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Foreign Terror Organizations Respond to U.S. Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem

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Terror Reax to Embassy
May 25, 2018 In the weeks since the U.S. embassy was relocated to Jerusalem, foreign terror organizations have rejected the relocation and called on followers to attack the United States, Israel, and Jews around the world. Additionally, they have accused the United States and Israel of violating international law, perhaps in an effort to enhance their own political legitimacy. Statements Calling for Violence against Jews: On Thursday, May 17, the Liwa al-Tawhid Brigades, also known…
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Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions Are Critical, But Are They Enough?

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By Melissa Garlick | National Civil Rights Counsel May 22, 2018 Harvard Law & Policy Review Three militia members from southwest Kansas were recently convicted on federal civil rights charges and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction for targeting Somali Muslim immigrants for a plan of mass murder in 2016.  On a recording made available to the jury, one of the defendants said: “The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim.” The convictions sent an important message of…
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Letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Regarding Anti-Semitism Envoy

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May 22, 2018 In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ADL, along with Human Rights First, called on Pompeo to immediately identify and appoint someone to the position of U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. May 23, 2018 The Honorable Michael Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary: Now that you have been confirmed as Secretary of State, we wish you every success in this essential…
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Anti-Semitic Robocalls Supporting Patrick Little Proliferate in California

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Patrick Little: "The Holocaust is a lie."
May 18, 2018 By Oren Segal | Director of the Center on Extremism Supporters of Patrick Little’s campaign for Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat have taken up a disturbing new tactic: virulently anti-Semitic robocalls.  Little, an unabashed anti-Semite and racist who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is polling at around 18%, well behind Feinstein in California’s party-blind June 5th…
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ADL Statement on Twitter's Report That it Has Curbed Abuse on Platform

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New York, NY, May 16, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League released a statement today after Twitter shared the results of a new approach it has taken since March to reduce the amount of abuse on the platform. The following is a statement from Brittan Heller, Director of ADL’s Center for Technology and Society: “Twitter's new approach to disruptive and harassing tweets is a promising and important step in addressing hate online. It is especially so in terms of how it…
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ADL Statement on Violence at Israel-Gaza Border

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New York, NY, May 15, 2018 ... Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement today in response to the recent violence at the Israel-Gaza border: We are steadfast supporters of the Jewish state of Israel. That support is what obligates us to see the situation in Gaza with clear eyes. We believe that Israel has a right to self-defense and to secure its border, and at the same time, we believe that it is a horrific tragedy that so many people have been…
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Letter to U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Regarding Her Efforts to Defend the Jewish People and State

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May 07, 2018 In a letter to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt expressed appreciation for Haley's stalwart efforts the past two months to ensure that the Jewish people and the Jewish state are treated fairly at the United Nations Security Council. May 7, 2018 The Honorable Nikki Haley U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations 799 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Dear Ambassador Haley: I am writing to…
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Scientist Drawings and Gender Stereotypes

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Children Observing Saturn and the Cassini-Huygens Mission
Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Topic SummaryIn 1983, a social scientist named David Chambers published a research study on children’s drawings. The study gathered information from the late 1960s and 1970s in which teachers asked 5,000 children (in three different countries) to “draw a scientist.” One pattern appeared strongly: almost all of the scientist drawings depicted men. Through the study, Chambers was able to…
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My Good Fight: Jonathan Greenblatt's Address to 2018 National Leadership Summit

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May 06, 2018 Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt CEO and National Director, Anti-Defamation League To the ADL National Leadership Summit May 6, 2018, Washington, D.C. (As prepared for delivery) Thank you for that kind introduction – and allow me to welcome you to our 2018 National Leadership Summit. As I look out at this room and this incredible crowd, I am proud to share that this is the largest conference of this kind that we have ever had. It is heartening to see so…
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What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Wrong - and Right - About Hate Speech

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By Brittan Heller | Director for Technology and Society May 02, 2018 WIRED When he testified before Congress last month, FacebookCEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the problem of using artificial intelligence to identify online hate speech. He said he was optimistic that in five to 10 years, “We will have AI tools that can get into some of the linguistic nuances of different types of content to be more accurate in flagging content for our systems, but today we&rsquo…
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Matthew Heimbach: Five Things to Know

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May 01, 2018 1) MATTHEW HEIMBACH IS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE NEO-NAZI TRADITIONALIST WORKER PARTY. Heimbach, his father-in-law, Matthew Parrott, and Tony Hovater founded the Indiana-based Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) in 2015, with the idea of attracting white working-class families to white nationalism.  Originally the political arm of the Traditionalist Youth Network (TYN), Heimbach and Parrott’s previous group, TWP ultimately became a champion of neo-Nazi ideology.   …
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Grading Counterterrorism Cooperation with the G.C.C. States

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April 26, 2018 David Andrew Weinberg, Ph.D. Washington Representative for International Affairs Anti-Defamation League Hearing Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa Washington, D.C. April 26, 2018 2:00 pm Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Keating and Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittees: thank you on behalf of the Anti-Defamation…
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Israel's Founding Values: Yesterday and Today

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | April 17, 2018 The Times of Israel On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion stood on a podium at the Tel Aviv Museum and announced the establishment of the State of Israel with a booming recitation of a Declaration of Independence. When Ben Gurion made this dramatic declaration, few would have guaranteed that this fledgling state, surrounded by hostile armies, would survive seven decades, much less develop and thrive into a modern, diverse, dynamic and…
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Letter to Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs on Proposed Male Circumcision Ban

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April 20, 2018 In a letter to Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt expressed appreciation for the government’s recommendation to the Icelandic parliament that male circumcision remain legal and its regulation be consistent with the practice in other Nordic countries. April 19, 2018 His Excellency Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs …
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ADL Appoints Carolyn Normandin as Director of Michigan Office

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Detroit, MI, April 17, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced the appointment of Carolyn Normandin, as Regional Director of ADL Michigan, headquartered in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Normandin is an experienced leader whose career trajectory has involved senior positions at The Charles H. Wright Museum and General Motors. Normandin, who has served on ADL Michigan’s Regional Board for four years, brings a wealth of experience in philanthropy and communications to…
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It's Not Too Late to Rescue the Asylum Seeker

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By Jonathan Greenblatt | ADL CEO and National Director and Dan Meridor | Former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel April 16, 2018 The Jerusalem Post About two weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the surprising and welcome announcement that Israel had reached an agreement with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on the issue of the African asylum seekers. And, just as surprisingly, he announced a few hours later that the plan was suspended, and within a day, canceled. …
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Qatari Backing for Extremist Preachers and Anti-Semitic Incitement

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qatar preacher
April 10, 2018 In preparation for the Qatari Emir’s visit today to Washington, the White House announced last week that President Trump thanked the monarch by phone for his country’s “continuing commitment” to countering extremism. However, in the last year Qatar’s government has actually continued to use its prominent platforms to promote strident anti-Semitic preachers, a practice President Trump and Congressional leaders should raise with the Qatari Emir Tamim…
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Yom Hashoah: The Renewed Importance of Remembering

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by: Lorraine Array April 09, 2018   Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated each year a week after the end of the Passover holiday, a day when the world pauses  to remember the Holocaust, the millions who died and those who lived on, many to tell their stories to a generation born more than half a century later. To the younger among us, the Holocaust can feel like ancient history. Why is it important that we remember? And why do we continue to utter the mandate of Never…
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Letter to The New York Times Regarding Hamas and Gaza

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The following letter was submitted to The New York Times in response to "Israel Courts Catastrophe in Gaza Protests" (April 2, 2018) Letters to the Editor The New York Times To the Editor: Re "Israel Courts Catastrophe in Gaza Protests" (Editorial, April 2, 2018): There are legitimate issues to be raised concerning Israel's policy vis-a-vis Hamas and Gaza, including the issue of access of the population to the outside world and the extent of the use of force…
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