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Four Killed in Attack on Jersey City Kosher Market; Trump Exec Order Addresses Campus Anti-Semitism; Nazi salutes in West Virginia

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December 13, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 Two gunmen motivated by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs attacked a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City on Tuesday, killing four people. President Trump signed an executive order that would ensure incidents of anti-Semitism be treated under federal as vigorously as other forms of discrimination. West Virginia fired three state employees and suspended more than 30 others after a photo surfaced showing a recent graduating class of correctional…

דצמבר 13, 2019

ADL Statement on Anti-Semitic Attack on Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City

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New York, NY, December 12, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement regarding Tuesday’s anti-Semitic attack on a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City: The Attorney General of New Jersey revealed today what we had grimly suspected: the two alleged shooters acted out of hatred for Jews and law enforcement. This attack on the Jewish community is nothing short of domestic terrorism. Our community has been terrorized once…

דצמבר 12, 2019

Jersey City Shooting: What We Know

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December 11, 2019 UPDATE: On December 12, NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal held a press conference in which he stated that the shooting in Jersey City on December 10 is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism that was motivated by anti-Semitic and anti-law enforcement sentiments. According to Grewal, officials are still investigating David Anderson’s and Francine Graham’s social media accounts, but they believe at this time that while the alleged shooters were…

דצמבר 11, 2019

ADL Devastated by Attack on Kosher Jewish Supermarket in Jersey City

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New York, NY, December 11, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement regarding Tuesday’s attack on a Kosher Jewish supermarket in Jersey City that resulted in the deaths of at least three civilians and one police officer: While the investigation is ongoing and new details come to light, it is becoming more and more clear that the Jewish supermarket in Jersey City was targeted by these two individuals for violence. We are…

דצמבר 11, 2019

Everyone Has a Role in Fighting White Supremacy and Online Hate

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | December 10, 2019 MTV News In conjunction with their new documentary on the impact of white supremacy, airing Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, MTV News has just posted a new op-ed by Jonathan Greenblatt titled, “Everyone has a role in fighting white supremacy and online hate,” which discusses the ongoing threat of white supremacy in America, how this threat impacts ADL’s day to day work, and how young people have a responsibility to call out…

דצמבר 10, 2019

Telegram: The Latest Safe Haven for White Supremacists

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December 02, 2019 Telegram, the online social networking app, may not be a household name in the U.S. like Twitter or Facebook, but with well over 200 million users, it has a significant audience. And it is gaining popularity. Telegram has become a very popular online gathering place for the international white supremacist community and other extremist groups who have been displaced or banned from more popular sites. The platform, which is a cloud-based chat and group messaging app,…

דצמבר 02, 2019

American White Supremacists and Far-Right Figures Attend Independence March in Poland

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November 26, 2019 The November 11 Independence Day March in Warsaw, Poland, attracted tens of thousands of participants, including a number of far-right individuals and groups, as well as white supremacists from Europe and the U.S. This is a clear example of the increasingly international reach of white supremacist ideology. The annual event is organized by two groups that take their names, symbolism and ideology directly from Polish nationalist, anti-Semitic groups active in the 1930s:…

נובמבר 26, 2019

The Boogaloo: Extremists’ New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War

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November 26, 2019 It’s not often an old joke evolves into a catchphrase for mass violence, but that’s just what’s happened this past year when a variety of extremist and fringe movements and subcultures adopted the word “boogaloo” as shorthand for a future civil war. From militia groups to white supremacists, extremists on a range of online platforms talk about—and sometimes even anticipate—the “boogaloo.” The rise of &ldquo…

נובמבר 26, 2019

Sacha Baron Cohen's Keynote Address at ADL's 2019 Never Is Now Summit on Anti-Semitism and Hate

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Remarks by Sacha Baron Cohen, Recipient of ADL's International Leadership Award November 21, 2019 Sign Up For 2020 Never Is Now Thank you, Jonathan, for your very kind words. Thank you, ADL, for this recognition and your work in fighting racism, hate and bigotry. And to be clear, when I say “racism, hate and bigotry” I’m not referring to the names of Stephen Miller’s Labradoodles. Now, I realize that some of you may be thinking, what…

נובמבר 21, 2019

ADL Announces Support for IFA’s Lawsuit Against Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and Hate Groups Responsible for Charlottesville Violence

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ADL partnering with non-profit Integrity First for America in its pathbreaking litigation against organizers of 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ violence New York, NY, November 19, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a partnership with Integrity First for America to support that organization’s ongoing lawsuit against the organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Integrity First for America (IFA), a nonprofit…

נובמבר 19, 2019

White Supremacist Terrorist Acts, Conspiracies and Plots against Jews

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May 13, 2021 Over the past 25 years, numerous white supremacists have targeted the Jewish community in the U.S. through terrorist acts, conspiracies and plots. Here is a selection of significant incidents from 1994 through 2021. Assumption, Illinois, 2020: Federal agents charged Randall Burrus with weapons offenses in connection with an alleged white supremacist plot to attack a synagogue or mosque. This is linked to the April 15, 2020 incident involving John Michael Rathbun in…

מאי 13, 2021

ADL Urges Action After FBI Reports Jews Were Target of Most Religion-Based Hate Crimes in 2018

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New national data shows hate-crime murders hit 27-year high; increase is attributable to Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue massacre New York, NY, November 12, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today called on lawmakers and law enforcement authorities to take action to address the deeply disturbing climate of hate in the United States after newly released FBI data showed that Jews and Jewish institutions were the overwhelming target of religion-based hate crimes last year –…

נובמבר 11, 2019

Arrest after Plot to Bomb Colorado Synagogue; “It’s okay to be white” Signs on Tennessee Campus; Acid Attack on Latino Man

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November 08, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 An avowed white supremacist in Colorado was arrested after federal investigators uncovered a plot to bomb an historic synagogue. Campus officials at East Tennessee University are opening an investigation after signs saying “It’s okay to be white”— a popular white supremacist slogan — appeared around campus. A man in Milwaukee is facing felony hate-crime charges for allegedly throwing acid on a Latino man because of his…

נובמבר 08, 2019

The Extremist Medicine Cabinet: A Guide to Online “Pills”

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November 06, 2019 “Pills” feature prominently in the online chat rooms and forums dedicated to right-wing extremism. These are not actual pharmaceuticals; instead, each “pill” sends a message about a person’s level of dedication to an extremist ideology or cause. Are they just beginning to learn about an ideology, or have they progressed further to embrace a nihilistic, potentially violent mindset? While online posts about “pills” can help outside…

נובמבר 06, 2019

Colorado White Supremacist Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue

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November 05, 2019 Update: February 26, 2021: A federal court sentenced Richard Holzer to 19.5 years in prison. Update: October 15, 2020: The Justice Department announced that Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. According to a DOJ press release, Holzer faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the hate crime charge…

נובמבר 05, 2019

House OKs Resolution on Armenian Genocide; BDS Group Confronts Holocaust Survivor

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November 01, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 The House of Representatives voted on a bipartisan basis this week to approve a resolution commemorating the Armenian Genocide – a move endorsed by ADL. A member of the anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Benedictine University confronted a Holocaust survivor during a speech on campus, demanding he “condemn the establishment of the Zionist Israeli state.” And U.S. Armed Forces conducted a raid over the…

נובמבר 01, 2019

ADL's Task Force on Middle East Minorities Issues Statement Regarding Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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New York, NY, October 28, 2019 ... ADL's (the Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities issued the following statement today following the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: We extend our sincere appreciation to members of the U.S. armed forces and intelligence community who were involved in the successful operation targeting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Under al-Baghdadi’s leadership, the Islamic State preached an…

אוקטובר 28, 2019

Oath Keepers

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A large and loosely-organized anti-government extremist group started by attorney E. Stewart Rhodes. The Oath Keepers emerged as part of a resurgence of the militia movement in 2009. They are not a paramilitary group but see their purpose in trying to spread the anti-government ideology of the militia movement among, and to seek recruits from, former and active duty military personnel, law enforcement officers and first responders. However, such a background is not required for membership.

נובמבר 03, 2020

12 white supremacists arrested for threats to US Jewish community since Pittsburgh shooting

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October 25, 2019 THE WEEK's BIG 3 According to the latest ADL data, at least 12 white supremacists have been arrested for their roles in attacks or plots against the Jewish community in the U.S. in the year since the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. President Trump referred to the impeachment probe currently underway in the House as a “lynching,” drawing sharp condemnations and widespread rebuke. And Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg announced she is donating $2.5 million to…

אוקטובר 25, 2019

One Year After the Tree of Life Attack, American Jews Face Significant Threats

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October 18, 2019 White supremacists continue to pose a serious threat to Jews in the United States – as they do to African Americans, Muslim Americans, Latinx Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ Americans and other communities. In the year since the deadly rampage at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, at least 12 white supremacists have been arrested for their alleged roles in terrorist plots, attacks or threats against the Jewish community specifically. Many of the offenders…

אוקטובר 18, 2019