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News ‘They don’t care’: Why it’s so hard to take antisemitic websites off the internet
After a gunman murdered 10 African Americans at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday, two of the social media websites the alleged killer used to plan and promote the attack — Twitch and Discord — announced quick action in response. The 18-year-old suspect identified by police appeared to have used Twitch to livestream a video of the shooting as it…
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Fast Forward More than 50 groups reject ADL’s critique of pro-Palestinian activism
Dozens of American Muslim groups Monday issued a statement decrying recent remarks of Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who they accuse of slandering Palestinian rights organization. They referred to a speech Greenblatt made two weeks ago in which he called several groups — including Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace and the…
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Opinion Anti-Zionism is not (necessarily) antisemitism
At the Anti-Defamation League’s national summit last week, ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt unequivocally stated that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” No ifs ands or buts. No reservations. No nuance. He repeated his statement, explaining that he does so “because words have power. Words have meaning.” He’s right about one thing: words do matter. And that’s why it’s…
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News Activists plan to ‘celebrate and escalate’ after ADL pauses police training
For the last five years, a coalition of progressive activists have been calling on the Anti-Defamation League to stop facilitating American police training in Israel. Now they’re planning to gather at the organization’s New York City headquarters Tuesday night to celebrate a win: according to an ADL memo leaked to the media last week, the…
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Opinion Appeal to ADL chief: It’s time for you to call to reinstate Whoopi
A plethora of voices have weighed in on the controversy of Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks on “The View” regarding the Holocaust, her apology for the same, and her subsequent two-week suspension from the show by ABC News. Here is a direct appeal from Rabbi Tamar Manasseh of Chicago to Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt calling on…
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Opinion What counts as racism? How the ADL’s ‘woke’ definition caused an uproar — and should be a cautionary tale
It recently came to light that the ADL — the vaunted anti-extremism and civil rights organization — had released a controversial definition of racism a few years ago. Public awareness of ADL’s new definition happened to coincide with Whoopi Goldberg’s ill-chosen words that the Holocaust “is not about race, but about man’s inhumanity,” and unsurprisingly…
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News ‘Berserk came into ascendence’: ADL chief opens up about Trump, antisemitism and democracy’s future in new book
The rise of antisemitic violence in recent years, the growing criticism of Israel and the rise of fringe elements on both sides of the political spectrum pose a real threat to the wellbeing of Jews in America, Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, suggests in a new book set to be released on…
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Culture Did the Proud Boys just embrace an antisemitic, anti-white group?
Black Hammer, an organization perhaps best known for tweeting “Anne Frank is a colonizer,” has just joined forces with self-described “Western chauvinist” group the Proud Boys to “defeat the disgusting p*do-loving, welfare economy demoncrats [sic] and their puppet master, BIG PHARMA,” according to a tweet from Black Hammer. The tweet received over 2,000 quote tweets…
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