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Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month Through Film: Exploring and Amplifying Jewish Narratives
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Explore films that highlight the richness of Jewish life by viewing the movie lists ADL's Media & Entertainment Institute developed with Common Sense Media.
Tel Aviv University and the Anti-Defamation League Publish the Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide for 2023
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"Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West" From Brazil to South Africa, from Italy to Australia, from Belgium to the United States: 2023 saw an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries in comparison to 2022.Most countries with large Jewish populations recorded increases in the number of incidents also in the first nine months of 2023, before the war started; "October 7 helped spread a fire that was already out of control…
Joint Statement from ADL, Orthodox Union, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Federations of North America, Hillel International, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and NCJW
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New York, NY, May 3, 2024 ... The following is a joint statement issued today from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), Orthodox Union, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Federations of North America, Hillel International, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and NCJW: Our organizations met today with Secretary of Education Cardona, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Tanden, Deputy Secretary of Education Marten, and other senior…
“Propaganda for Fun:” How Extremists Use GAI to Camouflage Hate
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Disturbing memes and images created using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) are polluting social media with camouflaged hate and extremist propaganda. Innovations in AI technology, plus a wider range of tools available than ever before, have enabled the use of AI image generators for nefarious purposes—some of which have been coordinated and crowdsourced online. In the last year, one GAI feature has emerged as a favorite among extremists: The ability to embed shapes, symbols and…
By Ken Jacobson, ADL Deputy National Director This is a particularly hard Yom Hashoah commemoration because of the suffering in Israel from October 7, deemed the worst massacre of Jews since the Shoah, and because over 100 are still being held hostage by the terrorists. These events, together with the worldwide surge in antisemitism, remind us, while not comparing anything to the horror of the Shoah, that the world hasn’t learned a lot since that great tragedy. It is particularly…
Northern New Jersey Jewish Communities Face Wave of Israel-Related Antisemitism
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“Go back to Auschwitz, bitch!” This disturbing antisemitic refrain rang out repeatedly at an anti-Israel protest held across the street from a synagogue in Fort Lee, NJ on November 5, 2023. More recently, in March and April 2024, anti-Israel protests outside of synagogues in nearby Teaneck have included protesters explicitly calling for the exclusion of “Zionists” from the community. These incidents are part of a wave of antisemitic and extreme anti-Zionist…
Welcome to the third issue of the Campus Crisis Update. This email features firsthand accounts from campuses, photos and videos direct from the protests, links so you can make your voice heard and resources so you know what to do if your alma mater comes calling for a donation or a student you know is being harassed. Top StoriesUMassYesterday, ADL and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts…
ADL and Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against UMass-Amherst, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students
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Complaint claims school failed to protect students, including after violent antisemitic assault May 2, 2024 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and…
Welcome to the second issue of the Campus Crisis Update. This email features firsthand accounts from campuses, photos and videos direct from the protests, links so you can make your voice heard and resources so you know what to do if your alma mater comes calling for a donation or a student you know is being harassed. Top StoriesUCLAThroughout Wednesday and into the evening, protesters swarmed into UCLA’s encampment. After repeated orders to disperse, LAPD and other law…
COE Analysis: Iran Attack Sparks Surge in Online Antisemitic Threats
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A new analysis by the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) has found that online expressions of antisemitism on Telegram, a prominent messaging platform frequented by purveyors of hate speech, increased dramatically in the days following the Iranian regime's unprecedented assault on Israel on April 13, 2024. The weekend attack consisted of some 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. The Iranian regime’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah and other Tehran-backed militias based in Iraq, Syria…
Message from Rabbi David Wolpe, ADL Rabbinic Fellow
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All of us are grappling with the disorders and venom on college campuses across the country. Many of you wonder whether to engage, whether to step back, and how can things have gotten so out of control? In this fraught moment, we at the ADL are mobilizing the resources of our community not only to fight back but to help ensure that colleges give you the protection you deserve. You can count on us to stand with you to combat those who hate, harass and try to destroy the purpose of the…
Welcome to the first issue of ADL’s Campus Crisis Email Update. So much is happening so quickly we know it’s hard to keep up – and it’s hard to know how and when to act. We are going to feature firsthand accounts from campuses, photos and videos direct from the protests, links so you can make your voice heard, and resources so you know what to do if your alma mater comes calling for a donation or a student you know is being harassed. We are building this as we go &ndash…
ADL Calls for Immediate Action By Universities to Ensure A Safe Conclusion to the Semester
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ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) calls on universities and colleges to enforce their own codes of conduct and campus policies to restore calm and ensure students can learn, study, participate in activities and celebrate commencement and the close of the semester as they deserve – in a safe, welcoming environment. The current disruptive protests on campus have been marked by vicious antisemitic rhetoric, harassment and intimidation. This has had a serious impact on Jewish…
Letter to Send to Universities Regarding Commencement Ceremonies
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Dear {College/University President}, Over the past seven months, since Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, we have seen an unprecedented spike in antisemitism, especially on our college campuses. According to ADL survey data, close to 75 percent of Jewish students have witnessed or experienced an antisemitic incident since the beginning of the school year, and things only seem to be getting worse. The last two weeks of disruptive protests marked by antisemitic rhetoric, intimidation,…
Campus Antisemitism Surges Amid Encampments and Related Protests at Columbia and Other U.S. Colleges
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Anti-Zionist student groups on more than 100 U.S. college and university campuses have established “encampments” in recent days to ostensibly protest Israel’s actions in Gaza and their academic institutions’ alleged “complicity” in those actions. College campuses have been the site of many tense anti-Israel protests and antisemitic incidents since the start of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist attack. These…
University Presidents and Campus Leaders: Over the past six months, since Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, we have seen an unprecedented spike in antisemitism on our college campuses – more than 900 incidents last year, a 321% increase relative to the year prior. Now, some schools are facing a full-blown crisis. At Columbia, students have set up and maintained an unauthorized “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the South Lawn, persisting even after law enforcement…
Antisemitische Vorfälle in den USA stiegen im Jahr 2023 um 140 Prozent und brachen alle bisherigen Rekorde
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Massiver Anstieg nach dem 7. Oktober; Campus-Vorfälle verdreifachten sich; Bombendrohungen gegen jüdische Einrichtungen stiegen um das Zehnfache New York, NY, 16. April 2024 … Die jüdische Gemeinde in den USA erlebte im vergangenen Jahr einen beispiellosen Anstieg antisemitischer Vorfälle, der die Zahl aller antisemitischen Vorfälle in den letzten 45 Jahren bei weitem übertraf. Dies ist teilweise auf die massive Zunahme antisemitischer Reaktionen auf das…
Les incidents antisémites aux États-Unis ont augmenté de 140 % en 2023, dépassant tous les précédents records.
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Un pic massif a été enregistré après le 7 octobre ; les incidents sur les campus universitaires ont triplé ; il y a eu dix fois plus d’alertes à la bombe visant des institutions juives.New York, le 16 avril 2024 ... Affectée en grande partie par une hausse massive de réactions antisémites à la suite du massacre du 7 octobre en Israël et de la guerre en cours à Gaza, la communauté juive amé…
Women’s (Terrorist) History Month, an Arrest Worth Celebrating and White Supremacist Litterbugs
Podcast
Listen to episode 3.8 where COE experts reflect on a truly bizarre celebration of Women’s History Month and work that led to the arrest of a white supremacist.