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Extremists Co-opt Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

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Approximately a dozen individuals affiliated with the white supremacist National Justice Party protested outside of Norfolk Southern corporate headquarters on February 25, 2023. (NJP photo)
In the aftermath of the February 3, 2023, freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a range of misinformation and unfounded claims has emerged as extremists and conspiracy theorists leverage the event for their own political and ideological gain. This includes the white supremacist and virulently antisemitic National Justice Party (NJP), which has capitalized on the outrage and suspicions around the Norfolk incident to organize protests in  Ohio and Georgia, promoting their…
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Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine: What You Need to Know

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Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine: What You Need to Know
Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine (WOL) is a New York-based, radical anti-Israel organization founded in 2015 that routinely expresses support for violence against Israel and calls for the abolition of Zionism.    Since Hamas’ brutal terror massacre across southern Israel on October 7, 2023, WOL and its co-founder and leader Nerdeen Kiswani have continued to share extreme anti-Zionist and antisemitic positions on social media and at anti-Israel protests as well as in…
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Farrakhan Predicts Another Holocaust, Espouses Antisemitism and Bigotry in Saviours’ Day Speech

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Farrakhan Predicts Another Holocaust, Espouses Antisemitism and Bigotry in Saviours’ Day Speech
The Nation of Islam (NOI) held its annual Saviours’ Day conference in Chicago the weekend of February 24–26, serving once again as a platform for vitriolic antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. Saviours’ Day 2023 marked the annual event’s return to a large-scale arena setting for the first time in three years; the NOI held smaller, semi-virtual conferences during the intervening pandemic-era years. NOI speakers injected familiar antisemitic and conspiratorial…
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Antisemites Gather in Florida for Weekend of Hate

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GDL members protest in Florida
On February 17 and 18, 2023, approximately 15 individuals associated with the virulently antisemitic Goyim Defense League (GDL) distributed propaganda and protested across Florida. Many of the participants traveled from out of state, including individuals from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  GDL is a network of rabidly antisemitic provocateurs led by Jon Minadeo who recently relocated to Florida from California. GDL…
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Pirámide del odio

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The Pyramid of Hate illustrates the prevalence of bias, hate and oppression in our society. It is organized in escalating levels of attitudes and behavior that grow in complexity from bottom to top. Like a pyramid, the upper levels are supported by the lower levels; unlike a pyramid, the levels are not built consecutively or to demonstrate a ranking of each level. Bias at each level reflects a system of oppression that negatively impacts individuals, institutions and society…
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Letter to World Rugby Chairman on South Africa Disinviting Israeli Team

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February 15, 2023  Sir Bill Beaumont World Rugby Chairman Dear Chairman Beaumont,  The Anti-Defamation League is a 110-year-old American organization with a mission to “fight the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment for all.”   I am writing to you regarding the South African Rugby Union’s (SARU) decision to disinvite the Israeli rugby team Tel Aviv Heat to participate in the South African Mzansi Challenge…
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Anti-Israel Movement in the US Demonizes Zionism, Blames Israel for Palestinian Terrorism

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Last month, we witnessed a peak in the already volatile reality between Israelis and Palestinians. On January 26, Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, reportedly in order to thwart an imminent terror attack against Israelis by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group. Nine Palestinians, including PIJ members and at least one civilian, were killed and others wounded. The following day, a Palestinian terrorist murdered seven Israeli civilians near a…
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“Ye is Right” Antisemitic Campaign Continues

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“Ye is Right” Antisemitic Campaign Continues
Since October 2022, ADL has documented at least 30 antisemitic incidents that directly reference Ye – the influential artist, producer, and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West, whose 2022 antisemitic outbursts made headlines. These incidents, which include vandalism, banner drops, targeted harassment, and campus propaganda distributions, demonstrate the ongoing influence of Ye’s conspiratorial, bigoted rants.
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Navegando en un mundo digital: Consejos para los jóvenes

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers | For Students Tweens and teens spend a lot of time using technology, much of it positive, but it can move into cyberbullying and other online mean behavior. Below are tips young people can use in their digital lives to help them have a positive online experience and effectively respond to negative online behavior and cyberbullying. Before going online...Set guidelines.Limit electronic use.Consider what it means to be responsible online…
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Iran is Still in the Holocaust Denial Biz – Big Time

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This article originally appeared in The Times of Israel By Meir Javedanfar  On January 20, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that condemned the denial and distortion of the Holocaust. To no one’s surprise, the Islamic Republic of Iran chose to be the only country in the world that condemned and rejected this resolution.  The UN passed the resolution one month after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cast doubt on the Holocaust during an…
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The ADL did not go too far in its remarks on the NYT Hasidic yeshiva investigation

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Re: “The ADL is wrong to attack the NYT’s brave investigative reporting on Hasidic yeshivas” by Ruth Messinger To the editor:  While we greatly respect and value constructive feedback from Ruth Messinger on issues affecting the Jewish community, we were surprised by her suggestion that the ADL went too far in asking The New York Times to carefully consider the potential for its series of investigative articles on the Hasidic community’s education system to…
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Antisemitism & Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Converge in Extremist and Conspiratorial Beliefs

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Antisemitism & Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Converge in Extremist and Conspiratorial Beliefs
In recent years, extremists and antisemitic conspiracy theorists have capitalized on the spread of dangerous and offensive falsehoods about LGBTQ+ people – including false claims about “grooming” and gender-affirming medical care – using these lies to further their bigoted agendas. Some anti-LGBTQ+ fearmongering simultaneously lifts antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories about the alleged Jewish role in promoting the so-called LGBTQ+ “agenda.” …
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Gossip, Rumors and Identity

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Teenage girl standing at her locker and being bullied at high school
Teach students about what gossip and rumors are and the impact they have on others, especially those identity groups which may be more vulnerable to and marginalized by rumors and gossip.
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