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Alleged Waukesha Attacker Shared Conspiratorial, Antisemitic Content in 2015

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December 01, 2021 A vehicle allegedly driven by Darrell E. Brooks Jr. speeds through the Waukesha Christmas parade route on November 21, as captured on the city’s livestream video of the event. (source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Darrell Edward Brooks Jr., who faces six counts of first-degree intentional homicide after he drove into a Christmas Parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, apparently shared several conspiracy theory-themed social media posts in 2015, according to a review of his…
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One Year After Ban, Holocaust Denial Remains on Facebook

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December 01, 2021 UPDATE: As of December 9, 2021, Facebook has removed all nine posts reported on the platform in conjunction with our research.  October 2021 marked one year since Facebook banned Holocaust denial from its platform and officially classified Holocaust denial as hate speech instead of misinformation. On the first anniversary of this policy’s enactment on Facebook properties, analysts in ADL’s Center on Extremism (COE) sought to determine whether the…
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Holocaust Denial Persists on Facebook, One Year After Policy Change Banning Denial Content

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New York, NY, December 1, 2021 … In the year since Facebook banned Holocaust denial from its platform and finally classified it as hate speech instead of “misinformation,” a new ADL (Anti-Defamation League) analysis of the platform has found “cracks in enforcement” that have allowed Holocaust denial posts to still be accessible to many users. In the year since the October 2020 ban on Holocaust denial, Facebook has removed groups dedicated to Holocaust denial…
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Members of ADL Task Force Call on Secretary Blinken to Broaden Priority-2 Refugee Admissions Status to Afghan Minority Groups

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New York, NY, November 29, 2021… Members of ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League’s) Task Force on Middle East Minorities issued a letter today calling on United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to broaden the criteria for Priority-2 refugee admissions status to include Afghan nationals from ethnic and religious minority groups that have a well-founded fear of persecution under Taliban rule. Vulnerable ethnic and religious groups are now in much…
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Sines v. Kessler: Reckoning and Weaponization

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November 29, 2021 Photo credit: Getty On November 23, 2021, a jury returned its verdicts in the civil lawsuit against the organizers of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. All defendants were found liable of Virginia state civil conspiracy charges, and the jury agreed to award the plaintiffs more than $25 million in damages. Jurors were unable to reach a decision on federal conspiracy charges. Sines v. Kessler, the civil suit filed by…
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This November 29, it’s time to reject Palestinian rejectionism

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The Arab world has figured out it’s better to work with the Jewish state rather than against it. Why hasn’t the rest of the world caught up?   By Ken Jacobson   NOV 29, 2021, 12:58 AM ET   Increasingly over the years, the annual commemoration of the day in 1947 that the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into two states – one Jewish, one Arab – has turned into an anti-Israel hate-fest. Events at the UN and around the world…
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ADL Joins “Shine A Light,” an Unprecedented Coalition to Spotlight Antisemitism

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New major nationwide initiative addresses rising antisemitism through education, partnerships, advocacy, and media in all 50 states   New York, NY, November 28, 2021 — Amid a widespread rise in antisemitism in North America, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has joined an unprecedented coalition of over 60 American and Canadian Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and corporations to launch Shine A Light, a comprehensive initiative to illuminate the dangers of…
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ADL Statement on the Conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers

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A jury found all three defendants guilty of murder in February 2020 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery   New York, NY, November 24, 2021 … ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement today after a jury found the three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were guilty of murder: “The pain and loss resulting from Ahmaud Arbery’s murder can never be rectified, but this is a significant moment of accountability and justice. The men who…
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ADL Celebrates Verdict in Landmark Sines v. Kessler Case

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Jury found 2017 Charlottesville rally organizers owe more than $25 million in punitive damages New York, NY, November 23, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today celebrated the jury’s verdict in the civil lawsuit against the organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. in which the plaintiffs were backed by ADL partner Integrity First for America (IFA). “We welcome the jury’s verdict today that found the defendants liable…
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Anti-Israel Activists Demonize Victim of Jerusalem Terror Attack and Claim Violence Was Justified

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November 23, 2021 In the aftermath of the deadly Hamas terror attack in Jerusalem on November 21, which tragically took the life of 26-year-old Eli Kay and left four others others wounded (two civilians and two police officers), a number of groups and individuals affiliated with the anti-Israel movement intimated this blatant act of terrorism was justified or engaged in rhetoric that disparaged the victim. A common theme throughout was the instrumentalization of the allegation that Israel…
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ADL Celebrates Verdict in Landmark Sines v. Kessler Case

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Jury found 2017 Charlottesville rally organizers owe more than $25 million in punitive damages   New York, NY, November 23, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today celebrated the jury’s verdict in the civil lawsuit against the organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. in which the plaintiffs were backed by ADL partner Integrity First for America (IFA). “We welcome the jury’s verdict today that…
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Shine a Light on Antisemitism Through Education

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November 18, 2021 Now is the time to shine a light on antisemitism through education. This webinar, for middle and high school educators and administrators, highlights the critical importance of antisemitism education in today's world. Offered are  practical implementation tools related to ADL Education's programs, online learning and resources as well as specific actions schools can take in support of the "Shine a Light" campaign that takes place throughout the week of Hanukkah…
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Right-Wing Extremists Cheer Rittenhouse Verdict in Predictable Fashion

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November 19, 2021 On Friday, November 19, 2021, a jury delivered a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse: not guilty on all five counts, which included homicide and reckless endangerment. The presiding judge warned those in the courtroom against expressions of emotion, but right-wing extremists were bound by no such restrictions, and they reacted online to the ruling with praise for Rittenhouse, vitriol towards “antifa” and the left, and excitement about the…
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Nonprofit security grants are vital to protecting America’s religious communities

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BY MAX SEVILLIA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/19/21 11:30 AM EST   Religious institutions in the United States face an unprecedented level of violent attacks today. In fact, it’s estimated that 617 worshipers were killed at houses of worship in the U.S. between 1999 and 2019. This includes: The single deadliest antisemitic attack in American history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; The murder of nine members of the…
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Teen Charged in Synagogue Arson Attack; Brooklyn Antisemitic Assault Prompts $10K Reward; Michael Flynn Calls for ‘One Religion’ in US

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November 18, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 An 18-year-old college student and recent member of the Texas State Guard who is accused of setting a fire at an Austin synagogue faces a federal arson charge for the Halloween incident. The assault of a Jewish man in Brooklyn last Thursday by an unknown assailant has prompted an investigation by New York police and a reward from ADL. Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, was soundly condemned by Jewish and…
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Poland’s Condemnation of an Antisemitic Rally Signals Hope | Opinion

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Poland’s Condemnation of an Antisemitic Rally Signals Hope | Opinion JONATHAN A. GREENBLATT , CEO AND NATIONAL DIRECTOR, ADL ON 11/18/21 AT 1:37 PM EST   Last week, a blatant and distressing antisemitic event in the city of Kalisz marred Poland’s Independence Day celebrations. At the same time, this incident was also an opportunity for the current nationalist government to make clear that antisemitism will not be tolerated in Poland. Amid chants of…
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ADL Social Pattern Library Offers Template for Social Media Platforms to Reduce Hate and Harassment

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First-of-its-kind resource contains design principles and user experience patterns that mitigate the spread of hate and harassment online   New York, NY, November 18, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the release of the ADL Social Pattern Library, a collection of design principles and user experience patterns intended to mitigate hateful content on social media platforms. The library, which will be a living resource, focuses on the design of…
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Facebook Hosts Dozens of Antisemitic “Protocols” Groups or Pages in Arabic

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New ADL Finding Hints at Much Broader Failure of Enforcement by Facebook by: David Andrew Weinberg | November 17, 2021 In the wake of a whistleblower complaint, Facebook has come under criticism for failing to take adequate measures to address hate speech on its platform. ADL has repeatedly noted that the company relies too heavily on artificial intelligence to manage hateful content, and that instead, social media companies such as Facebook need to step up enforcement at scale and by design,…
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Antisemitism on Left Intensifying; French Man Convicted in Murder of Holocaust Survivor; House Resolution Introduced to Censure Rep. Gosar

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November 11, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 In a major address this week to ADL’s annual Never Is Now summit on antisemitism, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt warned that antisemitism from the left is akin to climate change, saying “slowly but surely, the temperature is rising.” A French court found a man guilty of murder in the killing of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in 2018, sentencing him to life in prison. House Democrats called for investigations into the posting of an…
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ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt Delivers Annual State of Hate

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  Remarks at ADL's 2021 Never Is Now Summit on Antisemitism and Hate   November 9, 2021 Remarks as delivered. Thank you all for joining the 6th annual Never is Now conference. As we meet, the world’s nations are gathered in Scotland to address one of the most pressing and existential crises facing our planet: climate change. The first warnings that carbon emissions may be accelerating the warming of the planet were made way back in 1988…
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