New York, NY, May 6, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement in advance of tomorrow's Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, "Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on America's Campuses." Antisemitism on college campuses is a serious crisis. Over the past year, we’ve seen hate-fueled rhetoric and protests that have crossed the line into harassment, intimidation,…
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Allegation: Israel is a Settler Colonialist Enterprise Facts: Jews are indigenous to the Land of Israel, rooted in nearly 4,000 years of religious, cultural, and historical ties to and presence in the land.Unlike settler colonialism, Zionism did not involve a foreign imperial power conquering land for exploitation, but was driven by Jewish refugees and survivors seeking refuge and autonomy from centuries of violent antisemitism.The modern state of Israel enjoys international legitimacy…
What Is the BDS Movement? The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a global campaign that calls for academic, cultural, and economic boycotts of Israel. On campuses, it often pushes universities to 1) divest from companies that do business with Israel or support the Israeli military and 2) boycott Israeli academia, including universities, students and scholars. Why BDS Is a Problem It rejects Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.It singles out Israel and…
Antisemitism Definition: Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities. Examples of manifestations of antisemitism can be found here. Examples: Stereotypes (e.g., Jews are greedy or control the media)Holocaust denial or trivializationVandalism or…
What to do if you experience or witness antisemitismStay Safe & DocumentGet to a safe place.If you feel you are in physical danger, contact 911Write down what happened: date, time, location, names, quotes.Save screenshots/photos/videos if possible. Report the Incident: Report even if you're unsure whether it qualifies as antisemitism - your concern still matters.Internally:Bias Reporting SystemTitle VI/IX CoordinatorNon-Discrimination Office / Dean of StudentsCampus Hillel, Chabad or…
This resource is not intended to provide and should not be construed as legal advice. Overview of Employee Rights Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and sex, including gender, gender identity, pregnancy, and sexual orientation, by employers in both public and private institutions.[1] The law covers all aspects of employment such as hiring, firing,…
This resource is not intended to provide and should not be construed as legal advice. Overview of Student Rights Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. This includes protection for Jewish students based on their or actual or perceived shared ethnic characteristics or ancestral background, and Israeli students…
New York, NY, May 5, 2024 – ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and its affiliate, Jlens, welcome the decisions of the two leading independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”), to recommend that investors vote AGAINST anti-Israel shareholder proposals at the upcoming annual meetings of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). ADL…
Academic associations play a vital role in fostering scholarly exchange, advancing knowledge and upholding professional integrity. As leaders within these organizations, it is essential to ensure that all members feel respected, safe and included – regardless of their identity or background. In recent years, concerns about antisemitism within academic spaces have grown, including instances of exclusion, bias and politicization that target Jewish, Israeli and Zionist individuals…
Boston, MA, January 7, 2025…ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced today the appointment of Samantha Joseph as Director of ADL’s New England Region. Joseph will lead the fight against antisemitism and all forms of hate in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Samantha Joseph comes to ADL with a distinguished background in the private and public sectors, including her work on the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, and most recently having…
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security’s 2023 report on hate crimes identified a 70 percent increase in incidents of anti-Jewish crime from 2022 to 2023. More were reported in 2023, 119, than in any of the previous eight years, according to past hate crime reports, and marked the third straight year in which Jews and Jewish organizations were targeted more frequently than the year before. The state posts its yearly hate crime reports going back to 2015, and…
High school students and educators, seeking to be leaders in combatting bias and bigotry in their communities, will soon gather for ADL Southeast’s No Place for Hate Summit. The all-day event brings together students so they can amplify their voices to advocate against hate and be inspired by the stories of local leaders. During past programs, featured speakers have included Holocaust survivor Hershel Greenblatt, WNBA star and activist Renee Montgomery, and Nathaniel Smith, founder and…
Masar Badil, also known as the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, is a transnational extreme anti-Zionist organization. Its activities include co-hosting events and rallies with the terror-connected and fellow extreme anti-Zionist organization Samidoun, publishing inflammatory statements that glorify violence against the State of Israel and Zionists and hosting webinars featuring members of U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) Hamas and Ansar Allah…
New York, NY, April 30, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the findings of the Harvard Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias and commended the administration for finally prioritizing this issue. Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: For years, antisemitism has been a persistent, systemic challenge at so many colleges and universities, and it worsened exponentially in the wake of the…
Episode 4.8: Antisemitism in America: The Stories Behind the NumbersReleased on April 22, 2025, ADL’s 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents tabulated 9,354 antisemitic incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault across the U.S.—the highest number recorded since ADL began tracking these incidents in 1979. In this episode of extremely, Oren and Jessica sit down with three of ADL’s Regional Directors for a closer look at how antisemitism is manifesting in communities…
‘Jarring, unexpected, and unprofessional’ Local educators and the ADL are pushing for an apology from MassCUE after the group’s recent “jarring” conference when speakers reportedly spewed “hateful” anti-Israel and Holocaust rhetoric. MassCUE’s fall education tech conference — held in partnership with the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents at Gillette Stadium — apparently went off the rails during a…
New York, NY, April 28, 2025 – JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor, and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today jointly called on shareholders of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) (“Meta” or the “Company”) to support Shareholder Proposal 8, which appears in the proxy for the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled to be held on May 28, 2025. JLens’ proposal urges Meta shareholders to vote FOR a measure requesting the Company to…
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: ADL Partners Against Hate Luncheon WHERE: JW Marriott Marquis Miami (street) WHEN: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 11:30am – 1:30pm December 5, 2024… ADL is proud to announce its annual Partners Against Hate Luncheon Event in Miami, where it will present Jurisprudence and Community Champion Awards to three leaders who exemplify the principles and mission upon which ADL was founded. It will build on ADL’s decades-long legacy of celebrating members of Miami…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Laura Fennell Director of Communications, ADL West lfennell@adl.org Los Angeles, CA. December 11, 2024 … The 2023 Hate Crime Report released by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations today shows that the total number of reported hate crimes increased by 45% percent from the previous year, jumping from 930 to 1,350 reported crimes marking the largest number of hate crimes in the history of this report. While Jews make up only 2% of…
A Young Man Escapes Nazi-Occupied Poland When Ben Zion Kalb (later “Colb”) escaped from Poland to Slovakia shortly after the German invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939), and then proceeded to rescue his fiancée and well more than 1,000 other Jews from death in the Holocaust, he surely would not have imagined that, 85 years later, his granddaughter, Sara Colb, would continue and honor his legacy via her own advocacy for the Jewish people. From Ben Zion to Sara,…