Los Angeles, December 16, 2004….The Hate Crimes Report released by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations today shows that, while hate crimes are down from their post-9/11/2001 highs, Jews continue to be the most frequently targeted religious group, now accounting for 84% of religious-based hate crimes.
"The Los Angeles County report is consistent with state and federal reports that show an overall reduction in hate crimes," said Amanda Susskind, Director, Pacific…
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New York, NY, June 7, 2004 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has written to high-level Catholic Church officials in Rome, the United States and Germany to express "great distress" over the Vatican's plans to beatify a 19th century stigmatic nun whose visions, as recounted in literature of the period, have fomented hatred and anti-Semitism in her name.
ADL said the beatification of Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) "could cause harm to Jewish-Christian relations," especially in…
New York, N.Y., July 18, 2003 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commemorated the ninth anniversary of the Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which killed 86 people and wounded hundreds.
In a statement regarding the anniversary, Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said:
Today, as we commemorate the ninth anniversary of the bombing of the Jewish community building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we remember the 86 innocent people who were killed…
Buenos Aires, December 15, 2008 … In a series of high-level government meetings in Argentina, top leaders of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed profound disappointment over the lack of resolution in the investigation of two deadly terrorist attacks against Jews carried out by Hezbollah on instruction from Iran in Argentina more than 14 years ago. The Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires was bombed on March 17, 1994 and a suicide terrorist drove a car filled with explosives into…
New York, New York, July 14, 1999 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the Government of Argentina to take immediate action to bring to justice the perpetrators of the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community building in Buenos Aires.
In a letter to President Carlos Menem, the League expressed concern "that the perpetrators of this barbarous crime are yet to be brought to justice" even as the fifth anniversary of the bombing approaches this month. The bombing killed 87…
Washington, D.C., September 28, 1995 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the United States Congress to urge Argentina to enact aggressive counterterrorism measures to assist in the investigation of recent anti-Jewish terrorist bombings in Buenos Aires and to prevent similar attacks in the future.
In testimony before the House International Affairs Committee, ADL National Commissioner Barry Mehler stated that "fourteen months after the assault against the AMIA (the Jewish…
August 09, 2001 By Abraham H. Foxman
This article appeared in the Washington Post on Tuesday August 7, 2001 and the International Herald-Tribune on Thursday August 9, 2001
The fall of the Soviet Empire had many positive results, most particularly ending fear of nuclear holocaust and the freeing of millions of people in Russia and the former Soviet republics and throughout Eastern Europe.
Another positive outcome was the diminution of ideological politics throughout the world,…
New York, NY, May 9, 1995...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed support for the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Implementation Act of 1995 introduced by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS ) calling for the U.S. to move its Embassy to Jerusalem.
David H. Strassler, ADL National Chairman and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following statement:
"Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel, should have taken place a long time…