Stand Up To Bigotry and Create a World Without HateImagine a World Without Hate® In honor of our Centennial Year in 2013, the Anti-Defamation League launched the “Imagine a World Without Hate” video and action campaign, and we invite you to participate. Take just 80 seconds of your time to watch this powerful video, which imagines a world without racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism — a world in which the hate violence that took the lives of Martin Luther King Jr.,…

ADL's Centennial Year: Imagine a World Without Hate® The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in 1913 to combat anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry and hate. ADL is celebrating its Centennial in 2013, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to securing justice and fair treatment for all people. 100 years ago, a visionary attorney named Sigmund Livingston brought together a group of prominent Jewish leaders to form a mechanism to fight back against the anti-Semitism and…

Ten Decades of Fighting Hate and Building a Better WorldWhen they signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the founders of the United States of America set out to establish a new nation, where all were deemed equal, and the pursuit of happiness and justice for all were inalienable rights of all citizens. By 1913, it was evident to Jewish Americans that the promise of democracy remained unfulfilled. That year, the founders of the Anti-Defamation League set out with a mission that…

Honorary Centennial Chairs* *In formation Hon. Madeleine K. Albright Harold Burson Hon. Jane Harman Hon. Henry A. Kissinger Rep. John Lewis Bernard Marcus Hon. Robert Morgenthau Samuel H. Miller Hon. Federico Peña Hon. Colin Powell Hon. Condoleezza Rice Hon. George P. Shultz Diane von Furstenberg Professor Elie Wiesel ADL Centennial Leadership Barry Curtiss-Lusher, National Chair Barbara B. Balser, Centennial Chair Robert G. Sugarman,…

In Tribute & In MemoryYitzhak Rabin March 1, 1922 - November 4, 1995 Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli Prime Minister and winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his attempts to achieve a lasting peace with the Palestinian Authority. Born in Jerusalem on March 1, 1922, Rabin started his Israeli military career as a volunteer, and would go on to serve a distinguished 27-year career in the armed services, culminating his career as Chief of Staff in the Israel Defense Forces. Following…

In Tribute & In MemoryMatthew Shepard​ December 1, 1976 - October 12, 1998 Matthew Shepard was a 21-year-old freshman at the University of Wyoming where he studied political science, foreign relations and languages. On October 7, 1998, a few hours after he had attended a planning meeting for Gay Awareness Week events on campus, Shepard was tortured and murdered by two men in a remote area east of Laramie, Wyoming, the victim of a heinous hate crime. The son of Judy and…

In Tribute & In MemoryJames Byrd Jr. May 2, 1949 - June 7, 1998 James Byrd Jr. was born in Beaumont, Texas, one of nine children, to Stella and James Byrd Sr. In 1967, Byrd, who was African American, graduated from the last segregated class at Jasper’s Rowe High School. Byrd went on to marry and have three children. In the pre-dawn hours of June 7, 1998, Byrd was walking home in Jasper, Texas, when he was stopped by three white men who offered him a ride home. Byrd got in…

In Tribute & In MemoryHarvey Milk May 22, 1930 - November 27, 1978 Harvey Milk, born in Woodmere, NY, was a U.S. politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk’s groundbreaking election in 1977 as one of the world’s first openly gay elected officials—and its most visible one—symbolized the freedom to live life with authenticity to millions of…

In Tribute & In MemoryDaniel Pearl October 10, 1963-February 1, 2002 The world has come to know Daniel Pearl as the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in early 2002, just four months after 9/11. Since then, he has been remembered as a symbol of hope: a man who built bridges between diverse cultures as a writer and a musician. Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up in Los Angeles, California where he…

In Tribute & In MemoryAnne Frank June 12, 1929 - March, 1945 Anne Frank was a young victim of the Nazis during the Holocaust, when 6 million Jews, including 1.5 million children, were systematically murdered during World War II in Nazi-occupied Europe. Anne has become one of the most well-known victims of the Holocaust because of the diary she kept during her time in hiding before being captured by the Nazis. Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929, before the…

The FBI “Shared” Antisemitic Protocols on Twitter  8/19/20 One of the FBI’s official twitter handles, the FBI Records Vault, disseminated a link labeled “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.” Forever 21 Swastika Rings A Hoax  9/2/16 A photo of "swastika rings" was determined to be part of an unfortunate Internet hoax. Edible Arrangements Owners Do Not "Fund Hamas"  8/1/14 There is no truth to the rumor that the company and its…

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