Research & Analysis

  Published: 06.27.2022 Antisemitism in the US Antisemitism Globally New York, NY, June 28, 2022 … Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) launched their new COMBAT policy plan that outlines a set of priorities designed to prevent antisemitism. “Antisemitic incidents are rising to unprecedented levels. We need a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to protecting Jewish communities at home and abroad,” said Jonathan A…

Published: 06.27.2022 Updated: 06.27.2022 Separation of Church & State Religious Freedom New York, NY, June 27, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) is deeply disturbed by today’s Supreme Court decision undermining the separation of church and state enshrined in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. “This is a significant change in how we approach prayer in public schools, and one that will have a negative impact in particular on students…

Published: 06.24.2022 Women’s Rights New York, NY, June 24, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) is stunned by today’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturns the longstanding precedent set by Roe v. Wade affirming the constitutional right to abortion. ADL joined 72 other organizations in an amicus brief urging that Mississippi’s anti-abortion law be found unconstitutional as a…

  Published: 06.20.2022 Online Hate & Harassment Teens experiencing high rates of harassment, including hate-based harassment New York, NY, June 21, 2022 … Nearly half (47 percent) of American teens, and 40 percent of all those surveyed, reported experiencing some form of online harassment, according to ADL’s fourth annual survey on online hate and harassment. Sixty-five percent of those in a marginalized group, including Jews, women, and…

  Published: 06.13.2022 Antisemitism Globally Wolfsburg, Germany, June 13, 2022 — Volkswagen Group announced today its intentions to extend its partnership with the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) for three more years. The alliance is one of several initiatives the Group is taking to build and advance its culture of remembrance. After three years of prosperous and meaningful collaboration and considering the undiminished relevance of their joint initiatives,…

  Published: 06.13.2022 Extremism, Terrorism & Bigotry Joyce Foundation Grant will help kickstart Project CODE Washington, DC, June 13, 2022 — ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the National Urban League today announced a new partnership bringing together two venerable civil rights organizations in service of fighting the dire and deadly threats of domestic extremism and political violence. Through a new grant awarded by the Joyce Foundation, the…

For more than 35 years, ADL has sponsored a Catholic/Jewish Dialogue to bring together Roman Catholics and Jews to talk and listen to one another, discuss differences and similarities and encourage understanding of and respect for each other’s beliefs. The group also works to develop relationships that will help address issues that may arise in the Catholic and/or Jewish communities. The Dialogue is purposely kept to a limited group to foster the dialogue process and to insure that…

New York, NY, May 10, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s swearing in as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. “We’re thrilled to finally be able to congratulate Ambassador Lipstadt on her new position,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “As recent research from ADL and many of our partners globally demonstrates, antisemitic incidents are on the rise. It’s…

New York, NY, April 26, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the following statement concerning reports that an upcoming House vote on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act was postponed: “Domestic terrorism is a top security threat, according to the intelligence community, law enforcement, and independent organizations like ADL.  Because of this, we strongly reiterate our calls to promptly pass the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. This legislation…

  Contact: Laura Fennell Director of Communications Strategy, ADL West (310) 633-1435 [email protected] — Jolie Brislin ADL Nevada Regional Director (702) 862-8600 Cases of antisemitic harassment (one of three types of incidents) increased 173% in Nevada with notable increases in attacks against Jewish institutions and schools across the U.S. Las Vegas, NV, April 26, 2022 … ADL’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents&nbsp…

Center will sponsor fellowships and grants, while bolstering ADL’s own empirical research   New York, NY, April 21, 2022 … Building on its more than a century of knowledge and research into core antisemitic beliefs and attitudes, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the creation of a new research arm that will deepen understanding of the world’s oldest hatred through a combination of scholarly investigation and empirical research. The&nbsp…

The Task Force also calls for reinstatement of FTO designation for Iran-backed Houthis   New York, NY, April 20, 2022 … The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities stated today that it opposes any effort to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the United States’ government’s Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. The Task Force also calls upon the Department of State to…

New York, NY, April 11, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today congratulated former federal prosecutor Steven M. Dettelbach on his nomination as the next Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) by President Biden. ADL is pleased to support Steve Dettelbach’s nomination to Director of the ATF. Throughout his tenure as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Dettelbach pursued and obtained hate crime charges against multiple…

New York, NY, April 7, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today congratulated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her historic confirmation as the nation’s 116th Supreme Court Justice, the first Black woman to serve on the highest court, by the United States Senate. Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement: We extend our congratulations and best wishes to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The nomination and confirmation of the…

Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Among Newly Added Defendants   Washington, DC, April 1, 2022 … Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) joined D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, the States United Democracy Center, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Dechert LLP in announcing the addition of more defendants, including Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, to a federal lawsuit filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) seeking to hold two violent…

Sweden’s Nordic Resistance Movement held 185 “combat training” sessions in 2020 and has served as inspiration for American white supremacists   New York, NY, March 28, 2022 … A new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) identifies the Nordic Resistance Movement of Sweden as the region’s most dangerous right wing extremist group, saying that the virulently antisemitic hate group poses “an ongoing and serious public security threat…