Posts Tagged: Anti-Defamation League
US Jewish Groups Applaud Trump Executive Order on Combating Campus Antisemitism
Major Jewish groups applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for an executive order affirming civil rights protections for Jewish students, amid concerns over rising antisemitism...
Major Jewish Groups Applaud Twitter for ‘Belated’ Shut Down of Hamas, Hezbollah Accounts
Major Jewish groups applauded the micro-blogging website Twitter on Sunday for suspending a series of accounts affiliated with the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. “Thank you...
Leading Jewish Groups Join Pittsburgh Community to Mark First Anniversary of Tree of Life Massacre
Pittsburgh and its Jewish community were joined by political and communal leaders on Sunday as they marked the one-year anniversary of the massacre at the...
ADL Investigates ‘Deeply Offensive’ Auschwitz-Themed Barbie Death Camp at Burning Man
The Anti-Defamation League is investigating a disturbing macabre art display inspired by the Auschwitz concentration camp that was seen at the week-long Burning Man event,...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Apologize for Comparing US Border Detention Facilities to Nazi Concentration Camps
Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pointedly refused to apologize or express regret for her comparison of US border detention facilities to the Nazi concentration camps. Rep....
Jewish Groups Mark 25th Anniversary of Buenos Aires Community Center Bombing, Call for Perpetrators to Face Justice
Major Jewish groups around the world marked on Thursday the 25th anniversary of the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in...
Top Jewish Groups Condemn Trump Over Comments Targeting Minority Congresswomen
Several prominent US Jewish groups have issued condemnations of President Donald Trump over his call on Sunday for four minority Democratic congresswomen to "go back...
ADL Praises YouTube for Decision to Remove Racist, Extremist Content
The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday praised YouTube for its decision to remove extremist content from its website. On its official blog, YouTube said it had been...
Hillel, ADL Urge UCLA to Address Incidents of Anti-Israel Bias, Antisemitism
Local Jewish community advocates are urging the University of California-Los Angeles to issue "a robust and thorough response to continued incidents of anti-Israel bias and...
ADL Raps Trump Adviser’s Holocaust Comment as ‘Offensive, Idiotic’
The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday weighed into the controversy over a Trump administration adviser's comment from 2014 comparing the "demonization" of carbon dioxide emissions with...
Number of Physical Assaults on Jews in US More Than Doubled in 2018, New ADL Report Finds
The number of physical assaults on Jews in the US more than doubled in 2018 from the previous year, according to a new report published...
Leading Jewish Organizations ‘Devastated,’ ‘Shocked’ by ‘Horrific’ Shooting at California Synagogue
Jewish organizations responded with grief and anger on Saturday night after a gunman killed one and wounded three in an attack on a synagogue in...
Linda Sarsour’s NYU Makeover
She certainly looked like Linda Sarsour, the flame-throwing anti-Israel political activist. And the speaker had Sarsour's voice. But the woman who spoke on Monday night...
Orange County High School Students Make Nazi Salute While Posing Near Swastika at Party
Newport Harbor High School in California condemned antisemitism after some of its students were photographed making a Nazi salute while posing before a swastika symbol. In...
