Regional Director Lonnie Nasatir was interviewed by The Journal Gazette about the proposed Indiana hate crime legislation.
As currently drafted, the proposed law does not include a list of enumerated characteristics (such as race, religion, and sexual orientation).
According to Mr. Nasatir, “the purpose [of the legislation] is to draw attention to these crimes because they are different . . . If you don't spell out the unique characteristics that make these crimes distinct, then…
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1,187 literature drops and 91 events across the U.S. last year, hitting an all-time record
New York, NY, March 5, 2019 … White supremacists dramatically stepped up their propaganda efforts targeting neighborhoods and campuses in 2018, far exceeding any previous annual distribution count for the United States and showing how these extremist groups are finding ways to share hateful messages while hiding the identity of individual members.
Newly released data from…
February 20, 2019… It shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore that France has a serious anti-Semitism problem. Since 2000, there’s been attack after violent attack against the French Jewish community, with only the most shocking ones – from the horrific murder of a Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll last year to the deadly terrorist shooting at the Hyper Cacher kosher market – making headlines and raising perennial concerns…
Mark Pitcavage from ADL's Center on Extremism spoke to WBEZ Worldview about our recent report concluding that right-wing extremists committed nearly every domestic extremist murder in 2018.
Listen to the full interview here.
Click here to read our full report "Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2018."
by: Jonathan Greenblatt | January 18, 2019 Medium This weekend is the annual time of year when we reflect upon and remember Dr. Martin Luther King, and how his unflinching courage in the face of unrepentant racism proved that good is more powerful than evil. His moral leadership and political smarts ushered in a wave of legislation that enshrined the equality of all people under the law. His inner strength and outward calm created a high bar that activists still seek to meet.
It’s…
Regional Director Lonnie Nasatir spoke with Drew Gardner of ABC 57 (South Bend) about the importance of penalty “enhancements” for hate crimes, the recent increase in bias-motivated incidents, and political misconceptions about hate crime legislation.
The full interview can be found here.
Regional Director Lonnie Nasatir spoke with Patrick Elwood of WGN News to kick off our annual First Amendment Art & Essay Contest for Midwestern students in 6th - 12th grade!
He was joined by past winner Gina Kim (current Princeton student) and Sally Graham, English Teacher at Niles West High School.
Click here to see the full interview!
Regional Director Lonnie Nasatir spoke with CBS Chicago's Megan Hickey about the need to pass hate crime legislation in Indiana and how such legislation enhances penalties for bias-motivated crimes.
Click here to see the full interview.
Education Director Lara Trubowitz spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio about books for children that teach about social justice.
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December 6, 2018
In a letter to the World Chess Federation’s Director General, Emily Sutovsky, ADL commended the organization for taking disciplinary action against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their discriminatory practices against Israeli competitors.
December 5, 2018
Mr. Emil Sutovsky
Director General
World Chess Federation (FIDE)
9 Syngrou Avenue
11743 Athens, Greece
Dear Mr. Sutovsky:
I wish to commend the World Chess…
By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs December 04, 2018 New York Daily News In the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, America is reassessing its interests in Saudi Arabia. As U.S. officials consider the complexities of this relationship, they must not forget the importance of motivating Riyadh to remove incitement from its government-published textbooks.
Speaking to an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations this fall, Saudi Arabia’s foreign…
By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs
December 4, 2018 This article originally appeared in New York Daily News
In the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, America is reassessing its interests in Saudi Arabia. As U.S. officials consider the complexities of this relationship, they must not forget the importance of motivating Riyadh to remove incitement from its government-published textbooks.
Speaking to an audience at the…
December 4, 2018
In an ADL-led letter to House leaders, ADL and 12 coalition partners called for the enactment of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act before the end of the 115th Congress.
December 3, 2018
The Honorable Paul D. Ryan
Speaker
United States of House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Majority Leader
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Minority Leader …
Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League December 03, 2018 We’ve had some great conversations today and I am really excited about our next speaker, who I know, not only will add a spark to this conversation, I am certain that he will inspire us.
We are thrilled to have Tim Cook here with us.
You know him best as Apple’s CEO, a role he has held for the past seven years.
But Tim doesn’t just run an amazing company, he has shown repeatedly…
Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
December 3, 2018
We’ve had some great conversations today and I am really excited about our next speaker, who I know, not only will add a spark to this conversation, I am certain that he will inspire us.
We are thrilled to have Tim Cook here with us.
You know him best as Apple’s CEO, a role he has held for the past seven years.
But Tim doesn’t just run an amazing company,…
Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League December 03, 2018 New York, NY, December 3, 2018
Thank you for that kind introduction, and welcome to our third annual Never is Now conference.
You know, ever since I started as ADL’s CEO nearly three and a half years ago, the thing that has kept me up at night is the fear that I will wake up the next morning to the news that something horrible has happened to a Jewish community in some far-off place.
I…
Lonnie Nasatir, Regional Director of ADL Midwest, recently sat down with Arun Venugopal, NPR's Morning Shift host, and Anthony Clark, teacher at Oak Park River Forest High School, to discuss why we're seeing a rapid growth in anti-Semitic and hateful incidents in schools, and what can be done to combat the trend. Listen to the original NPR piece using the link below:
"A 14-year-old student at Oak Park and River Forest High School faces criminal charges after…
by: Jonathan Greenblatt | November 02, 2018 New York Daily News In Pittsburgh this week, the Jewish community has been burying its dead, the innocent men and women massacred by an anti-Semite while they were praying at the Tree of Life synagogue.
For many of us, social media platforms — such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — have been vital ways to connect with people near and far to share our grief, anger and determination as well as ways to take action, from…
by: Jonathan Greenblatt | October 26, 2018 The Washington Post American colleges are grappling with the challenge of striking the right balance between maintaining a safe, welcoming environment and one where freedom of speech and inquiry are prized. But it’s not a hard call, or it shouldn’t be, when dealing with bigotry and discrimination on campus.
Unfortunately, U.S. colleges are increasingly the scenes of anti-Semitic incidents, the continuation of a trend that we at the…
by: Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League
October 28, 2018
This article originally appeared in
The New York Times
This has been a very difficult 24 hours for the Jewish community — and for America. What started as a normal Sabbath for Jews — a time to be with family and community, celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs, hold baby namings, pray to God — ended with news of the massacre at the Tree of Life…