Posts Tagged: Anti-Defamation League
Jerusalem Mayor Leads Global Jewish Condemnation of UNESCO Passage of Anti-Israel Resolution
Israeli political figures and US Jewish groups reacted with anger on Tuesday following UNESCO's passage of a resolution that condemned what it called the Jewish state's...
New Jersey Woman Shocked by ‘Huge’ Swastikas Found on Towels Bought as Passover Gift for Jewish Friend
A woman in New Jersey was appalled when she found swastikas on newly-purchased tea towels she wanted to give a Jewish friend as a Passover gift,...
New Studies: US Antisemitic Incidents Surge 86 Percent as Global Antisemitism Declines
JNS.org - New statistics released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, in the organization’s annual audit of antisemitic incidents, show an 86-percent increase in US...
Major Jewish Group Highlights ‘Explosive’ Online Antisemitic Attacks Against Jared Kushner
JNS.org - Jared Kushner, the Jewish son-in-law and adviser of US President Donald Trump, has recently become the target of an “explosive” online campaign of antisemitism,...
Top American Jewish Leader: US Military Strike Against Assad Regime Air Base ‘Both the Obvious and Necessary Thing to Do’
The US missile strike against a military air base in Syria on Thursday night was “both the obvious and necessary thing to do” following the...
ADL Polls: Most Americans Do Not Hold Antisemitic Views, Worry About Violence Against Jews
Most Americans do not hold antisemitic views and are worried about violence against Jews, according to polls by the Anti-Defamation League. Only 14 percent of Americans expressed antisemitic...
Jewish Leaders Meet With US Attorney General in Wake of Bomb Threats
JNS.org - In the wake of an unprecedented wave of bomb threats against JCCs and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries across North America, Jewish leaders met Thursday...
Top US Jewish Groups Slam UN Report Accusing Israel of ‘Apartheid Regime’ Over Palestinian People
Top US Jewish groups have issued strong condemnations of a report published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Wednesday, which...
American Liberal Jewish Leaders Fuel Antisemitism
We try to rationalize that the anti-Zionist behavior of individual Jews does not justify antisemitic bigotry. However, the crass political exploitation of their Jewish identity by...
3 Anonymous ‘Stupid Teenagers’ Send Letter of Apology, $50 to Pennsylvania Library Whose Parking Lot They Vandalized With Shaving-Cream Swastika
A letter of apology and $50 in cash were found on Monday at a Pennsylvania library whose parking lot had been decorated with a shaving-cream swastika, the local news station NBC10...
Major Jewish Organization: Unprecedented White Supremacist Outreach on US Campuses Due to ‘Current Political Climate’
A leading Jewish human rights organization said on Monday that it has recorded an unprecedented number of incidents perpetrated by white supremacists and alt-right groups on...
Arrest Made in Connection With Recent Bomb Threats Targeting US Jewish Community
An arrest has been made in connection with some of the recent bomb threats that have targeted the US Jewish community, the Justice Department announced on...
ADL Target of Bomb Scare Amid Wave of Threats to Jewish Community
JNS.org - The national headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) received an anonymous bomb threat Wednesday, amid a wave of such incidents targeting American Jewry. Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL...
Jewish Groups in Houston Rally Behind Local College Students After Peers Suggest on Social Media to ‘Kill All Zionists’
Jewish groups have banded together to support Houston college students, after it was brought to light that their peers were routinely threatening Jews online. Local and national organizations,...
