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Northern New Jersey Jewish Communities Face Wave of Israel-Related Antisemitism

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Northern New Jersey Jewish Communities Face Wave of Israel-Related Antisemitism
“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…
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Campus Crisis Daily Update May 3, 2024

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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…
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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…
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Campus Crisis Daily Update May 2, 2024

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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…
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COE Analysis: Iran Attack Sparks Surge in Online Antisemitic Threats

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COE Analysis: Iran Attack Sparks Surge in Online Antisemitic Threats
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…
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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…
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Campus Crisis Daily Update May 1, 2024

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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Campus Antisemitism Surges Amid Encampments and Related Protests at Columbia and Other U.S. Colleges

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Campus Antisemitism Surges Amid Encampments and Related Protests at Columbia and Other US Colleges
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…
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Disruptions and Encampments on Campus

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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…
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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…
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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 am&eacute…
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Vitriolic Reactions to Arouri's Killing Highlight His Importance to the Iranian Regime’s “Axis of Resistance”

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The death of Saleh Al-Arouri, a leading Hamas financier and military leader on January 2, 2024, resulted in threats of retribution against Israel by Hamas, Hezbollah and other regional proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Similar to the killing of Qassim Soleimani, the head of Quds Force, in 2020 in Baghdad, and the killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Quds Force (IRGC-QF), in 2022 in Syria, Al-Arouri's death led to vitriol and…
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Los incidentes antisemitas en Estados Unidos aumentaron un 140 por ciento en 2023, rompiendo todos los récords anteriores

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Se registró un aumento masivo después del 7 de octubre; los incidentes en los campus universitarios se triplicaron; las amenazas de bomba dirigidas contra instituciones judías se multiplicaron por 10 Nueva York, NY, 16 de abril de 2024 ... Inducido en parte por un pico masivo de reacciones antisemitas a la masacre del 7 de octubre en Israel y la guerra en curso en Gaza, la comunidad judía de Estados Unidos experimentó el año pasado un aumento sin…
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U.S. Antisemitic Incidents Soared 140 percent in 2023 – Breaking All Previous Records

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New York, NY, April 16, 2024 … Driven in part by a massive spike in antisemitic reactions to the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza, the U.S. Jewish community last year experienced an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents, far exceeding any other annual tally in the past 45 years. ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today released the final statistics for antisemitic incidents in 2023, reporting a total of 8,873 incidents of assault, harassment, and vandalism…
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ADL's Task Force on Middle East Minorities Condemns the Islamic Republic of Iran’s attacks targeting Israel

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New York, NY, April 15, 2024... ADL's (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities condemns the Islamic Republic of Iran’s attack targeting Israel. This unprecedented attack not only is an unjustified act of war against Israel but also poses a great threat to the region's stability.   Reverend Johnnie Moore, member of ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities and president of the Congress of Christian Leaders stated:  &ldquo…
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ADL Calls on Wall Street to Reject BDS Proposal at RTX, Maker of Iron Dome, Amid Recent Attacks

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New York, NY, April 15, 2024 – In response to Sunday’s unprecedented aerial attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Israel, which involved over 300 drones and missiles, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today urges shareholders to vote against Proposal 7 outlined in the RTX’s 2024 Proxy Statement. RTX Corporation, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is a producer of the Iron Dome defense system through a joint…
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