Teach students about the history of Jewish people to the U.S.
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Teach students about the importance of narrative and use poetry to learn more about the Jewish experience.
Teach students about notable Jewish Americans and how learning about them helps to tell U.S. history and the Jewish community’s role in U.S. history.
Teach students about who the Jewish community is in the U.S. and dispel misconceptions and assumptions.
Teach students about Jewish American Heritage Month, its origins and ways to commemorate.
Guide for educators of common questions that may arise when teaching Jewish American Heritage lesson plans.
Children's books about Jewish people and the Jewish experience
As the year draws to a close, ADL looks back on the moments from 2021 that gave us hope and encouragement that our hundred-plus-year fight against antisemitism and hate is making progress.
And there were plenty of big, inspirational moments to choose from in 2021: A $26 million verdict against the white supremacists responsible for Charlottesville; the launch of a $1.1 billion foundation to help prevent Anti-Asian hate crimes; and meaningful legal victories against racially motivated…
They were ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives – or extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to protect the health and welfare of everyone.
In what has become an annual tradition, as the year comes to a close ADL pauses each December to take stock of the moments and people who shaped the last 12 months – for better, or for worse – with a Top 10 list.
For 2020, we compiled two Top 10 lists: One looking back on the moments of hurt and hate that…
For Law Enforcement
The recent tragic shooting spree in June 2015 that took nine lives at Emanuel AME Church, a predominantly African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, starkly revealed the pain and suffering that someone motivated by hate can cause. The suspect in the shootings, Dylann Storm Roof, is a suspected white supremacist. The horrific incident—following earlier deadly shooting sprees by white supremacists in Kansas, Wisconsin, and elsewhere—makes…
For Law Enforcement Download the whole report: Bloodlust: Viral News and Calls for the Death of the President (PDF).
Even in the final months of the Obama presidency, an ADL investigation has uncovered, calls on social media for the assassination or execution of President Barack Obama are commonplace. On a regular basis, angry Americans post sentiments such as "If Obama is captured, I will gladly get the noose ready and pull the lever" to social media websites.
These calls for…
Read the full report here: Tattered Robes: The State of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States (PDF).
Despite a persistent ability to attract media attention, organized Ku Klux Klan groups are actually continuing a long-term trend of decline. They remain a collection of mostly small, disjointed groups that continually change in name and leadership. Down slightly from a year ago, there are currently just over thirty active Klan groups in the United States, most of them very small. However,…
The White Power Music Scene in the United States For Law Enforcement Read the full, comprehensive report, The Sounds of Hate: The White Power Music Scene in the United States in 2012 (PDF).
The recent tragic shooting spree at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in which Wade Michael Page killed six people before killing himself after a shootout with police, has drawn attention to the shadowy world of white power music. Page, a committed white supremacist and member of the…
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…
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…
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…
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.