The Austin/Travis County Hate Crimes Task Force was officially launched on December 15th, 2010. Conveners included Austin Anti-Defamation League, Austin City Council members Sheryl Cole, Laura Morrison, and Randi Shade as well as the Community Justice Council led by David Escamilla (Travis County Attorney) and Rosemary Lehmberg (Travis County District Attorney). More than 70 persons representing 40 different organizations/departments participated in that discussion and reached consensus to…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Un nuevo Boletín de Calificaciones muestra que la mayoría de las instituciones todavía no están haciendo lo básico para proteger a los estudiantes judíos Nueva York, NY, 11 de abril de 2024 ... Hoy, la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) publicó su primer Boletín de calificaciones sobre el antisemitismo en los campus, en el que se evalúan los incidentes, la vida judía en los campus, y las políticas y acciones…
Friday, March 8, 2024, marked the annual commemoration of International Women’s Day. Over the weekend of March 8–10, anti-Israel activists nationwide used the occasion to celebrate female Palestinian terrorists, including glorifying individuals affiliated with recognized terrorist organizations and whose acts of anti-Israel violence have included bombings, plane hijackings and more. As previously noted by ADL, in the months since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on…
A diferencia de las generaciones anteriores, la generación del milenio y la generación Z están de acuerdo con más tópicos antijudíos. El 27% de los estadounidenses consideraría al menos aceptable que un familiar cercano apoyara a Hamás. Nueva York, NY, 29 de febrero de 2024... El número de estadounidenses que sostienen creencias antisemitas aumentó al 24%, frente al 20% en 2022, según una encuesta realizada por el…
Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and teachers since Oct. 7. According to the complaint, Berkeley administrators have ignored parent reports and…
UPDATE: April 26, 2024 Explicit support for recognized terror groups and the glorification of prominent individuals affiliated with those groups continues to feature prominently at anti-Israel protests across the country. As documented by ADL, notable recent examples of this support for terror have surfaced at “Popular University for Gaza” campus encampments and Quds Day protests in April 2024 and at International Women’s Day protests in March 2024. There have been numerous…
New partnership aims to support Jewish high school students through expanded resources, antisemitic incident reporting and staff training to combat Jewish hate. New York, NY, February 21 2024 …NCSY and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a new partnership to combat antisemitism, providing resources for students and staff in high schools. This partnership comes as antisemitic incidents are skyrocketing. ADL recently released preliminary data finding a total of 3,291…
Preliminary research by the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) shows Genesse Moreno, who opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on February 11, 2024, before being killed by off-duty officers, expressed support for a range of antisemitic, anti-Zionist and extremist beliefs and praised U.S.-designated terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah. Moreno’s mother reportedly attended the church, but it is unclear why Moreno targeted Lakewood in the attack that…
In recent years, activists have harnessed the marketing power of digital billboard trucks to promote their messages. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, anti-Israel activists have increasingly used these vehicles, adorned with propaganda, to spread anti-Zionist and antisemitic themes, including a modern form of the blood libel: that Israelis harvest Palestinian organs. These trucks, bearing a variety of anti-Israel and antisemitic messages, are sponsored by U.S…
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS), a non-profit organization founded by Robert Kraft, aired multiple advertisements during the Super Bowl on February 11, 2024, urging people to #StandUpToJewishHate. Notably, a new ad premiered during the game, featuring Dr. Clarence B. Jones, former advisor to and speech writer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Although online reactions to the campaign were largely positive, many users on X (formerly Twitter) were quick to criticize the…
View this page in Spanish Antisemitism is a topic that has been in the news and is something important to explore and understand. From news stories about vandalism and hate crimes, to celebrities spewing frightening claims and vitriol about Jewish people, to the antisemitic tropes we see in our social media feeds — antisemitism is all around us. What is Antisemitism?Antisemitism refers to prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed at Jewish people. It is generally based…
In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israel-Hamas war, some anti-Israel activists have boldly expressed support for terrorism against the State of Israel and Jews, which at first manifested in explicitly supporting Hamas. More recently, these activists and leftist groups have also expressed admiration for another group they consider allies in the fight against U.S. imperialism and Zionism: the Houthis. The Houthis, an Iranian-regime backed U.S.-designated terrorist group…
In the wake of Hamas’ mass atrocities against Israeli civilians on October 7th, we have watched in horror as antisemitism has spiraled out of control in higher education. Jewish and Israeli students have been harassed, threatened, spat on, and physically assaulted. They have also seen their classmates glorifying Hamas’ terrorism as a legitimate form of “resistance” and using chants and slogans calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. According to ADL research…
En los tres meses transcurridos desde el 7 de octubre, la ADL registró 60 ataques antisemitas y más de 500 incidentes en los campus universitarios.
Nueva York, NY, 10 de enero de 2024 ... Según datos preliminares de la Liga Antidifamación (ADL), en los tres meses transcurridos desde la masacre del 7 de octubre en Israel, los incidentes antisemitas en Estados Unidos se han disparado, alcanzando un total de 3.283 incidentes entre el 7 de octubre y el 7 de enero…
New York, NY, January 4, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched a new online resource hub tracking progress to date on the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. At a time of rising antisemitism, the new website will serve as a hub for accountability -- ensuring that the White House is taking every step possible to meet its commitments as outlined in the strategy to tackle the deluge of hate. “Since the attacks on Oct. 7 opened the floodgates to…
Dear University President: Enforce Codes of Conduct in the Wake of Flood of Antisemitic Harassment and Discrimination on Campus Since October 7.