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ADL led the effort to create this historic initiative alongside the Co-Chairs of the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. Join us in the fight against antisemitism and call on Congress to ensure the policies of the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism continue into the future.

Congress has proposed legislation to study incorporating the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History into Smithsonian Institute. Join ADL in urging Congress to make a historic investment in education and spark positive conversations about the American Jewish community.

We cannot allow another day to pass without standing up for Israel and demanding the release of our hostages.

Law enforcement participation in hate crimes reporting is voluntary and it decreased in 2022, for the fifth consecutive year. Without having a complete picture of the problem, we cannot effectively address rising antisemitic hate crimes. Join ADL in urging your U.S. Representative to support legislation to improve hate crime reporting nationwide.

Join ADL, along with Florida Jewish Federations, JCRCs, and other Jewish organizations and institutions in Florida, in thanking Florida lawmakers for supporting the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.

A plurality of Jewish college students do not feel safe on campus. Oftentimes, when college students face antisemitism, they don’t how to get help. Universities need to provide resources for students to report potential civil rights violations and support. Join ADL in urging your U.S. Senators to pass the Protecting Students on Campus Act.

Join ADL, The Baltimore Jewish Council, and The JCRC of Greater Washington in urging the Maryland House of Delegates to support HB763. This legislative effort is to change the makeup of the Attorney General's Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention.

ADL, along with the Indianapolis JCRC and other Jewish organizations and institutions in Indiana, supports the HB 1002, which adds the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism to the education code in Indiana. Join ADL in calling on lawmakers to support HB 1002.

Over the past five years, right-wing extremists have killed more people in the U.S. than international terrorism. Join ADL in advocating for the creation of a National Director of Domestic Terrorism to concentrate on combating violent extremism and improving coordination among law enforcement agencies to protect our country.

Online games should be a safe place for people of all ages to make friends and build communities. Unfortunately, a new ADL survey shows that 3 out of 4 young people have been exposed to hate-fueled harassment. Tell Gaming CEOs to act to make gaming safer.

ADL has tracked an unprecedented rise in antisemitism in the United States, particularly on college and university campuses. Join ADL in urging Congress to fully fund the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights, and in calling on DOE to take critical steps to protect Jewish students.

We all deserve to feel safe in our houses of worship. A federal grant program already exists and is being utilized by nonprofit institutions across the country, but the federal program does not go far enough. Join ADL in urging your state legislators to support creating a Nonprofit Security Grant Program in Missouri.

Investigators have documented widespread rape and sexual violence by Hamas against Israeli women and girls. Yet the world remains silent. The U.S. House and Senate have introduced a resolution to recognize and condemn this behavior. Join ADL in asking your federal lawmakers to support this resolution.

Social media platforms have unparalleled and largely unregulated power to shape our lives in good ways – but also bad. Join ADL in urging the Senate to pass the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA), making social media data accessible to researchers so they can verify whether platforms are enforcing their own moderation policies.

Find the university with which you are affiliated and email the administration to urge them to take action to protect the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students on campus.

Anger over the Israel-Hamas conflict is fueling the flames of hate on college and university campuses in the U.S. Join ADL in urging the Department of Education (DOE) to fulfill its commitments in the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism to protect students from antisemitic and anti-Israel hostility and make college campuses safe.

In the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Jewish students and faculty members feel uncomfortable, scared and unsafe. These schools should be spaces where Jewish students and teachers can be themselves and learn together with students from various backgrounds.

When the presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT were asked before Congress if “calling for the genocide of Jews” could violate school policies, these university presidents equivocated, suggesting it “depends on the context.” Join ADL in asking the president of your university to protect Jewish students against this threatening behavior by affirming that genocidal calls on campus violates their school’s policies.

A deal has been reached for the release of some of the 240 hostages remaining in Hamas captivity. Join ADL in urging the International Committee of the Red Cross and the U.N. to take concrete steps to help the hostages in Gaza.

Our elected officials who are supporting the Jewish community and Israel in this critical moment need to hear from us. Join ADL to thank our elected officials for their support and encourage them to continue this vital work.

Urge your U.S. Representative to support the bipartisan Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities (STOP HATE) Act, ensuring social media companies are held accountable for their role in curbing terrorism on their platforms and understanding the threat this activity poses to our communities.

Service providers make it possible for us to go online and do all the things we love to do, like watch videos, play games and shop. Unfortunately, extremists who are organizing online also use these services. Join ADL in urging internet companies to stop doing business with extremists and to unite against hate.

ADL is the very public target of an online hate campaign – started by antisemites and amplified by Twitter/X’s owner (who has also threatened to sue ADL). We know that when one of our communities is not safe, none of us are safe. Join ADL in urging your lawmakers to sign on to a letter committing to combat antisemitism and Fight Hate for Good.

Join ADL in calling on Congress to pass the Doxing Threat Assessment Act so we can make sure federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have the tools they need to address cyber harassment and protect vulnerable communities.

In a time of heightened antisemitic incidents and attitudes in the U.S., the need to teach the history and lessons of the Holocaust could not be more urgent. Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act to ensure the maximum reach and impact of Holocaust education.

ADL is monitoring a surge of antisemitism, anti-Muslim hate, fake news, and propaganda being spread on social media. Social media companies must act to ensure they are not fanning the flames of hate and follow better content moderation practices.

The internet was supposed to be a space for ideas and collaboration, but these days, we’re encountering an overwhelming amount of hate online. According to an ADL Center for Technology and Society report, people targeted by online hate have very few resources to access for help. Join ADL and tell Facebook to increase support for victims of online hate.

As media outlets rush to cover the atrocities of the Hamas attack on Israel, some are using language that equivocates, excuses and/or justifies violence and minimizes the horrors that are unfolding in real-time. Join ADL in signing a petition to major media outlets urging them to report on the war in Israel in a responsible, accurate and compassionate manner, ensuring that their coverage not only honors the lives lost, but accurately describes their killers for who they are – antisemitic terrorists.

The Associated Press (AP) serves as a prominent force in news, offering reliable content and setting standards for reporters globally. In the AP's Israel-Hamas guide, widely utilized by news organizations worldwide, Hamas is inaccurately labeled as a “militant group” rather than a terrorist organization. Join ADL in urging the AP to accurately designate Hamas as a terrorist group.

Meta continues to allow hateful content to flow unchecked on Facebook and Instagram because it’s good for profits. Urge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to enforce and improve Facebook and Instagram’s safety policies, properly resource safety teams, and be transparent about how the platforms address hate and harassment.

If you were to type "Hebrew" into the Amazon search bar, almost every result will include an iteration of the antisemitic film Hebrews to Negros. Promoting vicious and hateful propaganda in the name of increasing profit sales makes our communities less safe. Join ADL in demanding that Amazon stops giving a platform to antisemitism and commits to stop selling hate products.