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Opinion We must join forces to ensure the protection of American Jews
Over the last several years, we have seen near-historic increases in antisemitic incidents and assaults as we have watched a surge in online hate from more vocal — and violent — extremist groups. From online hate to cyber-attacks to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, the danger is real. To protect America’s Jewish community, it…
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News ADL: Facebook fails to remove Holocaust denial despite ban
Would you consider a video about “Holohoax tales” or an Instagram post captioned “#HolocaustIsaLie” to be Holocaust denial content? Facebook wouldn’t. Facebook declined to remove Holocaust denial content that was pointed out to the platform, saying it did not violate its terms and conditions despite a ban on such material enacted in October of 2020,…
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News Jewish pols experienced 6,000 antisemitic tweets in a month, says ADL
Jewish incumbents running for reelection were bombarded with antisemitism on Twitter over the summer, according to a study released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL found that between July 23 and August 22, 30 incumbent Jewish members of the House and Senate received a total of nearly 6,000 antisemitic tweets, about 10% of the…
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Fast Forward Liberal groups defend ADL after renewed attack from progressive coalition
(JTA) — Liberal Jewish allies of the Anti-Defamation League are coming to its defense after more than 150 progressive groups signed an open letter calling for the ADL to be excluded from social justice coalitions. The effort, called Drop The ADL, criticizes the ADL’s work with police forces across the country as well as its…
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Fast Forward Left-wing activists call for boycott of Anti-Defamation League
Left-wing activist groups are promoting a campaign called “Drop the ADL” in a bid to get progressive institutions to cut ties with the 107-year-old Jewish advocacy organization. “Even though the ADL is integrated into community work on a range of issues, it has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking social justice movements led by…
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News NYC cuts funding for hate crime prevention initiative
The New York City Council has scrapped a $1 million initiative to prevent hate crimes from its upcoming annual budget. The budget cuts, originally reported by Next City, targeted funding for the Hate Crimes Prevention Initiative in the year-old Office of Hate Crimes Prevention. Last year, the $1 million had been divided up among 15…
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Fast Forward How the ADL went from working with Facebook to leading a boycott against it
(JTA) — It was when Mark Zuckerberg said he would allow Holocaust denial on his platform that the Anti-Defamation League realized its partnership with Facebook wasn’t working. The social media giant and the Jewish civil rights group had been working together for years to curb hate speech online. In October 2017, Facebook headlined a new…
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News ADL, known for anti-bias training, hires FBI official as law enforcement liaison
The Anti-Defamation League has hired a longtime FBI official as its new vice president of Law Enforcement and Analysis. Greg Ehrie, who served 22 years with the FBI, is organizing partnerships with law enforcement offices across the U.S. He spent a year in Israel for the FBI and led the FBI’s Newark office last December…
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