Tag: ADL
Will impeachment and censorship defend Jews against anti-Semitism?
With the U.S. House of Representatives poised to pass new articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the debate about the proper response to his role in last week’s disgraceful and bloody Capitol riot...
Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 14 percent in 2019, according to FBI report
Jews were the most targeted demographic for hate crimes among religious groups in 2019, according to an FBI report released on Monday.
Out of the 1,650 religious-motivated hate crimes reported to the FBI, 60.3 percent, or almost...
Political graffiti turns up on headstones in Michigan Jewish cemetery
A 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Michigan was vandalized with the words “TRUMP” and “MAGA.”
The cemetery in Grand Rapids belongs to Congregation Ahavas Israel, a 125-year-old Conservative congregation. The graffiti was found on Monday and...
Second arson in two months strikes campus Chabad center in Delaware
A second arson attack on a Delaware Chabad House in two months happened over the weekend as the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Wilmington was set on fire.
The fire happened around 12:30 a.m....
Ban Holocaust denial? Yes. Political censorship? No.
The applause was nearly universal. After a determined campaign on the part of the Anti-Defamation League and a broad coalition of Jewish groups and other organizations, Facebook has agreed to ban posts that contain Holocaust denial...
Say her name? How the Breonna Taylor case became another ADL disgrace
During the course of her debate with Vice President Mike Pence, California Sen. Kamala Harris denounced the killing of Breonna Taylor, saying her life was taken, “unjustifiably and tragically and violently.” She embraced the...
Report: Facebook doesn’t ‘recognize Holocaust denial’ as anti-Jewish hate speech
Facebook, according to an Aug. 10 report, “actively promotes further Holocaust-denial content to that user” and “has been unwilling to recognize Holocaust denial as a form of hate speech against Jews.”
“Hosting the Holohoax: A Snapshot...
ADL offers up to $10,000 reward for those tied to anti-Semitic attack in Brooklyn
The New York Police Department is investigating a possible bias-crime attack against a Jewish man on Saturday, and now the Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward to help catch the assailants.
According to NYPD spokesman...
Meet the man seeking to build a grassroots effort to secure Jewish communities
If you had told a young Evan Bernstein that he would be a leader in Jewish communal affairs, he probably would have laughed and said, “There is no way.” But life, as everyone well...
Kansas newspaper under fire for Holocaust comparison, removes Facebook post
A Kansas newspaper has come under fire for posting a cartoon on the weekly outlet’s Facebook page that compared the governor’s face-covering order in response to the coronavirus pandemic with the Holocaust.
The Anderson County...