This resource assists parents, families and other trusted adults in understanding and helping the young people in their lives who are facing antisemitism—in school, online, in communities.
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As the “People’s Conference for Palestine” got underway in Detroit, MI on May 24, the packed audience cheered as Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) organizer and conference MC Mohammed Nabulsi opened by offering “salutations to our people in Palestine and to our noble, steadfast Resistance.” Nabulsi garnered further enthusiastic applause when he urged “eternal glory to our martyrs” and called to “liberate every inch of Palestine, from the Jordan…
New York, NY, May 28, 2024… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and JLens filed a Notice of Exempt Solicitation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, calling on shareholders to vote in favor of Proposal Eleven in Meta's 2024 proxy statement. The proposal would require Meta to transparently address critical issues of hate speech and cyberbullying as well as other issues related to protecting kids. According to a 2023 survey conducted by the ADL Center for…
New York, NY, May 28, 2024 … As the U.S. celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month, the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a new partnership to preserve the institutional archives that document ADL’s fight against antisemitism, hate and bigotry since its founding in 1913. The ADL Archives Project will catalog, stabilize and digitize ADL’s collections to preserve and provide public access to important archival…
Nakba Day commemorations across the United States, already charged events, were compounded this year by a sharp rise in anti-Israel activity tied to the Israel-Hamas war that was triggered by the October 7 mass terror attacks. Nakba Day (“catastrophe” in Arabic) is commemorated annually on May 15 by Palestinians and their supporters worldwide to mourn the events related to the creation of the State of Israel, including its impact on Palestinians, and to advocate for the…
New York, NY, May 24, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today condemned the U.N.'s top court, the International Court of Justice, for allowing external political pressure to dictate its biased ruling demanding Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah. ADL issued the following statement: ADL condemns the ICJ for allowing external political pressure to dictate its biased ruling today, and South Africa for essentially serving as Hamas’ representatives at the court…
Chicago, May 23, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today reiterated its call for Northwestern University President Michael Schill to resign following his troubling testimony before Congress that was “rife with hypocrisy and platitudes.” David Goldenberg, ADL Midwest Regional Director, issued the following statement: "President Schill’s testimony today clarified his leadership imperils Jewish students and that he has failed at virtually every turn to take…
Help students explore and think critically about films on the Jewish experience.
IntroductionAs university encampments and other forms of student protests against Israel capture attention across the United States, protest organizers have made it clear that, on the majority of campuses, their goals go far beyond urging their universities to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war or to denounce Israeli government policies. The ADL Center on Extremism analyzed statements published by the organizers of more than 130 university encampments nationwide…
New York, NY, May 15, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response to the commitments announced by Harvard University interim President Alan Garber following yesterday's disbandment of the anti-Israel protest encampment. Interim Harvard President Alan Garber repeatedly said that Harvard would not negotiate with anti-Israel protestors encamped on its campus. Yet, following the disbandment of the encampment yesterday, President Garber announced …
By Kenneth Jacobson, Deputy National Director As the years pass and a country moves from its younger period to adulthood, there naturally is a waning of the spirit that motivated its residents to establish the state in the first place. So was the case in Israel as it moved over the years from an economically needy entity to a sophisticated, high-tech nation. National spirit as reflected in Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations remained fairly high, but along with it came a complacency about the…
Teach students about strategies for responding to and challenging bias in school, in particular when they are the target.
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against two California colleges -- Occidental and Pomona -- for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Arnold & Porter joined the Brandeis Center…
Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 2024 – In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Media & Entertainment Institute today announced the release of two curated film lists developed in partnership with Common Sense Media: "Movies That Illustrate and Celebrate the Jewish Experience" and "Movies About the Holocaust." The initiative aims to promote understanding, appreciation, and diversity through cinema that reflects the rich tapestry of Jewish life and the…
New York, NY, May 9, 2024… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) applauds the decision by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, to recommend investors vote against an anti-Israel shareholder proposal in Amazon's 2024 proxy statement. Titled “Customer Due Diligence,” Shareholder Proposal 6 seeks to end the company's involvement in Project Nimbus—a $1.2 billion cloud computing agreement with the…
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying and harassment of Jewish students in classrooms, hallways, schools yards, and walkouts since October 7, 2023. BUSD Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel is also being called to testify tomorrow…
TikTok videos will share testimonials, educate against denial & raise awareness New York, NY, May 6, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched a new social media campaign geared toward Gen Z consumers of social media. The campaign, with an emphasis on TikTok and other video platforms, will highlight and promote survivor testimonials and messages from several TikTok creators, with an aim to counter Holocaust denial and misinformation. The new…
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expanded their complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), sounding the alarm that the already-hostile environment for Jewish students is taking a frightening turn for the worse. In February, the two organizations filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the…
Explore films that highlight the richness of Jewish life by viewing the movie lists ADL's Media & Entertainment Institute developed with Common Sense Media.
"Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West" From Brazil to South Africa, from Italy to Australia, from Belgium to the United States: 2023 saw an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries in comparison to 2022.Most countries with large Jewish populations recorded increases in the number of incidents also in the first nine months of 2023, before the war started; "October 7 helped spread a fire that was already out of control…