Posts Tagged: Anti-Defamation League
Domestic Islamist Extremism Arrests and Plots in US Jumped 50% Last Year, New ADL Data Shows
Arrests and plots linked to domestic Islamist extremism in the US increased by 50 percent last year, new data published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
US Jewish Groups Denounce Reported Arson Attack at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran
Several top US Jewish groups denounced on Friday a reported arson attack at the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, Iran. The Conference of Presidents...
Watchdog Reports Record Number of Antisemitic Incidents in US Last Year
Jews in the United States suffered the largest number of antisemitic incidents last year since the Anti-Defamation League began collecting records 40 years ago, the racism...
Police Searching for Man Who Daubed Boston-Area Chabad Center With Antisemitic Graffiti in Russian
Police are searching for an unidentified man who scrawled antisemitic graffiti at the entrance to the Chabad religious movement's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, next to...
Murdered French Jewish Holocaust Survivor Remembered on Two-Year Anniversary of Death
Jewish groups around the world marked on Monday the two-year anniversary of the antisemitic killing of Mireille Knoll -- an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was...
ADL Publishes New Antisemitism Guide for Elected Officials, Candidates
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has published a new guide to understanding antisemitism that will be distributed to members of the US Congress and all candidates...
As Coronavirus Spreads in New York Jewish Community, Fears Rise of Antisemitic Backlash
As the coronavirus spreads through the Jewish community in Westchester County, New York, concerns are being raised about a possible rise in antisemitism as a...
Egypt and Oman Urged to Remove Antisemitic Titles From Annual Book Fairs
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday called on Egypt and Oman to remove antisemitic materials from their annual book fairs. The fairs, which are state-supported and...
US Jewish Groups React With Outrage to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Offensive’ Attack on AIPAC
Mainstream US Jewish groups reacted with outrage on Monday to what they saw as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' “offensive” attack on the American...
Hanau Bar Shootings Underscore Jewish Concerns Over Rise in Far-Right Violence in Germany
Top Jewish groups condemned on Thursday the deadly mass shootings at two shisha bars in the German city of Hanau in which nine people were...
Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting Attacks on ADL, Messianic Jewish Synagogue and Gay Bar in City
A Las Vegas man had pled guilty to charges related to his plans to commit a series of hate-motivated attacks in the city. The Las Vegas...
Jewish Group Launches Online Tracker to Monitor Surge of Antisemitic Crimes in US
Amid an ongoing surge in hate crimes targeting Jews in the US, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) launched on Thursday an online tracking tool to monitor...
On MLK Day, US Jewish Groups Pay Tribute to Late Civil Rights Leader
As Americans marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, US Jewish groups paid tribute to the late iconic civil rights leader. “In a time of...
Watchdog Concerned After Elle Magazine List Features Anti-Israel Activist Sarsour as One of Its ‘Women of Color in Politics to Watch’
A media watchdog group expressed strong reservations on Sunday after anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour was included on a list published by Elle magazine of “20...
