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
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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…
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…
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 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…
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,…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…