On a recent morning before the Anti-Defamation League’s Oren Segal was scheduled to make a presentation in Las Vegas, news emerged of far-right violence in the German town of Hanau. Seven people, many of them immigrants, were dead in what authorities described as a racially motivated shooting carried out by an extremist obsessed with American conspiracy theories.
When a Las Vegas resident remarked to Segal that the timing of his visit was meaningful given what had…
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El Paso shooting by white supremacist capped a bloody decade for the extreme right
New York, NY, February 26, 2020 … Right-wing extremists were responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related murders in the United States in 2019, with the El Paso shooting capping off a bloody decade during which the far right was responsible for 76 percent of all extremist-related murders.
ADL (Anti-Defamation League)’s annual Murder and Extremism …
New York, NY, February 26, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called on the governments of Egypt and Oman to remove a number of virulently anti-Semitic titles promoted for sale in Arabic through their annual state-run book fairs in Cairo and Muscat.
Blatantly anti-Semitic books such as the notorious 19th century forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” which purports to tell of a Jewish plot to control the world, Adolf Hitler’s “Mein…
New York, NY, February 14, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called on USA Table Tennis (USATT) to accommodate the Jewish religious observance of an Orthodox teenager at the upcoming U.S. Olympic Table Tennis Team trials scheduled in Santa Monica, CA for later this month.
According to reports, Estee Ackerman, an Orthodox-Jewish teenager, likely will not be able to compete at the Olympic trials because one day of the four-day tournament falls on Saturday, the Jewish…
KTNV 13 ACTION NEWS VIA APThis Sept. 22, 2016, photo from video from KTNV 13 Action News shows Conor Climo during an interview while walking a Las Vegas neighborhood, heavily armed.
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 | 1:02 p.m.
A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to collecting materials and planning to bomb a synagogue or office of the Anti-Defamation League, or shoot people at a fast food…
Riveting true story of a French Jewish mother’s worst nightmare
New York, NY, February 13, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Behrman House have partnered to co-publish a new English translation of “24 Days: The Kidnapping and Murder of Ilan Halimi,” bringing the true story of an anti-Semitic hate crime in France to American audiences for the first time.
The book, a memoir by Ilan’s mother, Ruth Halimi, was originally…
New York, NY, February 12, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today strongly condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) decision to publish their so-called “blacklist” database of 112 companies they maintain have ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The list, which emanated from a 2016 resolution, consists of 94 Israeli-based companies and 18 companies based in six other countries, including the United States. ADL had previously condemned…
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Nearly 160 percent increase in U.S. campus propaganda incidents during fall semester
New York, NY, February 12, 2020 … White supremacist propaganda distribution more than doubled in 2019 over the previous year, making it the highest year on record for such activity in the United States, according to new data released today by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League).
The data shows a substantial…
Remarks by Mark Pitcavage, Senior Research Fellow, ADL's Center on Extremism February 11, 2020 Chairwoman Speier, Ranking Member Kelly, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, good afternoon. I am Mark Pitcavage, a Senior Research Fellow with ADL’s Center on Extremism. It is an honor to appear before you today to address the issue of white supremacy in the U.S. military.
For decades, ADL has fought against hate, anti-Semitism and extremism in all forms by exposing…
LAS VEGAS – The Anti-Defamation League Nevada will host Hate in the Silver State on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 5:30pm at Temple Sinai, 3405 Gulling Rd., Reno, NV 89503.
The purpose of this community event is to educate and provide an open forum for the public to learn about the rise and normalization of hate in Nevada and across the country. It will include ADL Nevada’s Words to Action program designed to help equip, empower, and motivate the public on…
By MARISSANNE LEWIS-THOMPSON • 2/4/20
New Northside Missionary Baptist Church — a predominantly black Jennings church — is a welcoming space on the inside. But on the outside, it’s fortified.
Armed security guards monitor the perimeter from the church’s parking lot, while there are several security cameras along the building's exterior. The Rev. Rodrick Burton has led the congregation for seven years, during which the church lost five…
New York, NY, February 4, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities today endorsed three bipartisan pieces of federal legislation designed to increase U.S. support to vulnerable minority groups: the Deferred Removal for Iraqi Nationals including Minorities Act, the Resolution Supporting Coptic Christians in Egypt, and the Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy, Heresy, and Apostasy Laws.
First, the Task Force endorsed …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK), co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism and members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the signing by the President of the Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019, companion legislation to a bipartisan bill they both co-sponsored.
“It is critical…
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-chair and founding member of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, released the following statement applauding the passage of companion legislation to her bipartisan Never Again Education Act, which Senator Rosen introduced in the Senate last year. The House bill was introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and has nearly 300 bipartisan co-sponsors…
New York, NY, January 30, 2020 … In response to the increased reporting of anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes in the U.S., ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today officially launched an online Tracker of Anti-Semitic Incidents. The searchable database of incidents will be regularly updated with the most recent information available on acts of hate against Jews anywhere in the United States.
The ADL Tracker offers a compilation of recent cases of anti-Semitic vandalism,…
January 29, 2020 Introduction:
Since 1913, the mission of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has been to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” For decades, ADL has fought against anti-Semitism and bigotry by exposing extremist groups and individuals who spread hate and incite violence. Today, ADL is the foremost non-governmental authority on anti-Semitism, extremism, hate groups, and hate crimes.
ADL combats anti-Semitism…
Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, ADL January 29, 2020 Good morning, Chairwoman Maloney, Ranking Member Jordan and distinguished Members of the Committee: On behalf of ADL, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today and share our perspective.
I am feeling inspired because I just returned from the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem where more than 45 world leaders recommitted themselves to addressing hate.
I want to give a special thank you to Chairwoman Maloney for…
New ADL poll found 19 percent of Americans think “Jews Still Talk Too Much” about the Holocaust; Belief in dual loyalty trope and “Jews killed Christ” myth remains disturbingly high
New York, NY, January 29, 2020 … Amid the worst outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in decades, a new survey released today from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) found more than half of American adults (61 percent) polled agree with at least one or more classic anti-Semitic…
Bipartisan legislation introduced in Washington and Maryland
New York, NY, January 28, 2020 … Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced the launch of “Backspace Hate,” a national initiative to fight the escalating problems of harmful online activities, including cyber harassment, cyber stalking, swatting, and doxing, through updating legislation and raising awareness. As part of this effort, several states are introducing bipartisan bills that address…
Calls for nominations open for second class of multi-year leadership development program for emerging leaders from across the U.S.
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Aspen Institute today announced a call for nominations for the second class of the Civil Society Fellowship. This Fellowship, part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN), aims to prepare and engage the next generation of…