admin | May 9, 2017
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER The ADL has made controversial claims recently about President Donald Trump, suggesting that his campaign and his administration bore responsibility for a claimed surge in antisemitism during and after the 2016 presidential election. Others have disputed the ADLs claims, noting that the ADL includes hoax bomb threats made by a Jewish teenager in its list of antisemitic incidents, and criticizing it for taking a partisan approach to the issue
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simmons | May 9, 2017
According to the recently-released Anti-Defamation League Annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, there was a 51 percent increase of incidents of anti-Semitism in Florida from 137 verified incidents in 2016 up from 91 the previous year. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), founded in 1913, defines itself as the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
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admin | May 6, 2017
Each year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) presents the Walter Kase Teacher Excellence Award to three Region IV educators for their outstanding efforts to create an atmosphere in their schools that rejects prejudice and regards diversity as a strength. Terry High School English teacher Mary Catherine Watson, co-sponsor of the Terry High Schools No Place for Hate Club, was honored May 3 at the groups annual Kase Award Luncheon.
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simmons | May 5, 2017
One of Americas oldest civil rights organisations has said it does not think the thumb and forefinger OK hand gesture is a white supremacist sign. The Anti-Defamtion League (ADL) issued the clarification after two journalists known to be supporters of Donald Trump made the sign while standing behind the podium at the White House press briefing room. The two reporters vehemently denied they were either white supremacists or that they were making a sign in support of such views
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simmons | May 3, 2017
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER In his written testimony, ADL Chief Jonathan Greenblatt stated: Nearly 30 percent of all [2016 anti-Semitic] incidents (369) occurred in November and December 2016, spiking immediately after the election. Our Audit includes 34 incidents linked directly to the election.
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admin | May 3, 2017
The national director of the Anti-Defamation League urged the establishing of a federal task force to coordinate hate crimes responses across the executive branch in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jonathan Greenblatt set forth a series of policy recommendations during a Tuesday hearing on an increase in religious hate crimes, according to an ADL statement. All of us are deeply concerned about the ongoing harassment of Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and others who are being targeted because of their religion, Greenblatt told committee members
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simmons | May 1, 2017
A growing number of schools are asking the Anti-Defamation League for hate crimes help. ADL is also increasing training for law enforcement officers. The Anti-Defamation League has been dealing with hate incidents for many years
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admin | April 28, 2017
February 27, 2017 file photo showstoppled and damaged headstones on ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia; the Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism in 2016, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election Jacqueline Larma, AP NEW YORK -- The Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism last year, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election. The Jewish civil rights group found 1,266 cases of anti-Semitic harassment last year, compared to 941 in 2015 and 912 in 2014. The increase continued into the first three months of this year, with reports of 541 incidents compared to 291 in the same period the year before, according to the ADL data released Monday
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simmons | April 28, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League will host its inaugural WALK Against Hate, an event designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the Las Vegas Valley, from 9 to 11 a.m.
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Its officialthe election of Donald Trump to the White House has precipitated a marked increase in anti-Semitism in the United States. A new report published by the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based civil-rights organization that monitors anti-Semitic activity across the country, finds that such incidents (vandalism, harassment, or assault) were up one-third in 2016, and have spiked 86% in the first quarter of 2017the fledgling months of the Trump administration. Of the 1,266 acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in 2016, nearly 30% occurred after Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in November.
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