Divided Jewish leaders react with warnings and hope as New York elects its first Muslim mayor
Read full article: Divided Jewish leaders react with warnings and hope as New York elects its first Muslim mayorWithin hours of Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s first Muslim mayor, there were swift and harsh reactions from his Jewish critics.
FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints
Read full article: FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaintsFBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of President Donald Trump.
Denver school shooting suspect posted online about mass shootings and neo-Nazi views, report says
Read full article: Denver school shooting suspect posted online about mass shootings and neo-Nazi views, report saysExperts say a teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online.
Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic
Read full article: Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemiticPresident Donald Trump says he didn’t know that the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
Read full article: Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the USThe Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year.
Musk's straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant
Read full article: Musk's straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meantRight-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday, although his intention wasn’t totally clear and some hate watchdogs are saying not to read too much into it.
US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reports
Read full article: US civil rights probe faults Philadelphia school district over handling of antisemitism reportsFederal education officials say the Philadelphia school district failed to show it protected Jewish students from harassment despite “repeated, extensive notice” that students, teachers and administrators were engaging in antisemitic behavior.
Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
Read full article: Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaintThe Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks
Read full article: An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacksMuslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Extremists have turned Texas into a hotbed for hate, report finds
Read full article: Extremists have turned Texas into a hotbed for hate, report findsThe report blames an “alarming rise in extremist ideology and activity” on white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ+ groups that are active or headquartered in Texas.
Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligence
Read full article: Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligenceIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off a U.S. trip in California to talk to billionaire businessman Elon Musk about antisemitism on his social media platform X — while Musk asked him to address his judicial overhaul in Israel.
Texas led nation in white supremacist propaganda in 2022, report finds
Read full article: Texas led nation in white supremacist propaganda in 2022, report findsIncidents increased by 61% in Texas and 38% nationally last year, driven by what experts say is an increasing normalization of extremism in political discourse.
FBI says no suspect arrested in connection with threat made to San Antonio Jewish community
Read full article: FBI says no suspect arrested in connection with threat made to San Antonio Jewish communityEditor’s note: We previously reported that the ADL said a suspect was apprehended in connection with the threat made to the San Antonio Jewish community. At this time, the FBI has issued a statement, saying no arrests have yet been made.
Record number of antisemitic attacks in 2021, San Antonio incidents included
Read full article: Record number of antisemitic attacks in 2021, San Antonio incidents includedAntisemitism has been on the rise over the past several years, and a new study released last week by the Anti-Defamation League shows the trend is only growing.
Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?
Read full article: Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?ABC’s decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from “The View” for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation.
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Fox stands behind Tucker Carlson after ADL urges his firing
Read full article: Fox stands behind Tucker Carlson after ADL urges his firingFox Corp. is standing behind Tucker Carlson after the Anti-Defamation League called for the company to fire the opinion host for defending the white-supremacist “great replacement” theory.
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ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoric
Read full article: ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoricThe Anti-Defamation League has called for Fox News to fire prime-time opinion host Tucker Carlson because he defended a white-supremacist theory that says whites are being “replaced” by people of color.
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White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
Read full article: White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report saysWhite supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League shared with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK – White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press. The ADL, which was founded more than a century ago, said that last year marked the highest level of white supremacist propaganda seen in at least a decade. A neo-Nazi group known as Folks Front distributed stickers that include the words “White Lives Matter.”According to the report, at least 30 known white supremacist groups were behind hate propaganda. Despite the overall increase, the ADL reported a steep decline in distribution of white supremacist propaganda at colleges and universities, due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of students living and studying on campus.
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Jewish leaders condemn 'hurtful' words by Nick Cannon
Read full article: Jewish leaders condemn 'hurtful' words by Nick CannonThe Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish leaders condemned what they called hurtful words and anti-Semitic theories expressed by Nick Cannon on Wednesday, a day after ViacomCBS severed ties with him for the remarks made on a podcast. The danger is that those groups get confused with other self-identified Israelites like (Rabbi) Capers Funnye, who has a congregation in Chicago, and who is very much involved with the Ashkenazim Jewish community. Until his firing, Cannon produced Wild n Out, a comedy improv series for VH1, the ViacomCBS-owned cable channel. Cooper said that Cannon should reject Farrakhans hate speech and reduce the long statement to two sentences a simple apology. First of all, apologizing to the Jewish community for questioning our identity, Cooper said.
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Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs
Read full article: Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefsA new survey says about one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)BERLIN – About one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west, according to a survey released Thursday. In Western Europe, the study found that anti-Semitic views were either stable or down, with decreases in Britain, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Austria. Italy and Austria both posted significant decreases, dropping 11 percentage points and 8 percentage points to 18% and 20% with anti-Semitic attitudes respectively. The survey found that the attitudes of Muslims in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain tended to be more anti-Semitic than those countries overall.
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