New York, NY, January 15, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) tonight praised Texas law enforcement and the FBI for their work in bringing to an end the tense hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
We are deeply grateful to Texas law enforcement and the FBI for their work in ending the tense hostage situation in Colleyville and for the safe return…
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January 16, 2022 Note: This article was originally published on Medium on July 14, 2021.
By Farahnaz Ispahani and Johnnie Moore
“Did we make atomic bombs to show them in a museum? We don’t need missiles, atomic bombs or a huge army if they can’t be used to liberate Palestine,” said the member of parliament amidst the 11 day conflict between the State of Israel and Hamas terrorists last month.
Exactly what you’d expect coming from the Islamic Republic…
January 15, 2022 Originally posted: October 4, 2010
A Pakistani woman with alleged links to Al Qaeda convicted for attempting to kill U.S. security personnel in Afghanistan has blamed her guilty verdict on Israel.
On February 3, 2010, Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was found guilty in a New York federal court of two counts of attempted murder, armed assault, using and carrying a firearm and assault of U.S. officers and employees for shooting…
Dear Community Member,
We have been monitoring what many of you have likely been following today, the horrifying hostage situation involving Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. This is an ongoing law enforcement operation. The FBI, along with state and local law enforcement partners, are actively attempting to resolve this situation peacefully.
On Saturday, January 15th, a man demanding the release of convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui,…
January 14, 2022 THE WEEK’S BIG 3
Nearly six months after being nominated by President Biden to serve as the State Department’s antisemitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust scholar, has yet to be confirmed due to efforts by some in the Senate who have complained that she criticized some of them on Twitter. An Indiana state legislator who last week said teachers should be “impartial” when teaching about Nazism and fascism is now backtracking from his…
Mazel tov, Jolie!
We are proud to announce that Jolie Brislin, ADL Nevada Regional Director, has been named Jewish Communal Professional of the Year by Jewish Nevada.
The Jewish Communal Professional of the Year Award is presented annually to an outstanding community professional and is awarded with participation in the JPro professional development conference in May.
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Jonathan Greenblatt
Perhaps one of the most important teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King was the idea that you can’t change civil society through mob violence or terrorism. You change it through civic action and peaceful protests. In other words, the “good trouble” that Rep. John Lewis often talked about.
Perhaps even more important in our great democracy, Dr. King believed, is the ability to change society through the power of the vote. The great irony…
January 13, 2022 By Greg Ferraro
LAS VEGAS —Jewish Nevada, a nonprofit organization that serves as the representative organization for the more than 70,000 Jews in Nevada, is hosting its Annual Meeting, a hybrid event allowing for in-person attendance as well as virtual attendance. The meeting, taking place at Worre Studios on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m., will welcome new board members while also presenting honors to outstanding Jewish leaders in the Nevada community.
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ADL Arizona’s Annual Essay Contest
1st place prize: $2,500
2nd place prize: $1,500
3rd place prize: $1,000
Submission Deadline: March 25th, 2022 by 12:00PM
Submit Your Essay
Background:
In 2020, the Arizona legislature passed House Bill 2241. The bill requires that all Arizona students receive education on the Holocaust and other genocides during their K-12 education at least twice between seventh and twelfth grade.
“This bill works to…
January 12, 2022 As we look back on the challenging year that was 2021, we want to share a hand-picked set of podcasts that provide insight into what was happening online, in the streets, and behind the scenes direct from ADL voices. You won’t want to miss these compelling podcast episodes.
(Each podcast below has a ‘listen’ link, but you can also find many of them on your preferred podcast platform.)
extremely: a podcast for anyone who wants to understand and…
January 12, 2022 Latin American countries have struggled to keep up with economic pressures, which had started prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and were exacerbated by the health crisis. Furthermore, political polarization seems to have permeated across the region with elections that appear to favor populist far left and far right candidates.
What will this all mean for the Jewish communities in the region in 2022?
The Jewish…
New York, NY, January 7, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the sentencing of the three men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder to life in prison, saying the judgment sends a message that there will be serious consequences for acts of hate-motivated violence.
Georgia Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced the three men found guilty in the death of Arbery to life in prison. Travis McMichael, who killed Mr. Arbery with two shotgun blasts was…
New York, NY, January 7, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the sentencing of the three men responsible for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder to life in prison, saying the judgment sends a message that there will be serious consequences for acts of hate-motivated violence.
Georgia Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced the three men found guilty in the death of Arbery to life in prison. Travis McMichael, who killed Mr. Arbery with two shotgun blasts was…
New ADL Belfer Fellow analysis shows extremists can dodge basic social media filters by not using profanity
New York, NY, January 6, 2022 … Social media content moderation efforts regularly fall short when it comes to detecting white supremacist speech, including discussions of conspiracy theories related to white genocide, Jewish power and malicious grievances toward Jews and people of color, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League)…
79% of those arrested from Capitol riots had no explicit ties to extremism. As my friendship with an ex-white supremacist shows, people need help out of hate.
Published: Jan. 6, 2022
Jonathan A. Greenblatt
Opinion contributor
In April 2020, the company Banjo was a high-growth tech startup based in Utah with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding.
Damien Patton, its founder and CEO, was a self-acknowledged formerly homeless …
New ADL Belfer Fellow analysis shows extremists can dodge basic social media filters by not using profanity New York, NY, January 6, 2022 … Social media content moderation efforts regularly fall short when it comes to detecting white supremacist speech, including discussions of conspiracy theories related to white genocide, Jewish power and malicious grievances toward Jews and people of color, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League).
“This important…
The project from the Center on Extremism outlines eight ways in which extremism and hate have expanded and evolved since Jan. 6, 2021, and highlights ten representative examples of each trend
New York, NY, January 6, 2022 … One year after the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today unveiled an interactive map highlighting the ways in which elements of extremism and hate have been normalized over the past 12…
The project from the Center on Extremism outlines eight ways in which extremism and hate have expanded and evolved since Jan. 6, 2021, and highlights ten representative examples of each trend New York, NY, January 6, 2022 … One year after the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today unveiled an interactive map highlighting the ways in which elements of extremism and hate have been normalized over the past 12 months, and providing a roadmap of…
New York, NY, January 5, 2022 … More than a year since claims surfaced of a “stolen” or “rigged” election, and 12 months after the Capitol insurrection, conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election are alive and well. These lies have the potential to fuel future domestic extremist attacks, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League).
For its new report, “A Year After the Insurrection, 2020 Election Lies Continue to…
New York, NY, January 5, 2022 … More than a year since claims surfaced of a “stolen” or “rigged” election, and 12 months after the Capitol insurrection, conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election are alive and well. These lies have the potential to fuel future domestic extremist attacks, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League).
For its new report, “A Year After the Insurrection, 2020 Election Lies Continue to…