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Antisemitism in America is a National Emergency
On Tuesday, ADL released our latest annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. The data is appalling. Incidents — harassment, vandalism and assault — soared to an average of an incident an hour, seven days a week. 8,873 incidents in all, with incidents in every state and the District of Columbia.
So what’s next? The ADL community will speak out. We will work with law enforcement. We will lobby. We will protest. We will take action.
ADL hosted a webinar to dive into the Audit and the state of hate in the United States earlier this week with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joined by Oren Segal, VP of the ADL Center on Extremism, ADL Washington D.C. Regional Director Meredith Weisel and Eden, a teen who experienced antisemitism. We hope you will watch the recording and share it online.
As a first way to take action, please take a moment to call on your Governor to fight antisemitism today.
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More than 20 Members of Congress have agreed to cosponsor the bipartisan bicameral Countering Antisemitism Act (CAA) in its first week since its introduction. ADL is spearheading efforts to pass this important bill along with the Co-Chairs of the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. Data must drive policy, and in light of findings in the Audit of Antisemitic Incidents and the Campus Antisemitism Report Card, the need for this critical bill is clearer than ever to complement the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.
→ Click here to speak out now in support of the CAA.
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Campus Antisemitism Report Card:
This new ADL tool, released in beta form last week with grades that evaluate 85 schools on their campus climate for Jewish students, is already drawing attention and providing support to students, parents, alumni and more. We hope that there is a ‘race to the top’ by schools, as every university takes action to improve their score for future updates of this tool. We encourage you to watch this short CNN news clip about the Report Card and its potential impact.
→ Visit the sortable Campus Antisemitism Report Card to see which schools are getting it right, and which are not.
Joint Statement About Escalating Iranian Hostilities:
Israeli, U.S. and allied countermeasures have effectively thwarted hundreds of attempted efforts by the Iranian regime to strike Israel. Conflict in the Middle East and the targeting of Israel by terrorist organizations and state actors that sponsor terrorism have historically coincided with a surge in antisemitic activity, hate and violence targeting the Jewish community worldwide. In light of the rapidly escalating tensions, ADL has joined with other U.S. Jewish organizations about our coordinated work to prepare and protect our community, including ensuring communal safety during Passover and other observances.
→ Read the full statement here. Additionally, the ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities has issued this statement about Iran’s attacks targeting Israel.
Quds Day Protesters Praise Terrorists, Denounce U.S. and Call for Destruction of Israel:
Last week, anti-Israel activists marked Al Quds Day (“Jerusalem Day”) with protests and other events against Zionism and the state of Israel. This annual event regularly includes virulent antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric, and this year’s Quds Day protests were no different, as the ADL Center on Extremism reveals in a new report.
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Make your voice heard! In the wake of the unprecedented attacks against Israel by the Iran regime and Hamas, the U.S. House must pass critical defense funding for Israel and protect Jewish communal spaces from extremist violence. The House has agreed to take up the Israel supplemental package this week. Due to ADL's leadership, they have included $400 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to ensure that the Jewish community is protected at home as well.
Join us in calling your Representative to ensure its passage!
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The @ADL_tracker feed of news and developments in antisemitism activities.
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We were reminded in an extraordinary way at Never Is Now that together we can use our shared values and our shared strength to find the way forward in combatting antisemitism and other forms of hate.
Help ADL keep the momentum going! Watch this one-minute highlights video and then dive into the video recordings of our mainstage sessions and many of the breakouts in a playlist posted here
for the ADL community. So please view these memorable moments, then share them with your friends and family so the impact of Never Is Now keeps growing.
You can also find an expansive set of resources on the issues discussed at Never Is Now, as well as more ways to connect, engage and take post-event action with ADL on our ‘Never Is Now Next’ page.
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