. The League called on Congress to reject any deal if they do not get satisfactory answers to key questions that would “…decrease the likelihood Iran will become a nuclear weapons state.” In a letter sent to members of the House…
New York, NY, July 17, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed solidarity with the Jewish community of Argentina in commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA-DAIA building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, and paid tribute to the memory of the late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman. ADL renewed the call for justice for the bombing victims and a thorough, transparent, and complete investigation of Mr. Nisman’s death.
Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL…
Says it Falls Short of Preventing Regime from Becoming Nuclear Weapon State; Expects Thorough Congressional Review New York, NY, July 14, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed serious concern about shortcomings in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action announced by President Obama saying the agreement appears to “fall far short” of assuring that Iran will not become a nuclear weapon state. Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL…
New York, NY, July 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the “clear and public stand against anti-Semitism” by the South Korean companies Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries following the publication of anti-Jewish comments regarding their proposed merger. In a July 12 letter to ADL’s national director, Joo Hwa Yoon, CEO of Cheil Industries, and Chi Hun Choi, CEO of Samsung C&T, unequivocally condemned anti-Semitism. “We are a company…
New York, NY, July 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on an Australian rugby star who tweeted the age-old anti-Semitic myth that Jews killed Jesus to “understand the pain he has caused to Jews” and apologize for his words. Jarryd Hayne, an Australian rugby star who is currently trying to make a transition to the National Football League as a potential member of the San Francisco 49ers, sent a tweet on July 1 that said, “Jesus wanted to help people…
New York, NY, July 13, 2015 … In the aftermath of the shooting attack at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina by a suspect seemingly influenced and radicalized by online hate propaganda, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued a comprehensive report looking at the state of white supremacy in the United States in 2015.
The new report, “With Hate in their Hearts: The State of White Supremacy in the U.S.,” puts the shooting spree by the suspected gunman,…
Nueva York, N.Y. 8 de julio, 2015… La Liga Antidifamación (ADL) hoy criticó duramente las declaraciones hechas por la Presidenta Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner en las que evocó estereotipos clásicos antisemitas relacionando a los judíos con la causa de los retos financieros de Argentina.
Durante una visita con niños de escuela primaria, quienes estaban estudiando a Shakespeare, la Presidenta Fernández de Kirchner…
New York, NY, July 10, 2015 … Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League and a Holocaust survivor from Poland, today was presented with the Archdiocese of Krakow’s Pope John Paul II Medal of Honor in recognition of his lifetime of work in advancing relations between the Jewish people and the Catholic Church in Poland and at the Vatican. The award, which is officially bestowed by the Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, was presented to Mr…
New York, NY, July 10, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the South Korean government to condemn pernicious anti-Semitic stereotypes that surfaced in news stories concerning the future of a South Korean construction conglomerate and the role of two New York-based financial companies in speaking out against a proposed merger. MoneyToday, a mainstream Korean publication, noted that the proposed merger between Samsung C&T, a construction company, and Cheil Industries,…
New York, NY, July 8, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly criticized statements made by Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in which she evoked classic anti-Semitic stereotypes linking Jews to the cause of Argentina’s financial challenges. During a visit with elementary school children, who were in the midst of studying Shakespeare, President Fernandez de Kirchner recommended they read The Merchant of Venice to understand vulture funds and their…
New York, NY, July 8, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the Hungarian government to cancel plans for a statue in the city of Székesfehérvár to honor Balint Homan, a notorious anti-Semitic politician. “Balint Homan sponsored anti-Jewish laws, was a Nazi supporter, and a minister under the anti-Semitic Horthy regime,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, “Honoring him would send a terrible message to Hungarian society…
New York, NY, July 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly criticized another outburst of demeaning and hateful comments about Reform Jews made once again by Israel’s Religious Affairs Minister David Azoulay, and welcomed Prime Minister Netanyahu’s swift rejection of the remarks. In an interview with Army Radio, Azoulay said that Reform Jews cannot be considered Jewish, stating: “The majority of them are people that erred, who should be considered as…
New York, NY, July 6, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment at the Israeli government’s decision to reject proposed legislation which would have positively reformed the Jewish conversion process in Israel. In November 2014, the Israeli government had approved a legislative proposal to remove the central rabbinical authority’s monopoly over the conversion process by allowing regional rabbis to establish local conversion courts, thereby easing…