These suggested No Place for Hate® activities are differentiated for elementary, middle and high school students. The activities can be used as a follow-up to watching the webinar, “Connecting Stories and Legacies: A Conversation with Author Gordon Korman and Rachelle Goldstein” which aired on 2/11/25. To make this a NPFH activity towards designation, watch the video, engage students in a discussion using the discussion questions and do one of the additional activities included…
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New York, NY, April 29, 2025 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement concerning the removal of members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council before the ends of their terms: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exists to honor the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others murdered in the Holocaust and to educate current and future generations about the dangers of antisemitism and hate. It must remain above politics. Removing members…
Majority of Jewish parents surveyed report antisemitism in K-12 schools; and despite high public support for Holocaust and antisemitism education, less than 1/3 get it.
Anti-Israel rhetoric on campus can become antisemitic when it demonizes Zionism, thereby implicitly demonizing many American Jews.
Each year, ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism tracks incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and assault in the United States. Since 1979, we have published this information in an annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents.
In 2019, ADL tabulated 2,107 antisemitic incidents throughout the United States. This is a 12% increase from the 1,879 incidents recorded in 2018 and marks the highest number on record since ADL began tracking antisemitic…
In this case, ADL joined with 16 other Jewish organizations urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA) as an appropriate “constitutional exercise of Congress’s authority to enact reasonable personal jurisdiction statutes and a critical tool for combating terrorism.” The case was brought by families of American victims of PLO terrorism challenging the “pay for slay” practice in which Palestinian…
New York, NY, December 19, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the House Republican leadership’s report concluding their investigation into the alarming surge of antisemitism since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. The committee’s investigation found that several universities failed to stop antisemitism on their campuses, likely violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additionally, the report found that several American…
New York, NY. September 17, 2024 ... The ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities applauds the introduction and urges the swift passage of House Resolution 554 affirming the nature and importance of the support of the United States for the religious and ethnic minority survivors of genocide in Iraq. The resolution reaffirms the unwavering support of the U.S. government for the survivors of genocide among Iraq’s religious and ethnic minority…
Remarks as delivered June 27th, 2024 Thank you- I join you all here this morning on behalf of ADL, the oldest anti-hate organization in the United States, alongside my good friend Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, and our partners - Assembly members Brian Cunningham, Nily Rozic, Grace Lee, Jennifer Rajkumar and Pastor Johnnie Green. In addition. We are very grateful to Dr. Hazel Dukes of the NY NAACP, an icon of the civil rights movement for lending her strong words of…
Help students explore and think critically about films on the Jewish experience.
In this case, ADL joined with Agudath Israel of America, the Orthodox Union, and One Israel Fund urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit involving a lawsuit filed by families of dozens of U.S. servicemembers who were killed or injured by Hezbollah attacks. The lawsuit, relying on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), seeks compensation from the Jammal Trust Bank (JTB), which provided financing to…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has recently filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC. and Netchoice, LLC. v. Paxton. These cases concern two state statutes enacted in 2021 to regulate large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter). Florida’s S.B. 7072 and Texas’ H.B. 20 each include provisions restricting social media companies’ ability to moderate harmful content on their…
Tips and strategies for supporting Jewish students when topics like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are in the news.
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…
This discussion guide about the musical Parade will help middle and high school students and adults reflect upon and discuss the themes and artistic elements of Parade.
Engage students in exploring narratives of Jewish athletes throughout history to embrace diverse experiences of Jewishness and connected identities.
Teach students how to examine how antisemitism manifests in the context of sport and the impact of this form of oppression.
Use these activities to bring the history, culture and experience of the Jewish people and community to your classroom.
In August 2022, Indiana passed a law banning abortion in the state under almost all circumstances. ADL joined a large interfaith coalition in this amicus brief, drafted by Americans United for the Separation of State, opposing the abortion ban, asserting that it “runs roughshod” over religious pluralism protected by the Indiana Constitution. The brief contends that Indiana’s new law, reflecting the intent of those legislators supporting it, “imposes one…
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…