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May 01, 2022 Thank you for that kind introduction. I am so glad to welcome you – leaders from coast to coast committed to the fight against antisemitism and hate. I don’t need to tell you how important and pressing this work is. All of you know this from the work you do in your communities. You know when a synagogue or cemetery is desecrated. You know the families who have to comfort their children after a slur is hurled their way – online or in real life. You all…

Thank you so much for inviting me to join this commemoration today. On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we join with communities across the world to remember the attempted annihilation of the Jewish people. I’m honored to be with you all at USAID because in many ways your work is about hope, the one true antidote to hate, and a force that should provide the inspiration to prevent future horrors as we saw in the Holocaust. But this day is deeply personal to me. My…

Se reportaron incidentes en los 50 estados, incluyendo un pico drástico durante el conflicto entre Hamás e Israel; los ataques contra sinagogas y centros comunitarios judíos aumentaron un 61 % April 26, 2022 Nueva York, NY, 26 de abril de 2022 ... Los incidentes antisemitas alcanzaron un máximo histórico en Estados Unidos durante 2021, con un total de 2.717 incidentes de asalto, acoso y vandalismo reportados a la Liga Antidifamación (ADL). Esto…

December 14, 2021   Thank you, Attorney General Racine, Delegate Norton, and Councilmember Charles Allen, for having me here today along with Joanna Lydgate of States United. ADL is the oldest anti-hate organization in the world and we truly are honored to work with you on this landmark lawsuit on behalf of the District of Columbia against the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and more than 30 individuals who coordinated an act of domestic terrorism against our democracy. We…

December 09, 2021 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet" Oral Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO (Full written: View PDF here) December 9, 2021 | Washington, D.C.     Thank you Madam Chair Schakowsky, Ranking Member Bilirakis, and members of the subcommittee, good morning. It is a privilege and an honor to appear before…

  Remarks at ADL's 2021 Never Is Now Summit on Antisemitism and Hate   November 9, 2021 Remarks as delivered. Thank you all for joining the 6th annual Never is Now conference. As we meet, the world’s nations are gathered in Scotland to address one of the most pressing and existential crises facing our planet: climate change. The first warnings that carbon emissions may be accelerating the warming of the planet were made way back in 1988…

Remarks by L'Oréal Chairman Jean-Paul Agon, Recipient of ADL's Courage Against Hate Award November 08, 2021 Dear Jonathan, thank you for your very generous words. They go straight to my heart. Today, I feel profoundly humbled and overwhelmed with emotions. This award bestowed on me is an immense honor. The fight against antisemitism and all forms of hatred is one of the toughest - if not the toughest - universal challenge of the 21st century. We absolutely need organizations…

October 18, 2021 Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt ADL CEO and National Director to the Eradicate Hate Global Forum, Oct. 18, 2021 David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA Thank you, Jeff, for that nice introduction. I appreciate it. I’m humbled to be back in Pittsburgh, this amazing community whose people are a beacon of neighborliness and civility, of kindness and candor. What an honor and privilege it is to be back here and to speak to all of you…

El 60 % dice haber sido testigo de antisemitismo en las últimas semanas. June 14, 2021 Nueva York, NY, 14 de junio de 2021 – Una encuesta nacional realizada por la ADL (Liga Antidifamación) a raíz de la reciente violencia entre Israel y Hamás encontró que tres cuartas partes de los judíos estadounidenses están más preocupados por el antisemitismo en Estados Unidos y en el extranjero, y el 60 % ha sido testigo de primera mano de…

Updated: January 2024 Since 1979, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has compiled data on antisemitic incidents, including both criminal and non-criminal acts, occurring across the United States. These include incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault against individuals and groups. Incident data is gathered from reports from victims, law enforcement and the media, as well as reports obtained by ADL’s 25 regional offices across the country. The data is used to help…

by: Kenneth Jacobson The Times of Israel The current crisis in Israel is disturbing on many levels. While there’s nothing new about Hamas raining rockets down on Israeli civilian centers, the heightened levels of sophistication of the rockets, combined with the distressing outburst of inter-communal violence in Israeli cities have added to the stark challenges facing Israel as it moves into the second week of conflict with Hamas. Undoubtedly, the beginning of this current…

by: Kenneth Jacobson | April 07, 2021 The Times of Israel It is now 76 years since the death camp at Auschwitz was liberated. As we commemorate Yom HaShoah this week, it is useful to take a look at how the Holocaust is affecting public morality all these years later — and how it is still being abused. It is both helpful and not helpful to talk about the Holocaust when discussing the disturbing resurgence of anti-Semitism in the world today. On the one hand, as reflected in ADL…

Remarks by Garry Kasparov, World Chess Champion, Recipient of ADL's International Leadership Award November 19, 2020   Hello everyone. My thanks to Daniel Lubetzky for his kind introduction! And my thanks to ADL and Jonathan Greenblatt for this great honor. I have many awards on my shelf—well, my mother’s shelf—but this one is very special. It has the word “leadership,” which has always been an important element of my worldview. It means that people can make…

Remarks by Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc., Recipient of ADL's Courage Against Hate Award November 09, 2020   Greetings everyone and thank you, Jeff, for that very kind introduction. I am honored and grateful to receive the Courage Against Hate Award.  Thank you for this special recognition and for all that the ADL does to advocate for a more just and tolerant world.  This organization has fought for equality for over a century,…

by: Kenneth Jacobson | November 09, 2020 The Times of Israel As we commemorate Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass, in Germany in 1938, it is instructive to ask what that terrible night all those years ago says to us in 2020. At the top of the list is the understanding that the Holocaust did not suddenly happen. It was the product of centuries of antisemitism inculcated in publics in Europe, heightened dramatically by the Nazi takeover of Germany and the…

Remarks by Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO November 09, 2020 Thank you all for tuning in today for the 5th annual Never is Now conference. There is so much to discuss, but before we get started, I want to pause and remember Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks who left us too soon this weekend. He was an extraordinary leader, a remarkable rabbi, a gifted scholar and a beautiful man. He will be missed. May his memory always be for a blessing. We gather today -- virtually -- at what feels like the start…

August 19, 2020 On August 19, one of the FBI’s official twitter handles, the FBI Records Vault, disseminated a link labeled “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.” There has been widespread confusion about the FBI’s motives for doing this, and concern that in doing so the FBI is spreading an antisemitic text. The Protocols is a notorious antisemitic forgery created at the turn of the 20th century by the Czarist secret police and describes an alleged secret plan of…