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Deborah Lipstadt’s Nomination Stalled by Senate; Lawmaker Says Teachers Should Be 'Impartial' When Teaching About Nazism; GOP Rep. Compares Vaccine Mandates to the Holocaust

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January 14, 2022 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Nearly six months after being nominated by President Biden to serve as the State Department’s antisemitism envoy, Deborah Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust scholar, has yet to be confirmed due to efforts by some in the Senate who have complained that she criticized some of them on Twitter. An Indiana state legislator who last week said teachers should be “impartial” when teaching about Nazism and fascism is now backtracking from his…
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Jolie Brislin named Jewish Communal Professional of the Year by Jewish Nevada

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  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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Dr. King believed in the power of the vote to change society. Dismantling voting rights is an affront to his legacy. (Blog)

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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…
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Jewish Nevada Announces New Chair and Board Members While Presenting Jewish Community Leader Awards During Annual Meeting; Governor Sisolak to Present Proclamation During Event

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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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2022 Essay Contest

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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 Submit Your Essay 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…
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ADL Recommends: Must-Listen Podcasts from the Past Year

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January 12, 2022 As we look back on the challenging year that was 2021, we want to share a hand-picked set of podcasts that provide insight into what was happening online, in the streets, and behind the scenes direct from ADL voices. You won’t want to miss these compelling podcast episodes. (Each podcast below has a ‘listen’ link, but you can also find many of them on your preferred podcast platform.) extremely: a podcast for anyone who wants to understand and…
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Jewish Issues to Watch in Latin America in 2022

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January 12, 2022 Latin American countries have struggled to keep up with economic pressures, which had started prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and were exacerbated by the health crisis. Furthermore, political polarization seems to have permeated across the region with elections that appear to favor populist far left and far right candidates. What will this all mean for the Jewish communities in the region in 2022?           The Jewish…
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ADL Welcomes Sentencing of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers to Life In Prison

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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…
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Social Media Companies Frequently Fail to Flag White Supremacist Discussions of Jewish Power and White Genocide, ADL Finds

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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)…
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No one is born an extremist. Jan. 6 shows virtually anyone can be swept up by hate groups. (Op-Ed)

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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&nbsp…
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One Year After the Insurrection: ADL Unveils Interactive Map Highlighting Trends in Hate and Extremism in the Year Since the Attack on U.S. Capitol

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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…
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One Year After the Insurrection: ADL Unveils Interactive Map Highlighting Trends in Hate and Extremism in the Year Since the Attack on U.S. Capitol

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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 months, and providing a roadmap of…
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New ADL Report: Stolen Election Conspiracies are Energizing Extremists and Going Mainstream

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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…
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Why I wrote ‘It Could Happen Here’ (Blog)

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Hate is on the rise everywhere in America, much more than many people realize. Our social fabric is weakening, and our communities are buckling under the pressure. By Jonathan A. Greenblatt In the 1930s as Nazi Germany was gearing up for war against its European neighbors and starting to implement the antisemitic Nuremberg laws that presaged the Holocaust, the brilliant American author Sinclair Lewis ironically titled his 1935 novel about the threat of unhinged despotism, “It…
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Mass Shooting in Denver: What We Know

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December 31, 2021 On December 27, 2021, Lyndon McLeod carried out a shooting spree spanning the Denver metropolitan area, murdering five people and wounding at least three others. Ultimately, McLeod died during a shoot-out with responding police. According to a review of his online footprint conducted by the ADL’s Center on Extremism, McLeod held numerous extreme or fringe beliefs but did not belong to a particular extremist movement, nor was he an active member of an organized…
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ADL Nevada, ADL Mourns Loss of Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

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New York, NY, December 29, 2021… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: ADL mourns the loss of former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, a fierce champion in the fight against hatred, bigotry and antisemitism, and previous recipient of ADL Nevada’s prestigious Americanism Award. We extend our sincerest thoughts to his wife Landra and their entire family. As Senator Reid once said, “We…
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Israel, Don’t Capitulate to the Extremists. Let All Jews Pray at the Western Wall (op-ed)

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The Western Wall is a holy site for all Jews everywhere. It should reflect the true diversity of Jewish practice around the world. But by suspending, again, an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel, the Bennett government is bowing to Israel’s most extreme voices, instead of standing up to them As a proud Jew, and as the head of one of the oldest Jewish-American organizations, I make a point of coming to pray at the Kotel – the Western Wall – during my visits to Israel…
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The day Mansour Abbas told Israeli Arabs to accept Israel as a Jewish state (op-ed)

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If Abbas’ message gets through to the right people, then Israel’s Jews and Arabs might just get their acts together to work to improve things for everyone DEC 24, 2021, 2:51 PM   These days, Mansour Abbas never fails to surprise. The leader of the Islamist party in Israel, historically seen as sitting on the more extreme side of the Arab parties in Israel, has now made a very clear statement calling on Israeli Arabs to accept the reality and legitimacy of Israel…
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Third-Graders Allegedly Made to Reenact the Holocaust; Trump Uses Antisemitic Tropes Again; Neo-Nazi Group Distributes Antisemitic COVID-19 Propaganda

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December 23, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 A staff member from a D.C. elementary school is reported to have told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates’ mass graves and simulate shooting the victim. Former president Donald Trump was condemned by the head of ADL after using antisemitic tropes about American Jews in a recent interview. A virulently antisemitic group with a reputation for mounting propaganda stunts…
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Reason for Hope!

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  2021 has been another difficult year. Yet, there is hope as we confront overlapping crises.   There is hope in the form of local hero, Jessica Owyoung, who we honored at the 2021 ADL In Concert Against Hate.     Jessica was worried about the elders in her Oakland Chinatown community. They were scared to go out because of COVID and the attacks targeting the Asian community.  “I felt isolated, like…
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