Posts Tagged: Anti-Defamation League ADL
‘Nazis Are Not Welcome in Florida’: State Bill on Antisemitic Crimes Would Give Five Year Prison Sentences to Offenders
Lawmakers in Florida are considering a bill that would create some of the harshest criminal penalties in the country for convicted antisemites. Proposed by Rep. Mike...
Antisemitic Hate Crimes Increased 20 Percent in 2021, Updated FBI Report Says
Hate crimes against American Jews increased by twenty percent and were the leading religiously motivated hate crime in 2021, according to a new, supplemental report...
‘Obsessive’: Republican Senators Urge Department of Education to Examine Anti-Zionism in College Programs
A group of Republican US Senators issued a letter Wednesday asking US Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Miguel Cardona to determine whether taxpayer funded federal...
Brandeis University Teaming up with New Nonprofit to Fight Antisemitism
Brandeis University has partnered with Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS), a nonprofit founded by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, to fight rising antisemitism across...
California School District Pulls Teacher Who Taught Antisemitic Conspiracies Out of Classroom
A California high school teacher who taught his class antisemitic conspiracies has been placed on leave of absence, the Hayward Unified School District announced on...
Jewish Student-Athlete Assaulted on Own Home Field in Miami
A Jewish soccer player in Miami was assaulted Wednesday on his home field by members of an opposing team from a Catholic high school, according...
‘Do It For Kanye’: Assault on Jewish Man and Arson Attempt on Synagogue Add to Wave of Antisemitic Hate Crimes in US
An attempted arson at a New Jersey synagogue and a gang-beating of a Jewish man in Maryland were both reported over the weekend. During the early...
Jewish Boys Assaulted in Crown Heights Amid Antisemitic Crime Wave
A Jewish neighborhood watch group based in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, is seeking information about an assault on two Jewish boys...
University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine to Boycott Course Taught by Former IDF General
An anti-Zionist group at the University of Chicago has called for a boycott of a course taught by retired Israeli Defense Forces General Meir Elran. In...
New York City Police Identify Man Wanted For Antisemitic ‘Kanye 2024’ Assault Last Month
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has identified a man suspected of attacking a 63-year-old in Central Park while yelling "Kanye 2024." According to a...
‘Their Character Has Been Assassinated’: Wave of Antisemitic Attacks Has Immense Psychological Effect on Jews, Expert Says
The unrelenting wave of street-level antisemitic attacks in cities across the United States and Europe are having a profoundly negative psychological effect on individual Jews,...
‘Our Apologies’: Google Removes Antisemitic Trope As Definition for ‘Jew’ After Outcry
Google, the most used search engine in the world, has changed the results for a search of the term "Jew" following widespread criticism over its...
Congress Passes $1.7 Trillion Omnibus; Jewish Groups Tout Billions for American Jewish Community, Israel
The House of Representatives Friday afternoon passed a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, which includes billions of dollars in expenditures supporting Israel and the...
From Delaware to California Institutions Join ‘Shine A Light’ Campaign to Fight Antisemitism
Local governments and universities across the United States are participating in the "Shine a Light" educational campaign to raise awareness of antisemitism during the Hanukkah...
