Lady Gaga Accepts Award with Inspiring Message for Students Working to Make Their Schools “No Place for Hate” New York, NY, May 21, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Making a Difference Award was presented today to Born This Way Foundation in recognition of its work championing positive social change. The nonprofit organization – co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta – is dedicated to supporting the wellness of young people and…
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New York, NY, May 15, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed passage in the House of a bill that gives Congress a role in assessing and implementing any nuclear agreement reached with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (S.615) passed the House on May 14 by a vote 400-25 after passing overwhelmingly in the Senate on May 7.
“We applaud the role Congress has and will continue to play in the global effort to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon,”…
New York, NY, May 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today provided a progress report on its efforts to confront cyberhate based on recommendations by the Anti-Cyberhate Working Group, established by the League in 2012.
Art Reidel, co-chair of both ADL’s Cyberhate Response Task Force and the Working Group, participated in a panel discussion at the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem. Mr. Reidel presented an update on significant achievements,…
New York, NY, May 13, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment at the Vatican announcement that the Holy See intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine in a bilateral agreement, and called the development premature. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
As with other instances of governments recognizing a Palestinian state, this step is premature and serves to undermine the only real solution to the…
New York, NY, May 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is sending a delegation of lay leaders and staff experts to the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, which will convene May 12-14 in Jerusalem. National Director Abraham H. Foxman, who is leading the ADL delegation, will be honored on Wednesday night at a dinner where he will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50-year career working to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and hatred. A…
Read the full profile here: Profile: Gilad Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon is an anti-Semitic author, writer, and musician who describes himself as an “ex-Israeli” and an “ex-Jew.” He is an outspoken promoter of classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and a fierce critic of the State of Israel. Atzmon has engaged in Holocaust diminution and has defended the right of Holocaust deniers to challenge historical narratives and offer revisionist theories about the Holocaust…
New York, NY, May 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s Senate passage of a bill to allow a role for Congress in assessing and implementing any nuclear agreement reached with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (S.615), which passed the Senate by a vote of 98-1, was a priority issue for hundreds of ADL activists who fanned out on Capitol Hill Tuesday to lobby their Senators as part of the League’s annual National Leadership Summit in Washington,…
New York, NY, May 7, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today extended congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the newly formed Israeli government. The new governing coalition can now begin to address the difficult challenges of ensuring the security and well-being of all Israelis, and uphold Israel’s founding principles as a Jewish and democratic state. Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the…
Washington, DC, May 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today honored Michael Steinbach, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counter-Terrorism Division, with the ADL William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award in recognition of his “career on the front lines in the fight against terrorism and extremism.” The award given to Mr. Steinbach was presented by Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director on May 5 during ADL’s National Leadership Summit in …
New York, NY, May 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised filmmaker Alexandre Arcady for his critically acclaimed film “24 Days” and its harrowing retelling of the murder of Ilan Halimi, the French Jewish youth who was held captive and tortured in Paris by a group of African and North African immigrants in a heinous anti-Semitic attack. Winner of the Lia Award at the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival, the film is based on a memoir written by the victim’s…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | May 04, 2015 The Jewish Week Following the devastating earthquake in Nepal, stories began to appear about the State of Israel sending a large medical team to the area. This is not an unusual story. Whenever natural disasters occur, Israeli experts are among the first and among the most competent on the scene.
This is a product of several factors. First, a national Israeli ethic that does not draw enough attention of being a "light unto nations" — being a force…
Dallas, TX, May 4, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the attempted violent attack at a community center in Garland, Texas last night. Two armed individuals reportedly targeted the center where an anti-Muslim event was taking place. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, and Roberta S. Clark, ADL Regional Director, issued the following statement:
We deplore the attempted assault on the Culwell Events Center in Garland, TX last night. No matter how…
Early Childhood Question Corner For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Young children can be blunt and direct as they notice and talk about the differences they notice among people. That can sometimes make their parent or caregiver feel uncomfortable, especially in public settings. Remember that young children’s initial observations about difference do not intend to be hurtful. Instead, it shows their developing curiosity and awareness of the diversity in the world in…
Early Childhood Question Corner For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers There is no need to wait until children ask questions about differences to begin conversations. However, these discussions will have the greatest impact when they follow from children’s interests, and when they are appropriate in length, frequency and content relative to children’s intellectual and emotional capacity. Louise Derman-Sparks (1989) writes that awareness of, and talking about,…
Early Childhood Question Corner For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Many adults think that talking with children about our differences teaches prejudice. In Anti-Bias Curriculum, Louise Derman-Sparks (1989) debunks that myth and writes that talking about differences does not increase prejudice in children. Whether or not adults discuss differences with children, all children begin to notice differences among people as part of their natural development. It is the messages…
Early Childhood Question Corner For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Although children are not born with prejudice, by early childhood they have already acquired stereotypes or negative attitudes toward those that they perceive as “others.” An article in The Buffalo News reports that about 85 percent of the brain develops between ages 3 and 5, and that impressions and ideas formed between ages 2 and 4 are lasting (Lessons in Respect, 2003). Researchers tracking the…
New York, NY, May 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern about heightened tensions between the Israeli-Ethiopian community and Israeli police, and urged all to use the opportunity to openly examine police relations with this community, take meaningful action to improve the relationship and adequately address the legitimate concerns of the Israeli-Ethiopian community. The tensions came in the aftermath of a video showing an Ethiopian-born Israel Defense…
New York, NY, May 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel’s commitments to provide adequate funding for security measures at Jewish institutions and to adopt a zero-tolerance law enforcement policy on anti-Semitic incidents, two policies long-sought by the Belgian Jewish community. Prime Minister Michel made the promises in an interview on April 29 with Joods Actueel, a prominent Jewish weekly paper in Belgium.
“For…
Nueva York, NY, 20 de Abril de 2015...La Liga Antidifamación (ADL) lanzó una nueva iniciativa de educación dirigida a educadores y padres, que utiliza libros como mecanismo para encarar el prejuicio, prevenir la intimidación, y promover la discusión y el conocimiento de la diversidad y la justicia social.
“Los Libros Sí Importan: La Mejor Literatura Infantil Sobre Prejuicio, Diversidad y Justicia Social” es una bibliografía de…
Engage students in exploring the topic bullying in the U.S., using children's literature as a foundation for discussion.