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ADL Letter to House Subcommittees Regarding the Trump Administration's Muslim Travel Ban

Letter
September 24, 2019 In a letter to the House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee and the Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, ADL provided views on the discriminatory Muslim ban and expressed support for the NO BAN Act. September 24, 2019 The Honorable Zoe Lofgren Chairman Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Ken Buck Ranking Member Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship …
September 24, 2019
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Calendar of Observances

Tools and Strategies
Calendar-Multicultural
Increase your awareness of religious obligations and ethnic and cultural festivities that may affect students, colleagues and neighbors in your community.
January 01, 2020
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Letter to Secretary Tillerson on Rohingya Crisis

Letter
October 02, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson US State Department 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary, We write to you to express our horror and outrage at the atrocities being committed against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and to urge American leadership to respond to this crisis. As an organization committed to fighting for equal treatment for all peoples, we are particularly sickened by reports and images of defenseless men, women and children…
October 02, 2017
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Interfaith Letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Letter
June 28, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State The State Department Washington, D.C. Dear Secretary Tillerson: The undersigned faith leaders write to urge you to fill the position of Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combatting Anti-Semitism. During your June 14 testimony before the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, you described general concerns about designated envoys, representatives, and…
June 28, 2017
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ADL Letter to Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) Supporting the International Fund for Israeli Palestinian Peace Act

Letter
February 27, 2017 The Honorable Joseph Crowley United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515   Dear Representative Crowley: On behalf of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), I am writing to thank you for introducing and express our support for the International Fund for Israeli Palestinian Peace Act to promote joint initiatives and cooperation between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians.  American support for peace negotiations between…
February 27, 2017
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ADL Letter to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Supporting the International Fund for Israeli Palestinian Peace Act

Letter
February 27, 2017 The Honorable Jeff Fortenbery United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515   Dear Representative Fortenbery: On behalf of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), I am writing to thank you for introducing and express our support for the International Fund for Israeli Palestinian Peace Act to promote joint initiatives and cooperation between Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians.  American support for peace negotiations between…
February 27, 2017
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Education Resources on Refugees, Muslim People and Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Tools and Strategies
Refugees in Keleti Train Station Budapest Hungary
There are 1.91 billion Muslim people worldwide and Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world next to Christianity. Despite the fact that there are so many Muslims in the world, in many places there is a lack of understanding about Muslim people. In addition, anti-Muslim bigotry is manifesting in personal biases, stereotyping, microaggressions, identity-based bullying, biased rhetoric, hate crimes and more.   The following education resources include lesson plans,…
February 21, 2017
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The December Dilemma: Teaching About Religious Holidays

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December Dilemma
For Educators Every December, public school students, parents, teachers and administrators face the difficult task of acknowledging the various religious and secular holiday traditions celebrated during that time of year. Teachers, administrators and parents should try to promote greater understanding and tolerance among students of different traditions by taking care to adhere to the requirements of the First Amendment. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion to all Americans …
January 27, 2017
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How Can I Plan Inclusive Holiday Celebrations?

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Most people love a celebration! Adults flutter around busily preparing for the festivities. Children are abuzz with excitement. Special foods are eaten, special heirlooms brought down from the shelf. Traditions are passed down from generation to generation. While children should have an opportunity to learn about and share information about the important holidays and celebrations in their lives, celebrating specific holidays in a school…
November 21, 2016
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How Can I Help Children Appreciate Diversity?

Tools and Strategies
Early Childhood Question Corner For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers You can help children embrace differences by exposing them to diversity as early as possible. This can be a natural part of everyday living as children develop relationships outside their family. Answer children’s questions about differences openly and honestly as they come up, and if answers are not known, seek out the answers. Another way to ensure diversity in children’s lives is to…
November 15, 2016
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Letter to the Director General of UNESCO

Letter
October 20, 2015 The Honorable Irina Bokova Director General UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Dear Madam Director General: We are writing to express our appreciation for your important statement this morning condemning a resolution which would alter UNESCO’s consideration of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.    We full-heartedly agree with your appeal to the Executive Board to “not further inflame tensions on the ground and that encourage respect for…
October 20, 2015
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How Can “Looking at Lights” Promote Respect Among Children for Various Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions?

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Candles in the Dark
Early Childhood Question Corner   Common themes appear in holidays and celebrations across many cultures. By connecting themes, as suggested in the Question Corner installment "How can I plan inclusive holiday celebrations?" you can show children that holidays and celebrations are an expression of cultural and religious pride, and help them understand the commonality of certain human feelings, celebrations and their meaning. For example, by trying the following activity, Looking…
March 14, 2013
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Lutheran Synod's Program is About Deception, Subterfuge

Letter
March 14, 2014 Letters to the Editor St. Louis Post-Dispatch  To the Editor: No one should have the wool pulled over her eyes regarding the outreach efforts of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and specifically its Chai v’ Shalom program ("Spiritual incursion," March 8). This is not an effort to embrace Jews for who they are; rather, it is a wholesale effort to convert them. If you believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you are a Christian. Regardless of how much you cloak…
March 14, 2014
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Letter to Alan Dershowitz on Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga

Letter
February 21, 2013 Alan M. Dershowitz Professor of Law Harvard Law School Dear Alan: Your recent campaign singling out Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras as a “notorious anti-Semite” has prompted us to revisit our files and history with him, particularly the controversy over his 2002 remarks in an Italian-Catholic magazine, where he implied that media coverage of the child sexual abuse scandal was part of a conspiracy by the Jewish-controlled American…
February 21, 2013
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Mel Gibson's Apology to the Jewish Community

Letter
August 01, 2006 The following is the text of Mel Gibson's apology to the Jewish Community for his anti-Semitic statements. There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge. I am a public person, and when I say something, either…
August 01, 2006
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Nostra Aetate

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In 1965, the Second Vatican Council made historic changes to church policies and theology. Among them was Nostra Aetate, Latin for "In Our Time," a document that revolutionized the Catholic Church's approach to Jews and Judaism after nearly 2000 years of pain and sorrow. Section four of Nostra Aetate repudiates the centuries-old "deicide" charge against all Jews, stresses the religious bond shared by Jews and Catholics, reaffirms the eternal covenant between God and the People of…
March 05, 2017
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Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Backgrounder
ADL's Role in Fighting Anti-Muslim Bigotry ADL plays a leading role in exposing and combating anti-Muslim bigotry. As levels of anti-Muslim bigotry continue to surface in a variety of public forms and fora, ADL has produced reports and resources on several groups and individuals whose public campaigns have both sheltered and fueled such bigotry. The threat of the infiltration of Sharia, or Islamic law, into the American court system is one of the more pernicious conspiracy…
January 12, 2013
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Religion in Political Campaigns -- An Interfaith Statement of Principles

Backgrounder
Freedom of religion is one of our nation's most cherished liberties. It is at the very foundation of America. Our nation's Constitution protects religious freedom for all, prohibits religious tests for public office, and mandates separation of church and state. These are essential American ideals and values, which candidates for public office should respect. Candidates for public office are, of course, free to worship as they choose. And they should feel comfortable explaining their…
February 21, 2012
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Passion Plays in History and Theology

Backgrounder
The central narrative of Christian theology is the passion, i.e. the trials and crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. There are four different accounts of the passion in the gospels of Christian Scriptures, in which Jews play different roles. All these accounts culminate in the death and resurrection of Jesus as revealing God's saving power available to humanity. Good Friday and Easter celebrate respectively the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus as the high points of Christian creed and…
June 24, 2003
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