April 21, 2025 Letters to the Editor Jewish News Syndicate To the Editor: Dr. Andrew Bostom and Morton Klein conflate facts and distort findings in their attempt to reach their preconceived conclusion that ADL is “hiding” data about antisemitism among Muslim communities (“ADL quietly purged data on European Muslim antisemitism,” April 18). Nothing could be further from the truth. Our surveys have always tracked this data, and our aim has always been to be fully…
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Sponsored by CAR, Dr. Jeffrey Kopstein, Ana Schugurensky and Dr. Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg investigated anti-Jewish and anti-Israel attitudes on four UC campuses.
King accepted award at world’s largest summit addressing antisemitism and hate. New York, NY, March 4, 2025…ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today presented sports icon and equality champion, Billie Jean King, with the ADL’s 2025 Changemaker Award. The award was presented during ADL’s signature event, Never Is Now: The World’s Largest Summit on Antisemitism and Hate in New York City. “Billie Jean King has used her platform to break down barriers, expand…
Cafe owner and employees berate customer for being Jewish and refuse him service February 27, 2025 -- San Francisco -- ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (Benesch) today filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of Jerusalem Coffee House of Oakland Calif., on behalf of a Jewish customer, Michael Radice, alleging the cafe violated his civil rights and denied him full and equal accommodations by refusing him service simply for being…
Misogyny is a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism, and it shares alarming common ground with white supremacist ideology.
King will headline world’s largest summit addressing antisemitism and hate. New York, NY, February 5, 2025…ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced today that sports icon and equality champion, Billie Jean King, will be honored with ADL’s 2025 Changemaker Award. The award will be presented during ADL’s signature event, Never Is Now: The World’s Largest Summit on Antisemitism and Hate, held at the Javits Center in New York City on March 3-4, 2025. “The…
By Jonathan A. Greenblatt Applying for a job is hard. Whether you’re already employed or not, whether it’s your first job out of school or you’ve been in the workforce for decades, it takes time, it takes energy, and it takes courage. Candidates will pore over their resumés, practice for interviews, ask trusted friends and mentors how to put their best self forward. Discrimination against Jewish job applicants: But it turns out the name atop that resumé sadly…
Miles de israelíes perseguidos y brutalmente agredidos en ataque antisemita en Ámsterdam Nueva York, NY, 8 de noviembre de 2024… La Liga Antidifamación (ADL) expresó hoy su profundo horror e indignación por el violento, generalizado y aparentemente premeditado y coordinado ataque antisemita de anoche contra los aficionados al fútbol israelíes en Ámsterdam, tras el partido entre el Maccabi Tel Aviv y el Ajax. Miles de israel…
Scores of Israelis Hunted Down, Brutally Assaulted in Antisemitic Attack in Amsterdam New York, NY, November 8, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expressed its deep horror and outrage at the violent, widespread, and apparently premeditated and coordinated antisemitic attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, following a game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax last night. Scores of Israelis were hunted down, brutally assaulted and injured. The attackers’…
A guide of best practices for school decision makers in their work to counter antisemitism in K-12 schools.
Part of the ADL Center on Extremism’s coverage of the misogynist manosphere and its subcultures, each of which impacts women’s experiences of safety and equity – online and offline.
Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) are a part of the manosphere, a broad set of male supremacist, anti-feminist, misogynist and sometimes violent movements that exist largely online. MRAs embrace traditional masculinity as the ideal state of men in society and vehemently reject the…
Use this collection of classroom activities about holidays and observances to enhance students' understanding of our multicultural society and world.
B.P.J. is a transgender girl in middle school who challenged her exclusion from participating in school sports by West Virginia's anti-transgender sports ban. A district court found that Title IX does not protect a transgender student’s right to participate in school sports consistent with the student’s gender identity. In a brief led by the National Women’s Law Center, ADL joined 51 organizations committed to gender justice to support B.P.J.’s appeal of…
At issue in this case is a wedding photographer who seeks a religious exemption to Louisville's anti-discrimination ordinance for the purpose of denying wedding-related services to same-sex couples. ADL joined 14 other faith-based organizations in a brief led by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The brief argues that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment does not require granting the photographer a religious exemption to this neutral, generally…
In Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison (1977), the Supreme Court held that an employer is required to allow a religious accommodation for an employee under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 unless doing so would constitute an “undue hardship” for the business. However, the Court defined an “undue hardship” as anything that imposes “more than a de minimis cost” for the employer — a very low standard that has made it difficult over the years…
New York, NY, December 11, 2022 ... The ADL Task Force on Middle Eastern Minorities today issued the following statement regarding the current situation in Iran:
"It is apparent that the Islamic Republic is intentionally and arbitrarily targeting religious minorities in Iran as a means of suppressing the protests and sowing discord.
"Iran is a country with deep diversity including all Islamic denominations, Jews, Christians, Baha’is, Zoroastrians, nonbelievers,…
Lonnie Billard, a former drama teacher and substitute teacher at Charlotte Catholic High School, was fired after posting on Facebook that he was planning to marry a man. ADL joined 47 organizations committed to gender justice and LGBTQ+ rights in an amicus brief supporting Mr. Billard. The brief, filed before the Fourth Circuit, was led by the National Women’s Law Center. It points out that Title VII provides necessary workplace civil rights protections for nearly one million employees…
This case alleges a pattern of discriminatory conduct by the Town of Clarkstown, in coordination with a group called Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhood (“CUPON”), to block the purchase of property by an Orthodox Jewish school – Ateres Bais Yaakov Academy (“ABY”) — by any means necessary. ADL’s proposed brief, prepared by the law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in support of ABY, sets forth a history of the Religious Land Use and…
The award was presented to Imam Antepli on Nov. 10 during ADL’s annual Never Is Now Summit on Antisemitism and Hate in New York City.
“Imam Abdullah Antepli is an ally and a champion for interfaith relations and embodies the ideals and the mission of ADL,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “This award recognizes leaders who demonstrate a commitment to the values which guided the life of Daniel Pearl, a commitment to building understanding between Jews and Muslims…
This case involves a challenge to Indiana’s 2022 sports ban targeting transgender girls and young women. The ACLU brought the case on behalf of A.M., a 10-year-old transgender girl who was forced to leave her elementary school softball team as a result of the ban. A.M. won a preliminary injunction finding that the ban likely violates Title IX, and Indiana appealed. ADL joined 58 other organizations in an amicus brief led by the National Women’s Law Center in support of A.M. The…