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ADL SVP of Programs testified before Congress, addressing the threat of white supremacy

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Remarks by George Selim, Senior Vice President for Programs, ADL May 15, 2019 Below is George Selim's oral statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on May 15, 2019. You can view his full written testimony here. Good afternoon Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Roy, and Members of the Subcommittee.  My name is George Selim, I serve as Senior Vice President for Programs at ADL, the Anti-Defamation League.  It is an honor to…
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Livestreaming Hate: Problem Solving Through Better Design

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May 13, 2019 By Ahmad Sultan | Associated Director for Research, Advocacy and Technology Policy, ADL's Center for Technology and Society Livestreaming, the act of broadcasting an event from your device to a social media platform in real-time, has been used for activism across the world, giving a platform to marginalized people, and capturing social inequities and government injustices like the murder of Philando Castle. It has played a role in bringing communities together through the…
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Yom HaShoah Reflections

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | May 01, 2019 The Times of Israel As we remember the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, we are once again confronted with loss. Once again, we are confronted by the violent hate that has plagued the Jewish people for thousands of years. It is hard to believe that six months to the day of the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, this week we witnessed another…
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White Supremacist Terror is Rising, and Trump's Policies Kneecap Our Ability to Fight Back

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April 26, 2019 USA Today By George Selim | ADL Senior Vice President of Programs; Former Director of the Office for Community Partnerships and Interagency Countering Violent Extremism Task Force at the Department of Homeland Security Six months after a gunman shouting “all Jews must die” killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, another gunman in another synagogue killed one worshiper and wounded three — this time in Poway, California. …
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The ADL Opposes West Bank Annexation -- Because We Are Zionists.

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by: Kenneth Jacobson | April 16, 2019 Forward Last week, the ADL joined a number of other Jewish organizations in signing a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to oppose any steps by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank. Signing the letter was for us the ultimate Zionist statement. Israel needs a two-state solution as much as the Palestinians. And as news reports suggest the Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is being readied for release in the coming weeks,…
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The Protocols Revisited: The Fantasy of Secret Jewish Power

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The endurance of the fraudulent text sheds light on just why anti-Semitism is surging from both the right and left by: Kenneth Jacobson | April 11, 2019 The Times of Israel At a time when anti-Semitism is resurging in the world and there is a lot of discussion about what anti-Semitism is, the relevance of the early 20th century fabrication, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, has never been greater. The Protocols, concocted by the Russian tsarist police in the early…
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Eileen Hershenov's Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism

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Remarks by Eileen Hershenov, Senior Vice President for Policy, ADL April 09, 2019 Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Collins and Members of the Committee, good morning.  I am Eileen Hershenov, Senior Vice President for Policy at ADL. Please let me first say thank for your leadership in recognizing the importance of addressing the increase in hate crimes and the resurgence of white supremacy. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss topics my…
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White Supremacy is a Transnational Threat. Here's Why.

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | March 19, 2019 As we count the dead massacred while worshipping in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, it’s time to recognize a painful and obvious fact – white supremacy is a transnational terrorist threat that could engulf us all. To some, this might sound like an exaggeration. For the past two decades, law enforcement officials worldwide primarily have been focused on the Islamist extremist threat. They have pursued terror organizations like Al…
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Can It Happen Here?

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | March 08, 2019 The Forward Can it happen here? It’s a question that Americans, and particularly Jewish-Americans, have asked over the decades when looking to Europe. We see the ocean that separates us as an impenetrable barrier that keeps the pathologies that may plague the old country far, far away from us. Yet, having spent some time last month meeting with Jewish communities across the continent, I saw in the rising anti-Semitism there glimmers of…
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Anxiety and Hate? MLK Would Have a Different Message

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | January 18, 2019 Medium This weekend is the annual time of year when we reflect upon and remember Dr. Martin Luther King, and how his unflinching courage in the face of unrepentant racism proved that good is more powerful than evil. His moral leadership and political smarts ushered in a wave of legislation that enshrined the equality of all people under the law. His inner strength and outward calm created a high bar that activists still seek to meet. It’s…
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Saudi Textbooks Still Foment Hate: The Kingdom's Education Materials Are Rise with Anti-Semitism and Calls to Hurt Shiites, Gays, Women and More

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By David Weinberg | Washington Representative for International Affairs December 04, 2018 New York Daily News In the wake of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, America is reassessing its interests in Saudi Arabia. As U.S. officials consider the complexities of this relationship, they must not forget the importance of motivating Riyadh to remove incitement from its government-published textbooks. Speaking to an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations this fall, Saudi Arabia’s foreign…
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Jonathan Greenblatt's Remarks Introducing Apple CEO Tim Cook at the 2018 Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism

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Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League December 03, 2018 We’ve had some great conversations today and I am really excited about our next speaker, who I know, not only will add a spark to this conversation, I am certain that he will inspire us. We are thrilled to have Tim Cook here with us. You know him best as Apple’s CEO, a role he has held for the past seven years. But Tim doesn’t just run an amazing company, he has shown repeatedly…
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Opening Remarks: The 2018 ADL 'Never Is Now!' Summit in New York

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Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League December 03, 2018 New York, NY, December 3, 2018 Thank you for that kind introduction, and welcome to our third annual Never is Now conference. You know, ever since I started as ADL’s CEO nearly three and a half years ago, the thing that has kept me up at night is the fear that I will wake up the next morning to the news that something horrible has happened to a Jewish community in some far-off place. I…
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How to Turn the Tide of Hate: After Pittsburgh, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Must Combat Anti-Semitism

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | November 02, 2018 New York Daily News In Pittsburgh this week, the Jewish community has been burying its dead, the innocent men and women massacred by an anti-Semite while they were praying at the Tree of Life synagogue. For many of us, social media platforms — such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — have been vital ways to connect with people near and far to share our grief, anger and determination as well as ways to take action, from…
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It's Time to Call Out Campus Anti-Semitism by Both the Left and the Right

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | October 26, 2018 The Washington Post American colleges are grappling with the challenge of striking the right balance between maintaining a safe, welcoming environment and one where freedom of speech and inquiry are prized. But it’s not a hard call, or it shouldn’t be, when dealing with bigotry and discrimination on campus. Unfortunately, U.S. colleges are increasingly the scenes of anti-Semitic incidents, the continuation of a trend that we at the…
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Kennedy's Vision of America as 'Nation of Immigrants' Still Resonates

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | October 17, 2018 The Hill Members of Congress and the Administration, faced with a wave of immigration and fears that the immigrants would endanger national security, passed a series of laws establishing entry quotas. Their goal was to severely restrict immigration to the U.S. To stem the influx of immigrants from Mexico, the government also launched an operation to force their return, fanning agents across Texas and the Southwest to identify undocumented…
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Remarks by Robert Trestan to OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Paris

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Ensuring Religious Freedom Remains Safe in France: Best Practices from America October 10, 2018 Introduction Anti-Semitism remains the world’s oldest forms of hatred. The targeting and scapegoating of Jews and Jewish communities dates back centuries. With the passing of each year, decade and century, the Anti-Semites have adapted, never giving up, always using the latest, most modern, most technologically advanced techniques to target, and intimidate us, and the one thing that has…
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A Test for the University of Michigan

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | October 04, 2018 The Times of Israel Academic freedom is a cherished value in universities. It is predicated on the idea that professors can teach and students can learn without other forces interfering in the process, limiting the pursuit of ideas. And yet, a recent incident at Ann Arbor suggests that is not always the case – that professors actually can shut down conversation and constrain academic freedom based purely on their politics. By this point, the…
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Trump's 'Public Charge' Rule for Immigrants is a Cruel Proposal

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By Melissa Garlick | ADL's National Civil Rights Counsel October 03, 2018 JTA Closing America’s doors to the “tired” and “poor” yearning for freedom is at the heart of the new reported proposal by the Trump administration. The proposal would make it more difficult for immigrants to come to this country, or obtain visas or green cards, if they or members of their household have ever used public welfare programs. The promise of the Statue of Liberty is…
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Oslo Failed. Long Live Oslo.

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by: Kenneth Jacobson | September 13, 2018 JTA It has become conventional wisdom in certain circles that the Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, which was signed 25 years ago Sept. 13 on the White House lawn, was simply a failure. There is no doubt that the great hopes of Israeli-Palestinian peace and reconciliation engendered by Oslo have not been realized. Twenty-five years later not only is there no peace, but the parties are not even talking to each other and the…
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