June 21, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 In a major decision involving the use of religious symbols, the Supreme Court ruled that a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land. An apparent neo-Nazi sympathizer allegedly plotted to commit a mass shooting at a synagogue in the Bay Area before being thwarted by police. A new report from ADL reveals that domestic Islamist terrorism decreased in 2018. Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate, and the latest info…

June 19, 2019 Incendiary anti-Israel rhetoric and occasional support for terrorism marked Quds (Jerusalem Day) events in eight U.S. cities, held Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. The annual day of anti-Israel activism was originally conceived by the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini. While Quds Day events in Europe and the Middle East draw thousands of people, attendance in the U.S. was relatively sparse. Quds Day events took place in…

June 14, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Organizers of the “DC Dyke March” attempted to implement a ban on Jewish Pride flags, claiming they too closely resemble the flag of Israel. In Detroit, a small group of neo-Nazis carrying weapons disrupted an LGBTQ Pride march by spewing homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic slurs at participants and pretending to defile an Israeli flag. A gay man in Atlanta was shot and killed in what police are classifying as a hate crime. Read on for…

June 13, 2019 Key Highlights In 2018, 13 individuals were arrested for domestic criminal activity motivated by Islamist extremism. Four of the 13 arrests were linked to terror plots, one of which resulted in the murder of a high school student. All 13 individuals arrested for domestic Islamist extremist activity in 2018 were lawfully in the United States at the time of their arrest. Eleven of these individuals were U.S. citizens, one was a lawful permanent resident originally from…

June 11, 2019 On Sunday, May 19th, Deir Yassin Remembered (DYR) led a protest outside a “Breakfast for Israel” fundraiser for Magen David Adom, the Israeli version of the Red Cross, at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey. About a dozen protestors from DYR – an organization whose leaders have called for the elimination of Israel, described Zionism as a “cancer” and claimed that Israel is a hub for pedophilia and organ trafficking – were joined…

June 11, 2019 On Saturday, June 8, ten neo-Nazis associated with the National Socialist Movement protested Detroit’s Motor City Pride Festival, carrying guns and shouting homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs. NSM leader Burt Colucci and Aric Lemieux, NSM’s South Michigan chapter leader, headed up the protest, which included participants from Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Michigan. Lemieux expressed his intention to protest the festival months ago, and other group…

June 02, 2019 Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt CEO and National Director, Anti-Defamation League To the ADL National Leadership Summit June 2, 2019, Washington, D.C. (As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Esta, for that kind introduction, and welcome to our 2019 National Leadership Summit. I am so glad to be here. Its been an exhausting year and a hard year, and to that end I want to ask you to pause for a moment of silence to honor the 12 people who were killed in…

May 24, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 Less than a week after three attempted arsons against Massachusetts Jewish centers, three Molotov cocktails were thrown at a Chicago synagogue. The incidents were the latest in a series targeting synagogues and Jewish institutions in the U.S.  Also this week, in California, a guest lecturer in a UCLA anthropology class likened Zionism to white supremacy.  And in New Jersey, a 20-year-old man was arrested after sending money to Hamas and threatening to…

May 23, 2019 UPDATE: A large law enforcement contingent kept the peace as only nine HSK members and associates participated in Saturday’s rally. Yards away, separated by a fence and a wall of police, hundreds of counter-protesters drowned out the barely visible Klan group with a united and peaceful message against hate. The Honorable Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (HSK), a small Madison, Indiana-based Klan group led by Derek Dean Eaglin and Kate Nicole Eaglin, has scheduled…

May 23, 2019 Shootings in Poway and Pittsburgh, and suspected arson attacks in Massachusetts and Chicago — hate is on the rise. An escalating number of incidents of anti-Semitism and bigotry targeting Jewish houses of worship have reminded us that if we stand by and do nothing, hatred will gain a foothold in society. At a time when violent attacks fueled by prejudice are becoming far too common, we must come together to stand in solidarity, celebrate diversity and condemn bigotry. …

May 20, 2019 Hand-written on poster board were the following words: “To our Jewish cousins, your Muslim cousins have your back. Together against terror.” The words on that poster board expressed some of the many moving and meaningful sentiments uttered, felt and shared at a community vigil in Poway, California the Monday following the horrific April attack at a synagogue where a woman was shot to death and three Shabbat worshippers injured by a terrorist allegedly inspired by…

May 17, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Six days after being kicked off Facebook, notorious anti-Semite and leader of the Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan was invited to speak at a church in Chicago, where he delivered his typical brand of bigotry and anti-Jewish hatred. The Harvard Lampoon, a satirical magazine on campus, was forced to apologize after publishing an inappropriate and doctored photograph of Anne Frank in swimwear. On Capitol Hill, ADL and others call on Congress and the…

May 14, 2019 Two world-class soccer teams from two continents will be joining forces on the playing field on Wednesday to do battle against a common foe: Hate. On May 15, 2019, the Chelsea Football Club, a popular UK soccer team, will visit Foxborough, Massachusetts for an exhibition match against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium. Unlike traditional soccer matches, which are solely about competition, this event has an equally important purpose: to raise awareness…

May 08, 2019 On May 1, 2019, federal authorities arrested Chase Bliss Colasurdo of Kent, Washington, and charged him with  making violent threats against President Trump’s family and media figures, as well as ongoing bomb threats to synagogues. Colasurdo is just the latest virulent anti-Semite to be apprehended by law enforcement after allegedly making violent threats online. In April, Corbin Kauffman was arrested in Pennsylvania, and Dakota Reed was arrested in December by…