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EXTREMIST ARRESTED: Federal authorities arrested white supremacist Hardy Lloyd;
the arrest follows years of Lloyd’s incendiary and threatening online posts, but the charges are tied to his activities surrounding the trial of Robert Bowers, the white supremacist who murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Lloyd is charged with obstruction of the due administration of justice, transmitting threats in interstate and foreign commerce and witness tampering. ADL has been tracking Lloyd and his activities since at least 2003.
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ALLIANCE IN LA LA LAND: Facing a historical rise in antisemitic incidents, the two organizations principally responsible for Jewish communal security in the LA area announced the Southern California Jewish Security Alliance.
ADL and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles are combining their expertise to better prevent and respond to antisemitism. The Community Security Service has signed on as the first partner organization. Recent threats to the Jewish community — from this month’s spate of “swattings” of local synagogues to the Pico-Robertson shootings in February, to the recent arrest of a dangerous white supremacist in Reseda — have demonstrated a growing need to enhance security through intelligence sharing and partnership.
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WHAT EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANTISEMITISM: ADL’s Education team provides a mini-lesson
to support K-12 educators, school and district leaders and student support staff in beginning or continuing their learning journey on antisemitism. Adults will emerge from this experience with increased confidence to recognize, discuss and learn more about antisemitism.
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ALARMING ATTITUDES: Twenty percent of Americans believe six or more antisemitic tropes, which is significantly more than the 11 percent that ADL found in 2019 and is the highest level measured in decades. An alarming finding from the recent study of antisemitic attitudes in America,
which surveyed thousands of individuals and found a number of trends that are a cause for concern. This rise in antisemitic attitudes is just one reason why the comprehensive U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, for which ADL contributed more than 30 recommendations, is so vital.
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A GROWING THREAT: ADL SVP for International Affairs, Marina Rosenberg, a former Israeli ambassador, co-writes a JPost column warning that...
From narratives of a powerful Jewish lobby, supposedly in control of governments and media to support Israel, to calls to “globalize the Intifada” — antisemitism in segments of the political Left is an alarming and growing trend in Europe. While the far-right continues to pose a more violent threat to Jews worldwide, antisemitism stemming from certain left-leaning groups is more pervasive in a day-to-day sense and poses a different kind of threat, especially in Europe.
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