New York, NY, October 1, 2020 …
ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and American University today unveiled “extremely,” a new podcast that will change the way you think about modern hate and extremism – and what it might take to stop it in its tracks.
Featuring candid, wide-ranging conversations with preeminent extremism experts, this new podcast shines a spotlight on the daily work of identifying and combatting dangerous trends, online and on…
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New York, NY, September 29, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expressed deep concern about the nomination of Chad Wolf to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. In advance of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs vote on his nomination, scheduled for Sept. 30, Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
As an organization founded to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and committed to…
By Jonathan A. Greenblatt
September 25, 2020
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, we pause to remember those who passed in the prior year. Over the span of 5780, we lost so many giants and icons – Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Johnson, Larry Kramer, Jim Lehrer, Rep. John Lewis, Phyllis Lyon, Rev. Joseph Lowery, …
September 22— National Voter Registration Day — is a nonpartisan civic holiday that celebrates the cornerstone of our democracy, the vote, by creating broad awareness of voter registration opportunities. In addition to providing information about voter registration and other resources, the day is an appropriate occasion to underscore that the success of the American democratic experiment relies, at its core, on the rule of law and the right to vote. It is…
New York, NY, September 21, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) mourns the loss of trailblazing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and the architect of the legal strategy that toppled some of the most egregious forms of sex discrimination. Justice Ginsburg, a lifelong champion of civil rights and liberties as both a legal practitioner and jurist, was a national and cultural icon whose brilliance, passion and strength was an…
NOTE: ADL Heartland did not accuse Senator Onder of antisemitism. Our concern was with the inclusion of George Soros in the Senator's tweet, noted below. What we said highlights whether “subtly or not" [the appearance of Mr. Soros as his name appeared in the tweet] opens a gateway to the pervasive anti-Semitic subculture that blames Jews for the riots or blames Jews for increased crime. We have contacted The Jewish Light to discuss this concern.
Missouri State Sen. Bob…
Dozens of influencers expected to join 24-Hour Instagram “Freeze” on Wednesday
New York, NY, September 15, 2020 … Nearly two dozen A-list Hollywood celebrities have signed on to the call by Stop Hate for Profit, a coalition of civil rights organizations and advocacy groups, that was issued yesterday, asking a one-day moratorium from posting on Instagram in protest of Facebook’s repeated failures to address hate speech and election disinformation on…
New York, September 15, 2020 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) today celebrated the historic signing of agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain that usher in a new era of open and normalized relations between the Jewish state and these nations.
“In the midst of health, economic, environmental and political crises, we pause and celebrate the enormity of this historic moment of normalization between Israel and…
New York, NY, September 14, 2020 … Members of the Stop Hate for Profit coalition and its network of thousands of supporters across the country will be joining in a coordinated week of action on Instagram this week, demanding parent company Facebook take action to address racism, hate, and disinformation on its platforms.
The actions include a one-day freeze on Instagram sharing as well as a weeklong series of posts, starting today, calling out Facebook for its role in inciting…
New York, NY, September 11, 2020 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) expressed grave concern over the recent announcement from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) addressed to the heads of all Executive Branch Departments and Agencies. The announcement said the Trump administration intends to end all trainings related to critical race theory or white privilege for federal agency employees.
The memorandum’s message is directly contrary…
New York, September 11, 2020… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the historic announcement by the Governments of Israel, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the United States to fully normalize relations between Israel and Bahrain, which comes on the heels of last month’s historic UAE-Israel agreement.
“I applaud the Israeli and Bahraini leaders for reaching this historic accord,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt. “Making peace between nations in this manner is…
Survivor Testimony Has Profound Impact on Students
New York, NY, September 8, 2020 – A new national survey shows that Holocaust education in high school reflects gains not only in historical knowledge but also manifests in cultivating more empathetic, tolerant, and engaged students. The results also indicate that exposure to Holocaust survivor testimony is strongly associated with numerous positive outcomes in early adulthood including higher critical…
The Texas attorney general filed suit to stop Harris County from mailing ballot applications to all of its eligible voters. Groups join in defense of voters against this voter suppression.
The Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP) and the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) Southwest Region filed a petition in intervention in State of Texas v. Chris Hollins, a lawsuit seeking to…
Will the Arab country's push for a more pluralistic Mideast challenge the radicalism and anti-Semitism that have poisoned the region for so long?
SEP 4, 2020, 4:13 PM
The Tel Aviv municipality building lights up with the UAE flag on August 13, 2020, after the announcement of the Israel-UAE normalization deal brokered by the US. (Tel Aviv municipality/Twitter)
Forty-three years ago this November, Anwar Sadat stunned the world by arriving in Jerusalem for…
New York, NY, September 2, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Jewish Council of the Emirates today announced plans to explore cooperation in the wake of the historic Abraham Accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates facilitated by Washington.
“ADL works to support the well-being of Jewish communities around the world and looks forward to partnering with the Jewish Council of the Emirates in the months ahead,” said Sharon Nazarian, ADL Senior VP for…
Bullying Awareness & Prevention/People, Identity & Culture
AUTHOR: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
ILLUSTRATOR: Luisa Uribe
AGE GROUP: 5-10
Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx and Middle…
Heartland Region, September 2020
Work continues to develop and reconvene the Missouri Roundtable on Bias-Based Policing which we originally started in 2011. The effort will look at police accountability, licensing, training and continuing education.
We are responding to a variety of regional schools interested in establishing a virtual No Place For Hate® project. For information on how your school can participate, contact the office at 314.627.1330
Unfortunately,…
Philadelphia, PA, August 31, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the National Urban League today announced a new partnership bringing together two venerable civil rights organizations in service of building stronger relations between the African American and American Jewish communities and to advocate around issues of mutual concern.
“Partnering with the ADL at this moment builds on our shared past and creates the pathway forward,” said Marc Morial, President and…
The coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly make the beginning of the 2020-21 school year a challenging time. Schools are focused on ensuring the health of students and teachers, as well as addressing the challenge of distance or in-person learning. In light of these circumstances, we write to remind you that the beginning of the school year also is a time when many major Jewish holidays occur.
Whether Jewish students or teachers are going to school virtually, in…
New York, NY, August 28, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement on the 57th Anniversary of the March on Washington, and in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin:
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered what would become one of the most influential speeches in history, proclaiming to the world, ‘I have a dream.’
The March on…