As Vice President, Advocacy, Shira Goodman leads the Ronald Birnbaum Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education, the Ratings & Assessments Institute, and our state and local advocacy work.
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As Vice President of the Central Division, Jen Schmitt and her team work daily to fight antisemitism and all forms of hate in the Florida, Heartland, Michigan, Midwest, Mountain States, Southeast and South Central regions. She joined ADL in February 2024. Prior to joining ADL, Jen spent the last 12 years at Teach For America where she held systems leadership roles across finance and operations. She was responsible for strategy and execution of a portfolio of 12-25 regions to ensure upwards of …
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Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in Boston, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winning middle grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She finds inspiration in her family, her childhood, the natural world, math, science and just about everywhere she looks.
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Key Points Blood Tribe is a growing neo-Nazi group that claims to have chapters across the United States.Blood Tribe members are followers of Christopher Pohlhaus, whose white supremacist beliefs include elements of Esoteric Hitlerism (which exalts Hitler as a deity) and Wotanism, a variant of Norse Paganism.Blood Tribe presents itself as a hardcore white supremacist group and rejects white supremacists who call for softer “optics.”Blood Tribe members emphasize hyper-masculinity;…
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Formed in March 2020, People’s Rights (also known as the People’s Rights Initiative or People’s Rights Network) is a far-right anti-government activist network led by anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy.
People’s Rights opposes any perceived government overreach based on Ammon Bundy’s belief that individuals have the right to complete and total control over their life and their property.
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E. Michael Jones (1948-) is a Traditionalist Catholic writer and ubiquitous podcaster who aims to defend traditional Catholic teachings and values from those he perceives as seeking to undermine them
Role of online anonymity related to harassment, hate, misinformation, toxicity. Benefits and harms of banning anonymity, court cases, international approaches.
Holocaust deniers rely on a range of myths to “prove” their claims. Read on to understand these myths — and learn the facts that debunk them.
Refer to this list for additional ADL resources and suggested readings to learn more about this topic.
Explore the prominent tropes of Holocaust denial — and how Holocaust deniers base their claims on longstanding antisemitic conspiracy theories.
There’s money in Holocaust denial — explore the financial and merchandising platforms that help deniers capitalize on their hateful lies.
Trace the development of the Holocaust denial movement, from its post-World War II emergence through today.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is an antisemitic slogan commonly featured in anti-Israel campaigns and chanted at demonstrations.
This rallying cry has long been used by anti-Israel voices, including supporters of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the PFLP, which seek Israel’s destruction through violent means. It is fundamentally a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea,…
In the heightened rhetoric of the present day and especially in the aftermath of Israel’s war against Hamas following the October 7,2023 attack, Israel is often accused of committing “genocide,” “acts of genocide” or of having “genocidal intent” against the Palestinians. Genocide is a very specific crime with legal elements requiring intent and action that are difficult to meet, and in no way do Israeli policies and actions reach this legal threshold…
Heidi Packer is the Co-Founder of the World Alliance Group, a brand management agency specializing in trademark licensing for fashion designers, food and beverage operators, entertainment and corporate brand owners. WAG maximizes brands’ financial performance through geographic and categorical expansion, cultural adaptation, product innovation and operating efficiencies.
With over 30 years of experience in global licensing and strategic marketing initiatives, Heidi is recognized in…
During his more than 14 years of volunteering for ADL, Bernard has served as Chair of the National Commission Community Engagement Committee, Chair of the Southeast Regional Board, and is a recipient of ADL Southeast’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His community activity includes serving as the Vice Chair of the National Board for UNICEF USA, former chair of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, former Chair of the DeKalb County Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, member of the Fulton…
On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas, with the support of the Iranian-regime and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, launched an invasion into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorists attacked over 20 Israeli kibbutzim, towns, villages, cities and other areas near the Gaza border, killing over 1000 people and wounding thousands. They also kidnapped as many as 150 people – children as young as 9 months old, women and men, including elderly Holocaust survivors – and took them…
Key Points Founded in 2018, the Aryan Freedom Network (AFN) is a small but growing neo-Nazi group based in De Kalb, Texas.The group claims to have chapters in 41 states.AFN promotes hardline white supremacist views, including the Great Replacement theory and Christian Identity, and largely directs its vitriol at Jewish people, Black people, immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.The AFN logo, which includes a Totenkopf, or death’s head, acorns and oak leaves, is meant to convey the group…
Learn about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a date that marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and is meant to honor the victims of Nazism.
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Active Clubs are a nationwide network of localized white supremacist crews who are largely inspired by Robert Rundo’s white supremacist Rise Above Movement (R.A.M.)
Active Club members see themselves as fighters training for an ongoing war against a system that they claim is deliberately plotting against the white race.
Active Clubs distribute white supremacist propaganda, participate in small-scale demonstrations, and often gather privately for training events…