(Versión pronunciada) Pastor Sam, gracias por recibirme hoy. Y, una vez más, quiero reconocer a mi amigo: me inspira muchísimo el obispo Robert Stearns. Muchas gracias por su compromiso con la NHCLC. Gracias por su compromiso con el Estado de Israel. Gracias por su compromiso con el pueblo judío. Y felicitaciones por los 25 años de la NHCLC. ¡Bravo! ¡Bravo! En marzo de este año, tuvimos el honor de recibir al pastor Sam en nuestra…

(As Delivered) Buenos días, mis amigos. Thank you, Pastor Sam, for having me here today. And again, I need to recognize my friend, and I’m just so inspired by Bishop Robert Stearns. Thank you so much for your commitment to NHCLC. Thank you for your commitment to the state of Israel. Thank you for your commitment to the Jewish people. And congratulations on 25 years of the NHCLC. Bravo! Bravo! So, we had the honor of hosting Pastor Sam at our conference Never is Now - this past…

The Jewish Federations of North America, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), AJC  (American Jewish Committee), the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Prizmah are appalled that a planned professional development trip of early childhood educators affiliated with Jewish institutions to the Reggio Children, Loris Malaguzzi International Center in Reggio Emilia, Italy was met with political litmus tests and antisemitic rhetoric.   Announcement of a trip to…

 Today, the J7 Task Force met with Irish Taoiseach, Micheal Martin, and Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Joe Hackett, to sound the alarm about rising antisemitism in Ireland and to urge immediate action to protect the country's Jewish community. We've seen in our own countries how an increasingly hostile environment for Jews can lead to deadly violence, as we witnessed in Bondi, Manchester, Boulder and Washington D.C. The demonization of Israel generates…

 Dublin, Ireland, October 13, 2026 … Jewish leaders from the world's seven largest diaspora communities gathered at Herzog Park in Dublin to stand in solidarity with Ireland's Jewish community and raise concerns about antisemitic rhetoric and actions in Ireland, against a backdrop of unprecedented levels of antisemitism worldwide. The J7 (Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism) brings together the leadership of representative Jewish organizations from Argentina,…

AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE J7 (Large Communities Task Force on Antisemitism) TO MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS Published on the occasion of the 81st United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week

Investigations follow Brandeis Center, ADL and StandWithUs complaints alleging young Jewish students faced anti-Semitic harassment, retaliation and hostile educational environments at a California public school and New York performing arts college Washington, D.C., September 10, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened two federal civil rights investigations into the Etiwanda School District in California and the American Musical Dramatic Academy …

New York, NY, September 4, 2026 — Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released Five Asks for Hospitals and Healthcare Institutions, calling on healthcare leaders to take concrete steps to prevent and address antisemitism and ensure Jewish patients, healthcare professionals, students and trainees can receive care, work and learn in environments free from discrimination and harassment.  The recommendations come as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for…

Los delitos de odio contra los judíos representan casi dos tercios de todos los delitos de odio por motivos religiosos denunciados en el país  Nueva York, NY, 18 de agosto de 2026 … Los datos sobre delitos de odio publicados recientemente por la Oficina Federal de Investigación (FBI) revelan que los incidentes de delitos de odio contra los judíos motivados por un solo tipo de prejuicio y denunciados en 2025 siguieron siendo, por amplio margen, la forma m…

New York, NY, August 6, 2026 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of the Right to Worship Act, a bicameral and bipartisan bill that will protect people of every faith from conduct that interferes with their First Amendment rights. The legislation was introduced by Senators Ted Cruz, R-TX, and Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, and Reps. Brad Knott, R-NC, and Thomas Suozzi, D-NY.    The Right to Worship Act builds on the framework ADL helped develop through the…

New J7 Report: 2025 Was the Deadliest Year for Antisemitic Attacks in the Diaspora in Over 30 Years Total antisemitic incidents among J7 countries are up 136% and violent incidents are up 97% compared to 2022, the year before Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

New J7 Report: 2025 Was the Deadliest Year for Antisemitic Attacks in the Diaspora in Over 30 Years Total antisemitic incidents among J7 countries are up 136% and violent incidents are up 97% compared to 2022, the year before Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

New York, NY, July 8, 2026 ... A new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) reveals that the world's most widely used AI chatbots fail, without exception, to identify and reject antisemitism as effectively in Persian as they do in English, raising serious concerns about the global reach and reliability of AI safety systems, at a time when millions of people worldwide turned to these platforms to understand an active armed conflict.    The report, Lost in Translation…

ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities Statement on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Assault on Protestant Churches

New York, NY, April 24, 2026 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of the federal Safeguarding Access to Congregations and Religious Establishments from Disruption (SACRED) Act, a bipartisan bill that protects safe access to houses of worship by establishing a 100-foot “safe access” zone around churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious locations.    The SACRED Act would create federal penalties for targeted harassment and…

New York, NY, April 20, 2026 — ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and a pro bono team at the law firm Mayer Brown welcome the April 15 resolution agreement between the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District and the U.S. Department of Justice requiring the district to take steps to address antisemitism and protect Jewish students.  The agreement follows a federal civil rights filing by attorneys from ADL, Brandeis Center, and…

New York, NY, March 18, 2026 … Members of the J7 Large Jewish Communities Task Force Against Antisemitism, representing the Jewish diaspora communities in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, today urged diplomats to the United Nations to take action in the face of rising antisemitism that has plagued each of their countries in the past few months. The J7 representatives met today in New York with UN Permanent Representatives…

(As delivered)  Over the past year, 20 Jews -- our brothers and sisters -- were murdered.  For Jewish people in the diaspora, 2025 was one of the deadliest years in memory.  The victims were children and grandparents. Observant and secular.  They were from every corner of the globe: Manchester, England; Washington, DC; Boulder, Colorado; and Bondi Beach, Australia. And last week, a terrorist wanted to add West Bloomfield, Michigan to that list. He drove a car packed with…

New York, NY, March 5, 2026 … (ADL) the Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement in response to recent political and public discourse about the escalating conflict with the Iranian Regime. Statement from Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO: Since the start of hostilities with the Islamic Republic of Iran last weekend, we are witnessing an alarming pattern of escalating, inflammatory rhetoric from voices across the political and ideological spectrum. This rhetoric distorts reality…

ADL report finds “dramatic escalation” in hateful rhetoric on Iran’s HispanTV since 10/7 New York, NY, February 17, 2026 … The official propaganda outlet of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Latin America significantly ramped up its hateful rhetoric over the last two years, according to a report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued today. The report found that Iran’s HispanTV routinely publishes content that advances antisemitic tropes about Jewish power,…