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Anti-Israel Protesters Use International Women’s Day to Praise Female Terrorists

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Anti-Israel Protesters Use International Women’s Day to Praise Female Terrorists
Friday, March 8, 2024, marked the annual commemoration of International Women’s Day. Over the weekend of March 8–10, anti-Israel activists nationwide used the occasion to celebrate female Palestinian terrorists, including glorifying individuals affiliated with recognized terrorist organizations and whose acts of anti-Israel violence have included bombings, plane hijackings and more.   As previously noted by ADL, in the months since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on…
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ADL Letter to Politico, re: Offensive "Punch Card" Cartoon

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March 14, 2024 Mathias Döpfner CEO Axel Springer SE John F. Harris Global Editor in Chief Politico Brad Dayspring Executive Vice President, Global Communications and Brand Dear Mr. Döpfner, Mr. Harris and Mr. Dayspring: We were deeply concerned by Politico’s decision to publish a highly offensive political cartoon by Matt Wuerker, depicting a “punch card” suggesting that Israel and Jews are using “centuries of pogroms, antisemitism and the Holocaust”…
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Hizb Ut Tahrir U.S. Conference Features Antisemitism, Calls for Violent Destruction of Israel

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Hizb Ut Tahrir U.S. Conference Features Antisemitism, Calls for Violent Destruction of Israel
The U.S. wing of Hizb Ut Tahrir, an international Islamist organization that seeks to establish an Islamic theocracy, held their annual conference on March 2, 2024, in Villa Park, Illinois.   The group, which is banned in the United Kingdom, Germany and several other countries, featured speakers who called for an army to invade and destroy Israel, justified the October 7 Hamas terror attack, suggested men should travel to Gaza to fight Israel, implored followers to “resist…
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White Supremacist, Tracked by COE, Arrested on Vandalism Charges in Missouri

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White Supremacist, Tracked by COE, Arrested on Vandalism Charges in Missouri
On March 9, 2024, authorities arrested Frankie Rizzello Jr., a 20-year-old resident of Chesterfield, Missouri, on two felony charges related to property damage motivated by discrimination, one grounded in religion and the other in race. According to charging documents from the University City Police Department, Rizzello faces these charges for allegedly spray-painting a church and an Asian restaurant with graffiti in 2023.   In October 2023, after an extensive examination of user…
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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet Accepts ADL’s Prestigious 2024 Courage Against Hate Award

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Award cites her deep commitment to ethical leadership and ‘zero tolerance’ for hate New York, NY, March 11, 2024 … Julie Sweet, Chair & CEO of Accenture, a true innovative leader who leads by example and inspires others to do the same, and who has publicly proclaimed zero tolerance for antisemitism and all forms of hate, has received the ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) highest honor, the Courage Against Hate Award. Sweet was presented with the award on Thursday…
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Leaders of the J7 Task Force Meet with U.N. Secretary General on Sidelines of ADL’s Never Is Now Summit

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   New York, NY, March 7, 2024 … Leaders of the J7, the Large Jewish Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, whose communities comprise the majority of the world’s diaspora Jews, met today with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as part of a series of meetings on the sidelines of the ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) 2024 Never Is Now Summit in New York City. Meeting with Guterres at the U.N.’s headquarters, the J7 leaders…
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Swatting: What’s Hate Got to Do with It?

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Mature mom comforts upset daughter about something online
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current EventsYou may have heard about “swatting” because it's been in the news recently. What exactly is swatting? Why do people do it?  Because young people are exposed to swatting online, on both mainstream websites and the “dark web” (i.e., hidden websites) and because some swatting incidents begin in online gaming or other digital platforms, it is an important topic to discuss with young people.  Swatting is &ldquo…
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ADL Honors Israeli-Palestinian Content Creator Nuseir Yassin with 2024 Daniel Pearl Award

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New York, NY, March 6, 2024 … Today ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) honored Nuseir Yassin, an Israeli-Palestinian content creator, with the ADL’s prestigious Daniel Pearl Award for his work in building bridges of understanding between Jews and Muslims and for promoting peace and understanding across communities. ADL presented the award to Nuseir Yassin during its 2024 Never Is Now Summit on Antisemitism and Hate. The award was presented by Imam Abdullah Antempli, who praised…
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ADL Launches ATLAS (Antisemitism Trends, Learning, Statistics) Tool Illustrating Global Patterns of Antisemitism

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Interactive map will display real-time antisemitic incident data from ADL and international organizations New York, NY, March 6, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched the ADL ATLAS (Antisemitism Trends, Learning and Statistics) tool providing global antisemitism information and analysis. The data includes antisemitic incidents, antisemitic attitudes, information about government commitments and a variety of reports – all providing a comprehensive picture of the…
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ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt delivers 2024 State of Hate at Never Is Now

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(As delivered) We are not OK. We are not OK. As my friend Bret Stephens so succinctly put it, all of us now live in an October 8th world. We have endured the painful, distressing, and clarifying events of the past 151 days. That video we just saw could be 10 times, 100 times as long and it still wouldn’t capture all the anti-Jewish hate of just the past few months. The world of October 8 is one in which the perpetrators of the worst antisemitic massacre since the Holocaust are celebrated…
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ADL and Chabad on Campus International Launch New Initiative to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses

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New York, NY, March 6, 2024 … Chabad on Campus International (COCI) and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a new joint initiative to combat antisemitism on college campuses across the United States. Through the initiative, ADL will provide COCI campus directors and students resources, educational workshops and training to bolster efforts to raise awareness about antisemitism and create a safer environment on campus for Jewish students. ADL and COCI will also launch a…
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Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt to the 2024 ADL National Leadership Summit

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As prepared for delivery    Thank you for being here. Thank you for serving as leaders in the fight against antisemitism.  And thank you for bringing your passion, energy, and concern to this summit. Last month, I spoke in Stamford, Connecticut at the Jewish Agency’s annual conference of North American shlichim. Working on college campuses and in our communities, these young emissaries from Israel embody the people-to-people connections that link American Jews to the…
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El 24% de los estadounidenses alberga amplios prejuicios antisemitas, frente al 20% en 2022, concluye una encuesta

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A diferencia de las generaciones anteriores, la generación del milenio y la generación Z están de acuerdo con más tópicos antijudíos. El 27% de los estadounidenses consideraría al menos aceptable que un familiar cercano apoyara a Hamás. Nueva York, NY, 29 de febrero de 2024... El número de estadounidenses que sostienen creencias antisemitas aumentó al 24%, frente al 20% en 2022, según una encuesta realizada por el…
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Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Launch Pro-Bono K-12 Antisemitism Helpline

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Washington, D.C., Feb. 29, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with four leading law firms, today announced a new pilot helpline to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing anti-Semitism in California’s K-12 schools. The pilot program selected California as the first state given a series of troubling incidents of anti-Semitism in the state’s K-12…
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Untangling False Claims About Ashkenazi Jews, Khazars and Israel 

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Untangling False Claims About Ashkenazi Jews, Khazars and Israel 
Research from ADL has documented in detail the rise in antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the weeks and months following Hamas’s brutal assault on Israel on October 7, 2023. One of the most insidious claims used to discredit both Jews and Israel is that Ashkenazi Jews (i.e., Jews who trace their ancestry to Northern and Eastern Europe) have no historical or genetic relationship to Jewish antiquity in the land of Israel—making Jews “colonizers” with no legitimate claim to…
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24% of Americans Harbor Extensive Antisemitic Prejudice, Up From 20% in 2022, Survey Finds

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In reversal from prior generations, Millennials and Generation Z agree with more anti-Jewish tropes.  27 percent of Americans would find it at least somewhat acceptable for a close family member to support Hamas   New York, NY, February 29, 2024… The number of Americans who hold antisemitic beliefs increased to 24 percent, up from 20 percent in 2022, according to a survey conducted by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research. And in contrast to years…
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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet to Receive ADL’s Prestigious 2024 Courage Against Hate Award

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New York, NY, February 28, 2024 … Julie Sweet, the Chair & CEO of Accenture, a true innovative leader who leads by example and inspires others to do the same, and who has publicly proclaimed zero tolerance for antisemitism and all forms of hate, will receive ADL’s highest honor, the Courage Against Hate Award. Sweet will be presented with the award at ADL’s Never Is Now, the world’s largest summit on antisemitism and against antisemitism and hate, which will be…
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Brandeis Center/ADL File Federal Complaint Against Berkeley K-12 Schools For "Severe and Persistent" Antisemitic Bullying

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Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and teachers since Oct. 7. According to the complaint, Berkeley administrators have ignored parent reports and…
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