Tag: ADL
Jewish founder of Craigslist gives ADL $1 million to tackle online hate speech
The Jewish billionaire philanthropist and founder of the website Craigslist gave a $1 million grant to the Anti-Defamation League to support its efforts to detect, expose and counter online hate speech, the ADL announced on Tuesday.
The...
ADL: Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less safe now than a decade ago
Nearly two-thirds of American Jews believe that they are less safe today than a decade ago, according to a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League on Jewish encounters with anti-Semitism in the United States.
The...
White supremacist disrupts webinar for Jewish teens featuring deputy anti-Semitism envoy
A webinar on the video conferencing platform Zoom about anti-Semitism last week, featuring U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Ellie Cohanim, was disrupted by a white supremacist and hacker—an example of...
Anti-Semitic broadcaster: COVID-19 blamed on Jews for not following Jesus
Anti-Semitic and conspiracy broadcaster and Christian pastor Rick Wiles said on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak is spreading to synagogues, and is a punishment from God because Jews don’t follow Jesus.
“Stay out of those...
ADL publishes guide on anti-Semitic tropes for candidates, members of Congress
The Anti-Defamation League shared a new guide to contemporary anti-Semitism with Congress members and candidates running for national office in 2020.
“Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide to Old Myths in a New Era” examines “some of the most...
ADL’s anti-Semitism primer heading to candidates
Beginning this week, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) will share a new comprehensive guide to contemporary antisemitism with candidates running for national office in 2020, as well as every member of Congress. Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide...
ADL CEO: ‘Forward’ op-ed alleging Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty is ‘shocking’
A Feb. 21 op-ed in The Forward that alleges Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty to Israel is “shocking,” according to Anti-Defamation League CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt.
The op-ed’s anonymous author states that during their time working...
Bloomberg’s money and the anti-Semitism defense
At a time of a rising tide of anti-Semitism sweeping across the globe, groups tasked with monitoring and combating Jew-hatred are needed more than ever. Yet the Anti-Defamation League continues to sabotage the effort...
ADL: Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distribution doubled in 2019
White-supremacist propaganda distribution more than doubled in 2019 over the previous year, making it the highest year on record for such activity in the United States, according to new data released on Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation...
ADL: Extremists are using coronavirus outbreak to stoke hatred against Jews
Neo-Nazi and white supremacists are using fears of the deadly coronavirus to stoke hated against Jews and spread conspiracy theories on social-media platforms, according to a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League.
“Following a...