Press Releases
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ADL and AEN Craft Model Policy for Universities to Ensure Study Abroad Opportunities Apply to All Qualified Students
The model policy offers guidance to faculty with clear expectations for appropriate standards that should influence decision making about writing letters on behalf of students for study abroad.
Communities Overcoming Extremism Fall Summit Announced
The initiative will showcase the power of public and private sector coalitions and help build capacity to enhance the ability of communities across America to respond and prevent extremist events.
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ADL Gives Apple CEO Tim Cook Its First Courage Against Hate Award
The award will be presented to Cook at ADL's annual Never Is Now Summit on anti-Semitism and Hate on December 3 in New York City, where he will also deliver the keynote address.
ADL Calls on Leaders to Redouble Efforts to Counter Hate After FBI Reports Hate Crimes Jumped 17 Percent
The FBI said there were 7,175 hate crimes in 2017. The 17 percent jump was three times more than the 5 percent increase the agency reported in 2016.
ADL Launches Task Force to Protect Minority Communities of Middle East
The ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities will educate, advocate and elevate the issues challenging these important and all-too-often overlooked communities across the region.
Longtime ADL Leader Esta Epstein Named National Board Chair
Epstein becomes the second woman to assume ADL’s top volunteer role in the organization’s 105-year history.
ADL Honors Journalist, Filmmaker and Human Rights Activist Maziar Bahari with Daniel Pearl Award
Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist was honored for, among other accomplishments, his work to educate about the Holocaust and its relevance today.
ADL Applauds UAE for Ensuring Fair Treatment of Israeli Athletes at Judo Tournament
The United Arab Emirates upheld their commitment to ensure the fair treatment of Israeli athletes at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament.
ADL Statement on Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh
Our heart breaks for the families of those killed and injured at the Tree of Life Synagogue, and for the entire Jewish community of Pittsburgh.
Study Finds Marked Rise in Far Right’s Use of Anti-Semitic Attacks on Social Media
Members of far-right extremist groups and the Alt Right have stepped up “online propaganda offensives” in the runup to the midterm elections.
ADL Urges Dept. of Health and Human Services to Reject Waiver That Would Allow Foster Agencies to Openly Discriminate
The waiver requested by the State of South Carolina would allow federally funded foster agencies to deny applications of Jewish and other foster parents on the basis of religion.
ADL Condemns Reported Federal Action to Attack Transgender Rights
HHS is spearheading this effort to define “sex” in a way that would exclude 2 million transgender Americans from federal civil rights protections.