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Community ADL’s Greenblatt Reviewed A Book On Anti-Semitism That He Doesn’t Seem To Have Read
When Jewish Voice for Peace put together our book, “On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice,” we did so out of a shared sense that progressive circles needed to have a deeper conversation about anti-Semitism. We put it out into the world to be able to have that conversation, fully expecting that some people…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Slam Trump For Anti-Muslim Retweets
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of national Jewish groups condemned President Trump for his retweet of three incendiary videos posted by a British anti-Muslim agitator. “It is no longer alarming that our @POTUS is tweeting violent anti-Muslim videos created by far right extremists – it is a four alarm fire,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of…
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Community When Criticism Of Israel Becomes Anti-Semitism
At the Anti-Defamation League, we have spent more than 100 years fighting anti-Semitism, often referred to as the world’s oldest hatred. And we have labored to distinguish between a more modern phenomenon –- when criticism of Israel can be considered legitimate political conversation and when it crosses the line into insidious anti-Semitism. We feel obligated…
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Opinion If We Can’t Write About Nazis, They Win
On November 25, the New York Times published an incredible piece of journalism, a profile of a Nazi sympathizer in mainstream rural America. The piece, A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland, describes how a Midwestern guy-next-door came to develop pro-Nazi and white nationalist sympathies. What was shocking was not that Tony Hovater held the…
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Opinion I’m A Latina Who Works For The ADL. JVP’s Attacks Shocked Me
I’m a non-Jewish Latina who works at the Anti-Defamation League. I love this work. I’m proud of this work. I’ve taken up the cause of fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry because, as a Latina, I can’t simply be concerned with anti-immigrant or anti-Latino hate. To be effective in building a more equal and…
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Food Manischewitz CEO Receives Anti-Defamation League Award
The Manischewitz Company’s president and CEO, David Sugarman, was honored last week by the Anti-Defamation League, which gave him its Americanism award. The award, which has previously gone to recipients including tennis star Venus Williams and former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, honors “exceptional individuals who exemplify the noble ideals and democratic values…
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Fast Forward ‘Proud Anti-Semite’: New York Driver Boasts On Bumper Sticker
Who would want to label themselves a “proud anti-Semite”? Apparently one driver in Farmingdale, New York — who slapped a bumper sticker on their car to let the world know. One woman recently spotted the sticker while driving her children home from a Girls Scout event on Route 110 in Long Island, according to a…
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Fast Forward After Ignoring NYPD, 7 JVP Activists Were Arrested In ADL’s Lobby
Seven activists from the organization Jewish Voice for Peace were arrested Wednesday evening after refusing to leave the lobby of the Anti-Defamation League’s headquarters in New York. The activists, who ranged in age from 24 to 72, were singing and chanting in the lobby. JVP had coordinated multiple protests against the ADL across the country….
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