For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. Y2K and the Apocalypse
The year 2000, the start of a new millennium, is fast approaching. For certain religious groups that believe in an apocalyptic vision of the "End Times," this dramatic turn of the century signals tremendous upheaval in the world, a period when chaos will prevail. In particular, a small number of…
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The university has traditionally served as an enclave for intellectual expression, insulated from the distractions of the world outside. It has also served as a trendsetter for that outside society, a laboratory where social change first begins to ferment and find an outlet. To a large extent, the excitement and passion on American campuses stem from the combination of scholarly debate and student activism in a sheltered environment.
In recent decades, Jews have generally…
New York, NY, August 27, 2026 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today released a new report, “Antisemitism in U.S. Teachers Unions,” documenting alarming levels of anti-Jewish conduct, hostile rhetoric and institutional failure that Jewish K-12 employees have experienced in teachers unions across the country. Based on a mixed-methods study combining focus groups and a survey of 307 Jewish members of U.S. teachers unions, the report exposes a systemic pattern of…
New York, NY, August 20, 2026 … A single, 45-minute classroom lesson on contemporary antisemitism significantly reduced teens’ endorsement of antisemitic conspiracy theories, according to new research released today by the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research. The randomized evaluation, conducted across nine middle and high schools in one public school district in a large southeastern U.S. city, found that students who received the lesson were 14…
New York, NY, August 18, 2026 ... Today, the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) and ADL (The Anti-Defamation League) released a new report documenting how antisemitism, including extreme anti-Zionist activism, and failures of union governance are leaving some Jewish faculty and graduate students marginalized, silenced and inadequately supported by the very organizations charged with representing them. The report notes union leaders are failing to meet their responsibility to address…
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 17, 2026 … Hate crimes data recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reveals that reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents in 2025 remained by far the most common form of religion-based hate crimes in the United States. A total of 1,528 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents were reported in 2025, which amounts to nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the 2,408 reported religion-based hate crimes nationwide. Overall…
New York, NY, August 12, 2026 … ADL's (the Anti-Defamation League) Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education, with support from the ADL Center on Extremism, today launched “When Antisemitism Comes to Class,” a new initiative designed to help colleges and universities address antisemitism where it increasingly takes root: inside classrooms, faculty governance and organized academic networks. The initiative includes two new research reports, practical guidance for higher…
New York, NY, August 7, 2026 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) is deeply disappointed by the American Psychological Association (APA)’s decision today to delay the vote – for the second time this year – on recognizing the Association of Jewish Psychologists (AJP) as an Ethnic Psychological Association (EPA). This delay serves no apparent purpose. By denying Jewish psychologists the same representation afforded to other ethnic minority groups, APA is applying a…
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.
Organizations reach a historic agreement requiring Reed College to adopt sweeping reforms, strengthen protections for Jewish and Israeli students, and establish a national model for responding to campus anti-Semitism. Washington D.C. – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) have reached a historic settlement agreement with Reed College, secured through mediation with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights …
New York, NY, July, 8, 2026 ... Jewish educators participated actively throughout the NEA Representative Assembly, and members of the JAC exemplified the highest standards of civic and communal engagement. Their strategy delivered concrete results: the caucus proposed, negotiated, and successfully advanced three amendments to the NEA Constitution and a resolution on Jewish education. Through dedicated member outreach and training, coalition building, principled advocacy on issues important to…
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, June 24, 2026 ... JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor that empowers investors to align their capital with Jewish values, today announced several milestones as 2026 approaches the half-year mark, including more than doubling assets since the inception in February 2025 of TOV, the pioneering Jewish values-oriented exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsored by JLens, reflecting net investor inflows and market performance. The JLens Jewish Investor Network – which…
Organizations warn the ordinance is divisive, harmful, and unconstitutional, and say it would incite hostility toward Jewish residents, harm local businesses, and expose taxpayers to higher costs and litigation Somerville, MA – Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law urged Somerville city officials, including Mayor Jake Wilson, to reject a proposed ordinance that would require the city to boycott and divest from…
New collaboration will embed LULAC researcher within ADL Center on Extremism and produce the first-ever State of Anti-Latino Hate report New York, June 18, 2026 – ADL, (the Anti-Defamation League) the world's leading anti-hate organization, and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation's oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, today announce a groundbreaking new partnership to systematically track, report on and disrupt hate targeting the…
Student choked in class and called a “stupid kike” as district failed to effectively address harassment New York, NY, June 16, 2026 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging a Jewish student was subjected to persistent, escalating and severe antisemitic harassment and assault while enrolled in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Boulder,…