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Opinion Why The ADL Must Be Included In Intersectional Activism
In 1996, the Anti-Defamation League settled a lawsuit accusing it of hiring spies to collect information on groups representing Arab and African-Americans. And in the years since then, it has often taken positions contrary to those held by pro-Palestinian groups. Both of these factors have generated concern among activist groups who may have been the…
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Fast Forward How The ADL Became A Villain To Some On The Left
(JTA) — When Starbucks announced that it would close its U.S. stores for one day to conduct anti-bias training for employees, seeking the expertise of the Anti-Defamation League seemed unsurprising. It’s the most prominent group in the country fighting anti-Semitism, and it also opposes bigotry of all kinds. Its website says it has conducted anti-bias…
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Opinion Seriously, Women’s March – Farrakhan Is OK But The ADL Is Treyf?
After two African-Americans were recently arrested at a Starbucks café for failing to make an order while they were waiting for a friend, the company tried to make amends by announcing that it will provide anti-bias training to all its employees. But that was not quite good enough for Women’s March co-chair Tamika Mallory, who…
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News Women’s March Leaders Slam Starbucks For Tapping ADL To Defuse Racism Furor
Left-wing leaders of the anti-Trump Women’s March have blasted Starbucks for tapping the Anti-Defamation League to help defuse the mushrooming controversy over a Philadelphia coffee shop manager’s decision to call the police on two young black men. Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour accused the civil rights group of bias against “black and brown people” and…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups File Brief With Supreme Court Against Trump Travel Ban
(JTA) — At least six Jewish civil rights organizations have filed a joint amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking it to uphold lower court rulings that have blocked President Trump’s most recent ban on travel from a number of predominately Muslim countries. The brief, spearheaded by the Anti-Defamation League, was filed Friday, according to…
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Community American Jews Need To Stop Crying Anti-Semitism — And Start Standing Up For Liberal Values
These can be trying times for American Jews. The ADL recently released data showing a 57 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents since 2016 — and not just from white supremacists, either. Louis Farrakhan, head of Nation of Islam, continues to spew anti-Semitic remarks every chance he gets. This has led many Jewish organizations to condemn…
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Opinion Mike Pompeo Is An Anti-Muslim Bigot. Shouldn’t Jewish Leaders Condemn Him, Too?
Consistency in public life is often honored in the breach. But when it crosses that thin line into hypocrisy, there ought to be consequences. We are at that moment with Mike Pompeo, the former congressman and current CIA director who is President Trump’s choice to be the next secretary of state. And whereas many self-appointed…
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Opinion ADL Says Anti-Semitism Is Rising. Students Disagree.
The Anti-Defamation League recently released the results of its annual anti-Semitism audit. The findings were staggering. Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States surged nearly 60% this past year, driven in part by an increase in such cases in schools and on college campuses. ADL found 1,986 cases of harassment, vandalism or physical assaults against Jews…
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