A guide of best practices for school decision makers in their work to counter antisemitism in K-12 schools.
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On the grim anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror massacre in southern Israel, when thousands of terrorists killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages, anti-Israel student group demonstrations on U.S. campuses again featured extreme pro-terror messages that glorified the attack and sought to disrupt campus life. Some events were marked by vandalism, intimidation and harassment. On a day when Jewish people around the world were mourning the deadliest day for Jews since…
By Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director and CEO * Note: this article originally appeared in the times of israel. There are no Starbucks in Israel. Yet, over the past year since the horrific attacks of October 7th in which Hamas terrorists butchered 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, Starbucks locations all over the US — and the world — have been vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti. Calls to boycott Starbucks have been spray-painted on stores and spread…
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, anti-Israel protesters around the world held an “International Day of Action” to kick off a multi-day celebration of the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Across more than 80 U.S. cities, protesters gathered for demonstrations that were largely characterized by explicit support for terror, including the October 7 attack itself. The weekend’s protest activity reflected the larger trends that emerged in the anti-Israel…
El mayor número de incidentes antisemitas jamás registrado por la ADL en solo un año Nueva York, NY, 6 de octubre de 2024 ... Según datos preliminares de Liga Antidifamación (ADL), en el año transcurrido desde el ataque terrorista de Hamas el 7 de octubre contra Israel ha habido más de 10.000 incidentes antisemitas en Estados Unidos. Este es el mayor número de incidentes jamás registrado en un período de un a…
New York, NY, October 6, 2024 … There have been more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, according to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) preliminary data. This is the highest number of incidents ever recorded in any single year period since ADL started tracking in 1979. These newly released figures, from Oct. 7, 2023 to Sept. 24, 2024, represent an over 200-percent increase compared to the incidents…
As we begin the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah tomorrow at sundown, we want to share insights from ADL Rabbinic Fellow David Wolpe with you. We hope that everyone in the ADL community can find something important to consider in his essay about how we can all aspire to push for a world without hate in the days to come. Although Rosh Hashanah often sparks thoughts about the state of the world, it also asks us to look inside ourselves. I find the teaching that follows helpful both…
La tarjeta de calificaciones de las redes sociales revela la falta de acción consistente de las principales plataformas ante el odio antisemita reportado por los usuarios Nueva York, NY, 30 de septiembre de 2024 ... Una nueva tarjeta de calificaciones publicada hoy por la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) encontró que cinco de las principales plataformas de medios sociales —Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube y X— rutinariamente no toman medidas sobre el odio…
New York, NY, September 30, 2024 … A new scorecard released today by ADL (Anti-Defamation League) found that five major social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X – routinely fail to act on antisemitic hate reported through regular channels available to users. The ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) evaluated both policy and enforcement around antisemitism and issued grades to each of the five platforms based on a fixed set of criteria…
Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York Boston, MA, September 30, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, today announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism in Massachusetts and New York. The helpline…
Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 63% since 2023, FBI reportsNew York, NY, September 23, 2024 … Data released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that reported hate crime incidents across the country reached a record high of 11,862 in 2023. In 2023, reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents rose to 1,832 incidents, a sharp increase of 63 percent from 2022, and the highest number ever recorded by the FBI since it began collecting data in 1991…
New York, NY, September 19, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced it is joining Wigdor LLP as co-counsel in an employment discrimination lawsuit against Intel, marking the first time in recent history the anti-hate organization has filed suit against a major Fortune 500 company for alleged antisemitic discrimination in the workplace. The complaint in John Doe v. Intel Corporation alleges that Intel failed to address a hostile work environment,…
New York, NY, September 19, 2024 … Adopting an Israel divestment strategy aligned with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement could lead to significant negative financial implications for university endowments, finds a report released today by JLens, the leading Jewish values-based investor network, part of the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) family. The report, the first of its kind to thoroughly quantify these risks, analyzed the historical…
Los investigadores registran importantes picos de vandalismo, acoso y agresiones durante el año académico 2023-24. Nueva York, NY, 16 de septiembre de 2024, ... Un total de 2.087 incidentes anti-Israel de agresiones, vandalismo, acoso, protestas/acciones y resoluciones de desinversión se registraron en los campus universitarios de Estados Unidos entre el 1 de junio de 2023 y el 31 de mayo de 2024. Esto representa un aumento del 477% en esas mismas categorías en…
This resource assists parents, families and caregivers when an antisemitic incident happens at school. It includes tools and guidance to support the young person and to help make the school safer and more inclusive for Jewish and all children.
New York, NY, September 16, 2024, … A total of 2,087 anti-Israel incidents of assault, vandalism, harassment, protests/actions and divestment resolutions were recorded on college and university campuses in the United States between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. This represents a 477 percent increase in those same categories compared to the prior school year, according to a new ADL (Anti-Defamation League) report released today. The annual campus report from the ADL…
New York, NY, September 12, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the election of Nicole Mutchnik as chair-elect of ADL’s Board of Directors. Currently vice chair of the board, Nicole is a well-known community leader in Los Angeles who has served in various regional and national leadership positions over the last two decades, including as chair of the Los Angeles regional board. “At a time when we are facing unprecedented levels of antisemitism, we are…
Let’s say that a university decides to acquiesce to the demands of anti-Israel protestors and divest its endowment from companies with business ties to Israel. It’s a plausible scenario, despite the many political, economic, and legal reasons to reject the idea: its unfair singling-out and demonization of Israel; the likelihood of reduced endowment returns and lower donations from alumni; state measures discouraging boycotts of Israel; and potential legal risk from…
From Memorial Day through Labor Day 2024, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a sustained, high level of white supremacist activity that included paramilitary-style marches, demonstrations, “fight nights,” propaganda drives, and disruption of public forums across the country. COE documented 64 white supremacist events across 25 states between May 27 and September 2, 2024. A majority of these events were small, with just five to 12 participants, but there were also larger…
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