New York, NY, February 4, 2022 … Michael Sheetz, a seasoned trial lawyer and commercial litigator in Boston who also served as lead counsel for many civil rights groups in important litigation helping to enhance diversity in public schools, has been appointed President of the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Foundation.
A partner in the Boston office of Cooley LLP and a longtime ADL volunteer both at the local
and national levels, Sheetz will lead the board that…
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Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, ADL February 02, 2022
February 2, 2022
Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Katko, Members of the Committee, good morning. I am Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of ADL, the Anti-Defamation League, the oldest anti-hate organization in America. It is an honor to appear before you today to address the current terrorism landscape and the dire threat that extremists pose to the United States.
Since 1913, ADL has worked to stop the…
New York, NY, January 30, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement concerning Amnesty International UK’s upcoming report on Israel:
“We have reviewed Amnesty International UK’s upcoming report on Israel and strongly condemn it as an effort to demonize Israel and undermine its legitimacy as a Jewish and democratic state. In an environment of rising anti-Jewish hate, this type of report is not only inaccurate but also irresponsible and…
We need creative approaches to engage the next generation, thanks to events fading into history, antisemitism surging, and the rise in extremism of all kinds
Soon after the reunification of Germany, the Anti-Defamation League organized a leadership mission to a united Germany. One of our most significant meetings was with Dr. Rita Süssmuth, then-head of the Bundestag. One member of our group asked her about teaching young Germans about the Holocaust.
Her answer is even more…
New program seeks to expand awareness and understanding of how antisemitism and racism overlap
New York, NY, January 26, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced today the inaugural class of Collaborative for Change fellows, Jews of Color who will receive up to $25,000 to counter bias and hate through film, research, and other projects. This fellowship seeks to expand awareness and understanding of how antisemitism and racism overlap and intersect in ways…
Bills would restore and enhance portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court
New York, NY, January 20, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) strongly condemns the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. The Senate’s failure to enact this vital legislation leaves the touchstone of our democracy – free, fair, and accessible elections – vulnerable to ongoing assault not only from…
by: Kenneth Jacobson | January 20, 2022 It was 80 years ago to this day that the infamous Wannsee conference was held in Germany to lay out plans for implementation of the Final Solution for the Jews of Europe. As historians have pointed out, this was not a conference deciding on this plan. That had been decided upon months earlier by Adolf Hitler. Wannsee was the moment, however, where it became official policy of the Nazi regime and was operationalized in a machine like manner.
This…
ADL urges Congress to increase nonprofit security funding to $360 million for FY 2022
New York, NY, January 16, 2022 … In the aftermath of a hostage crisis at a Texas synagogue that fortunately ended with all hostages being freed safely, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) called on Congress to double funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which provides non-profit organizations, including Jewish schools and houses of worship…
BY JONATHAN A. GREENBLATT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/16/22 04:00 PM EST
One would have thought that Dr. Deborah Lipstadt — who is one of the world’s leading scholars of antisemitism, has written numerous acclaimed books on the subject, and was portrayed by an Academy Award-winning actress for winning a landmark lawsuit against a Holocaust denier — would have been a shoo-in to lead the U.S. State Department office tasked with fighting…
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…
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,…
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
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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…
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 …
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…
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…