New York, NY, May 15, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued the following statement in response to the commitments announced by Harvard University interim President Alan Garber following yesterday's disbandment of the anti-Israel protest encampment. Interim Harvard President Alan Garber repeatedly said that Harvard would not negotiate with anti-Israel protestors encamped on its campus. Yet, following the disbandment of the encampment yesterday, President Garber announced …
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Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against two California colleges -- Occidental and Pomona -- for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Arnold & Porter joined the Brandeis Center…
Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 2024 – In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Media & Entertainment Institute today announced the release of two curated film lists developed in partnership with Common Sense Media: "Movies That Illustrate and Celebrate the Jewish Experience" and "Movies About the Holocaust." The initiative aims to promote understanding, appreciation, and diversity through cinema that reflects the rich tapestry of Jewish life and the…
New York, NY, May 9, 2024… ADL (Anti-Defamation League) applauds the decision by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, to recommend investors vote against an anti-Israel shareholder proposal in Amazon's 2024 proxy statement. Titled “Customer Due Diligence,” Shareholder Proposal 6 seeks to end the company's involvement in Project Nimbus—a $1.2 billion cloud computing agreement with the…
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying and harassment of Jewish students in classrooms, hallways, schools yards, and walkouts since October 7, 2023. BUSD Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel is also being called to testify tomorrow…
TikTok videos will share testimonials, educate against denial & raise awareness New York, NY, May 6, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched a new social media campaign geared toward Gen Z consumers of social media. The campaign, with an emphasis on TikTok and other video platforms, will highlight and promote survivor testimonials and messages from several TikTok creators, with an aim to counter Holocaust denial and misinformation. The new…
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expanded their complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), sounding the alarm that the already-hostile environment for Jewish students is taking a frightening turn for the worse. In February, the two organizations filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the…
"Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West" From Brazil to South Africa, from Italy to Australia, from Belgium to the United States: 2023 saw an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries in comparison to 2022.Most countries with large Jewish populations recorded increases in the number of incidents also in the first nine months of 2023, before the war started; "October 7 helped spread a fire that was already out of control…
New York, NY, May 3, 2024 ... The following is a joint statement issued today from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), Orthodox Union, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Federations of North America, Hillel International, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and NCJW: Our organizations met today with Secretary of Education Cardona, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Tanden, Deputy Secretary of Education Marten, and other senior…
Complaint claims school failed to protect students, including after violent antisemitic assault May 2, 2024 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and…
Massiver Anstieg nach dem 7. Oktober; Campus-Vorfälle verdreifachten sich; Bombendrohungen gegen jüdische Einrichtungen stiegen um das Zehnfache New York, NY, 16. April 2024 … Die jüdische Gemeinde in den USA erlebte im vergangenen Jahr einen beispiellosen Anstieg antisemitischer Vorfälle, der die Zahl aller antisemitischen Vorfälle in den letzten 45 Jahren bei weitem übertraf. Dies ist teilweise auf die massive Zunahme antisemitischer Reaktionen auf das…
Un pic massif a été enregistré après le 7 octobre ; les incidents sur les campus universitaires ont triplé ; il y a eu dix fois plus d’alertes à la bombe visant des institutions juives.New York, le 16 avril 2024 ... Affectée en grande partie par une hausse massive de réactions antisémites à la suite du massacre du 7 octobre en Israël et de la guerre en cours à Gaza, la communauté juive amé…
Se registró un aumento masivo después del 7 de octubre; los incidentes en los campus universitarios se triplicaron; las amenazas de bomba dirigidas contra instituciones judías se multiplicaron por 10 Nueva York, NY, 16 de abril de 2024 ... Inducido en parte por un pico masivo de reacciones antisemitas a la masacre del 7 de octubre en Israel y la guerra en curso en Gaza, la comunidad judía de Estados Unidos experimentó el año pasado un aumento sin…
New York, NY, April 16, 2024 … Driven in part by a massive spike in antisemitic reactions to the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza, the U.S. Jewish community last year experienced an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents, far exceeding any other annual tally in the past 45 years. ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today released the final statistics for antisemitic incidents in 2023, reporting a total of 8,873 incidents of assault, harassment, and vandalism…
New York, NY, April 15, 2024... ADL's (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities condemns the Islamic Republic of Iran’s attack targeting Israel. This unprecedented attack not only is an unjustified act of war against Israel but also poses a great threat to the region's stability. Reverend Johnnie Moore, member of ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities and president of the Congress of Christian Leaders stated: &ldquo…
New York, NY, April 15, 2024 – In response to Sunday’s unprecedented aerial attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Israel, which involved over 300 drones and missiles, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today urges shareholders to vote against Proposal 7 outlined in the RTX’s 2024 Proxy Statement. RTX Corporation, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, is a producer of the Iron Dome defense system through a joint…
Nueva York, NY, 14 de abril de 2024... Los líderes del J7, el Grupo de Trabajo de las Grandes Comunidades Judías Contra el Antisemitismo, cuyas comunidades comprenden la mayoría de los judíos de la diáspora mundial, emitieron hoy la siguiente declaración en respuesta al ataque sin precedentes perpetrado ayer por la República Islámica de Irán contra el estado judío de Israel: El J7 expresa su apoyo inquebrantable a Israel y…
New York, NY, April 14, 2024 … Leaders of the J7, the Large Jewish Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, whose communities comprise the majority of the world’s diaspora Jews, today issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s unprecedented attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Jewish state of Israel: The J7 expresses its unwavering support for Israel and the Israeli people, and unequivocally condemns the Islamic…
Un nuevo Boletín de Calificaciones muestra que la mayoría de las instituciones todavía no están haciendo lo básico para proteger a los estudiantes judíos Nueva York, NY, 11 de abril de 2024 ... Hoy, la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) publicó su primer Boletín de calificaciones sobre el antisemitismo en los campus, en el que se evalúan los incidentes, la vida judía en los campus, y las políticas y acciones…
New York, NY, April 11, 2024 … Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released its first Campus Antisemitism Report Card assessing incidents, Jewish life on campus and university policies and administrative actions related to combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students. The Report Card reviewed 85 schools and assigned grades from A through F, to give campus leadership, parents, students, alumni and stakeholders a mechanism to evaluate the state of antisemitism on campus…