New York, NY, April 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at a university in eastern Kenya, where masked Somali terrorists moved from dorm to dorm intentionally separating Christians from Muslims as they selected nearly 150 Christian students to be massacred.
The attacks were carried out by a small group of gunmen from the terrorist group Al Shaabab, one of the most violent offshoots of Al Qaeda.
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New York, NY, April 2, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today voiced strong concern over the “many unanswered questions” regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program announced earlier today in Lausanne, Switzerland, which forms the foundation of progress made so far in discussions between the P5+1 nations and Iran. Among the parameters of the accord, Iran has agreed to reduce the number of installed centrifuges, to not enrich uranium…
New York, NY, April 2, 2015 … International hackers are setting their sights on Jewish and Israeli targets as part of what has become an annual anti-Israel cyber-attack campaign. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is tracking cyber campaigns against Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, issued a security advisory this week to Jewish institutions in the U.S. about the potential for coordinated hacking attacks as part of this campaign.
According to ADL’s Center on…
New York, NY, April 1, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called upon state legislatures to halt consideration of “religious freedom” laws that have been perverted to empower businesses to discriminate against the LGBT community and others.
ADL urged Congress and the 17 states with existing Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (“RFRA”) to revise these laws to ensure they cannot be used to discriminate or harm others.
Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL…
by: Naomi Mazin April 01, 2015
This week, the world lost a true hero. Dr. Leon Bass, who turned his personal and life-altering experiences with racism and anti-Semitism into opportunities to educate, inspire action in others and bear, in word, deed and character, the mandate of “Never Again,” died on Saturday, March 28th at the age of 90. ADL joins the world in mourning his loss.
As a young man, Leon Bass grew up in a country divided by racial prejudice. He often shared…
Urges Him to Ensure the Show Does Not Make Jokes at the Expense of Jews New York, NY, March 31, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today wished incoming Comedy Central comedian Trevor Noah every success as he assumes the anchor chair at The Daily Show, while urging him to ensure the show “remains funny and irreverent without trafficking in bigoted jokes at the expense of Jews.” Since his appointment was announced yesterday, ADL has received many inquiries about various…
The Traditionalist Youth Network is a small white supremacist group that attempts white supremacist activities on college campuses. Its logo consists of five arrows pointing up and outwards from a single spot.
Reports Spiked Noticeably During Gaza War New York, NY, March 30, 2015 … The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by 21 percent in 2014 in a year marked by a violent anti-Semitic shooting attack targeting Jewish community buildings in Kansas and anti-Jewish expressions linked to the war in Gaza.
The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today, counted a total of 912 anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S. during…
On July 1, 2019, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Iran had exceeded its agreed-to limit on the volume of its stockpile of enriched uranium, putting heightened concerns about an Iranian nuclear weapons program back in the headlines. Days later, Iran proclaimed it had enriched uranium to about 4.5% purity, again breaching prior agreed to levels. Since then, Iran has announced numerous other accelerations of its nuclear program that specifically exceed…
March 27, 2015 Twenty years ago, on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a massive truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This attack, which killed 168 men, women and children and injured hundreds more, remains the worst act of domestic (as opposed to international) terrorism in United States history.
The immediate impact of the bombing was obvious. The attack not only caused death and destruction but created a storm of media coverage…
New York, NY, March 27, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today reacted to an essay in The New Yorker in which the humorist and writer Lena Dunham quizzes herself on whether she should keep her “Jewish boyfriend” or give him up for her dog. The article, it said, was “tasteless” and “plays with offensive stereotypes” about Jews. In the quiz, Ms. Dunham ruminates on whether she should give up her Jewish boyfriend for her dog, noting that, among…
Los Angeles, March 26, 2015 – Echoes and Reflections, a comprehensive Holocaust education program that provides professional development and an array of resources for middle and high school teachers, is marking its 10th anniversary in 2015 with a strong trail of success behind it and ambitious goals for the future. A unique partnership of the Anti-Defamation League, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education, and Yad Vashem, and supported by Dana…
March 25, 2015 Read ADL's full report, Vigilante Justice: Militias and “Common Law Courts” Wage War Against the Government. (PDF)
In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the ADL is making available select reports from 1994-1997, the era when the Oklahoma City bombing occurred.
This report describes circumstances in the mid-1990s, not the present day.
In the 1997 report Vigilante Justice, ADL surveyed anti-government extremists in…
New York, NY, March 25, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) presented recommendations for the U.S. government and governments around the world on combatting anti-Semitism at a hearing organized by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. In a statement submitted for the hearing on March 24, ADL urged Members of Congress to “mobilize political will to reject anti-Semitism” and highlighted four…
March 25, 2015 For the whole report: April 19, 1995: The History of the Oklahoma City Bombing (PDF).
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared it “a date that will live in infamy.” Roosevelt was right; some dates do live on in infamy. No one who has lived through the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001—attacks actually designated by their date—can deny that.
April 19, 1995, was also such a…
Crime in the Name of Hate For Law Enforcement Read the full comprehensive report, The Aryan Circle: Crime in the Name of Hate (PDF).
The Aryan Circle is a large, growing and dangerous white supremacist prison gang based primarily in Texas, though it has a presence in a number of other states. It is active both in prisons and on the streets. It is an extreme and violent group, with a long track record of murder, including the deaths of two police officers in Bastrop, Louisiana, in…
Nueva York, NY, 24 de marzo de 2015...La Liga Antidifamación (ADL) ha lanzado en español las "Mejores Prácticas para Responder al Odio Cibernético," una nueva iniciativa que establece lineamientos para la industria y la comunidad de Internet para ayudar a prevenir la propagación del lenguaje de odio en-línea. La versión en español de las Mejores Prácticas está diseñada para abordar el creciente problema de odio en-l…
New York, NY, March 23, 2015 … Citing his role as an “unambiguous champion of Jewish-Catholic relations,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, with the ADL Cardinal Bea Interfaith Award. The award was presented to Cardinal Dolan during the ADL New York Regional Office’s annual Interfaith Seder where Catholic and Jewish middle school students from two New York City schools come together to experience a traditional…
by: Lorraine Array March 23, 2015
Recent incidents around the world remind us of the power of hate and vitriol to permeate our religious, cultural and national borders. ISIS continues to expand its alliances and fear-mongering tactics. The world is in many ways paralyzed to see a way forward, and the need for solutions capable of building bridges of understanding and respect has never been greater.
In this spirit, in early 2013, the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) Connecticut Office…
New York, NY, March 19, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments clarifying his position on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying: “I want a sustainable peaceful two-state solution.” Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
We welcome the Prime Minister’s clarification of his position on a two-state solution and a peace agreement with the…