Advocating for Safe, Inclusive K-12 School Climates: Educator Guide
Tools and Strategies
Empower K-12 educators to advocate against antisemitism from colleagues, unions, or students. Create safe, inclusive school climates through direct advocacy.
Schools that have completed four of the required three No Place For Hate approved activities are distinguished by a Gold Star. ★ Indicates Gold Star distinction ★★ Gold indicates Ambassador Schools New York City:BronxP596X★ PS 72 The Bridge to Success★ BrooklynPS 118K The Maurice Sendak School Brooklyn School of Inquiry Ebbets Field Middle School John Ericsson Middle School 126 John W. Kimball PS 107 Lenox Academy MS 961 P.S. 16 Leonard Dunkly…
Best Practices for Combating Antisemitism for State Lawmakers
Tools and Strategies
ADL has been closely tracking how states are addressing antisemitism and supporting their Jewish communities. In 2024, ADL tabulated 9,354 antisemitic incidents across the United States – a 5% increase from 2023, a 344% increase over the past five years, and an 893% increase over the past decade. These numbers underscore the urgent need for state-level action. As highlighted in our first-of-its-kind Jewish Policy Index (JPI), our goal is to provide a tool that advocates, educators and…
ADL Celebrates Over 200,000 Students Completing the No Place for Hate Program
Press Release
New York, NY, June 6, 2025… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) New York/New Jersey is thrilled to announce the recognition of 337 schools for the 2024-2025 school year who were designated “No Place for Hate” in the New York/New Jersey region. On May 20, ADL welcomed nearly 600 students and educators to the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the achievements of their schools. Schools representing over 200,000 students across New York State and Northern and…
ADL Statement on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Decision on Harvard University
Press Release
New York, NY, July 2, 2025 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response to the decision from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights regarding Harvard University: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued a decision with detailed findings of fact and legal analysis that confirms what has been widely known for years: Harvard University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by…
ADL Calls on Candidates to Protect the Jewish Community with Words and Actions
Press Release
New York, NY, June 26, 2025 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called on all candidates for elected office, including those running in the New York City mayoral election, to disassociate themselves from and avoid using language that plays into antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. “At this time of record antisemitism, our country needs leaders at all levels who are unequivocal in condemning this oldest of hatreds,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “We call on all…
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Siblings Macey Reasoner Stokes and Barrett H. Reasoner Receive the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award
Article
Siblings Macey Reasoner Stokes of Baker Botts L.L.P., and her brother Barrett H. Reasoner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, received ADL’s Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award at the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award Luncheon earlier this month. More than 700 people attended the luncheon, which raised more than $600,000 for ADL (Anti-Defamation League.) ADL Southwest presents this award annually to an outstanding member of the legal community who exhibits a commitment to equality,…
Her Family’s Holocaust Anguish Inspires New ADL New England Director
News
As my first day as the newly appointed regional director for Anti-Defamation League New England was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, my first official act was to attend a meaningful ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial, hosted by the German and Israeli embassies. It was very powerful to hear each consul general speak about the millions murdered at the hands of the Nazis, and their countries’ dedication to ensuring that this will never happen again. This was a fitting…
White Supremacists Help Raise Hundreds of Thousands For Woman Who Hurled Slur at Black Child
Article
White supremacists, antisemites and racists rally behind a woman who called a Black child a racial slur, helping her raise over $700K while spreading hate.
Los Angeles Wildfires Trigger Conspiracy Theories and Hate
Article
As devastating wildfires continue to decimate sections of Los Angeles, California, extremists and conspiracy theorists are spreading familiar falsehoods, blaming the blaze on common scapegoats such as diversity initiatives, Jews and nefarious government “false flags.” Fires that began in the Pacific Palisades area on January 7, 2025, are now part of a broader set of blazes across the city. Officials believe the fires were caused primarily by drought conditions, high winds and the…
ADL Welcomes Resolution of Its Complaint Against the School District of Philadelphia for Severe Climate of Antisemitic Bullying and Harassment
Press Release
School District of Philadelphia Agrees to Address Repeated Incidents of Antisemitism New York, NY, December 20, 2024 … The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) has entered into a resolution agreement to take a series of steps to address repeated incidents of antisemitic harassment, bullying and discrimination in response to a federal civil rights complaint filed by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). Under the terms of the settlement announced yesterday, SDP will undertake a…
The Islamic Republic of Iran – A History of Repressing Minorities
Backgrounder
The ongoing military conflict in Iran has the potential to reshape the country, not least for its diverse range of religious and ethnic minorities. While Iran has a deep and ancient history of religious and ethnic pluralism, the 1979 revolution set in motion almost five-decades of systematic persecution against the country's minority communities and Iranian women in the name of the Islamic Republic. Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has imposed a theocratic order…
The ADL Debunk: False Narratives Around the 2024 Presidential Election
Article
False and misleading narratives about the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election are spreading widely among extremists and purveyors of hate and conspiracy theories. While some of the most common mis- and disinformation narratives circulating today were also prominent during the 2020 election and the 2022 midterms, others are newer — inspired by current events in America and around the world. These narratives are also being deployed using a range of strategies and tactics…
Antisemitism is a contagion: On Oct. 7, we must re-commit to fight It
Article
By Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director and CEO * Note: this article originally appeared in the times of israel. There are no Starbucks in Israel. Yet, over the past year since the horrific attacks of October 7th in which Hamas terrorists butchered 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, Starbucks locations all over the US — and the world — have been vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti. Calls to boycott Starbucks have been spray-painted on stores and spread…
Targeting Hillel, Antisemites and Anti-Israel Activists Push to Undermine Jewish Life on Campus
Article
Hillel International, the premier Jewish on-campus organization that supports Jewish life at hundreds of colleges across the United States and abroad, has been one of the most frequent targets of anti-Israel activists and other antisemites in recent months, totaling more than a hundred incidents in the U.S. since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Jewish students and Hillel staff members have received threatening emails and phone calls; Hillel buildings have been vandalized and…
“Jewish Problem” Conference in Kentucky Brings Together Antisemites, Extremists Across Political Spectrum
Article
Antisemites across the political spectrum gathered in Somerset, KY on June 30, 2024 for a “JP” (Jewish Problem) Conference that promoted anti-Jewish hate.