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June 28th, 2024

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THE WEEK's BIG 3

More than 40 Jewish organizations sent a letter to the Board of Trustees at the Wikimedia Foundation, in a show of support for ADL and the organization’s reliability. Following an attack at a synagogue in Los Angeles, ADL joined several organizations and civic leaders calling for immediate action to protect Jewish communities. ADL joined a coalition campaign calling for stricter anti-masking laws in New York in the wake of more sever anti-Israel protestors engaging in harassment and intimidation.

Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate and the latest info about ADL from around the country.
 

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Inside the war over Israel at Wikipedia

“After Wikipedia’s editors voted earlier this month to rate the Anti-Defamation League as an unreliable source on matters related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a group of online activists celebrated the news in a pro-Palestine channel on the messaging app Discord.”- Jewish Insider (READ MORE)

+WATCH: 'It's flat out wrong': ADL head slams Wikipedia for saying org is unreliable source (MSNBC Morning Joe)

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Hollywood Jews slam violence outside LA synagogue as ‘horrifying,’ vow to ‘mobilize’

“Members of Hollywood’s Jewish community are on edge and vowing to mobilize in the wake of a pro-Palestinian protest outside of a Pico Boulevard synagogue over the weekend that turned violent… Industry sources say the Anti-Defamation League will host a briefing with the LAPD for concerned members of entertainment community later this week.”- Variety  (READ MORE)

 +JG Tweet: Blocking a place of worship is unacceptable, period, but the violent chaos that erupted outside the Adas Torah synagogue is a new level of alarming. It’s good to see the Jewish community of Pico-Robertson come together & send a strong message in response.

+ADL CA Tweet: “[ADL Los Angeles Regional Director Jeffery Abrams] stood on stage alongside Mayor Bass at the afternoon news conference and said the city needed to do more to protect the community.”
 

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Civil rights leaders launch ‘UnMaskHateNY’ campaign as city grapples with ‘alarming’ rise in antisemitism
“National civil-rights leaders from Jewish and black communities are launching a campaign to prevent bigots from using masks to hide their identities — likening the movement to bringing down the Ku Klux Klan. ‘Those who carried out the violence at Charlottesville and on Jan. 6 may have felt there would be no repercussions. They were wrong, but only because we saw their faces’” said Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, referring to the deadly white-power rally in Virginia in 2017 and the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.” – The New York Post (READ MORE)


+Jonathan Greenblatt Tweet:  Enough is enough. We must ensure that those who hide their identities to harass and intimidate others, not only Jews but anyone anywhere, will be held accountable. Thank you to my good friend @MARCMORIAL  and all the leaders who joined us today to support this effort.

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KEY ADL SOCIAL STATEMENTS

  • The antisemitic violence that started in front of an Orthodox synagogue and spilled over into the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles marks a deeply dangerous new low. It is a case study in gaslighting to describe this as a “peaceful protest”…
     
  • Jews in Germany are experiencing a rise in antisemitism in public spaces, educational institutions and online. According to our partner @Reporting_Antisem, there were 4.792 incidents reported in 2023, an 80% increase compared to 2022, 58% of those incidents occurred after Oct. 7.
     
  • On Saturday, Naama Levy turned 20 while in Hamas captivity. I met her mother, Ayelet, last month. Her letter to her daughter is heart-wrenching. As Ayelet said, it’s “a letter no mother should ever have to write to her daughter. We must #BringThemHomeNow.
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IN THE COMMUNITY

  • I had to hire security for my son’s bar mitzvah. I don’t want this to become our new normal. (Andrew Goretsky Op-Ed)
     
  • Pennsylvania Jewish Dems accuse GOP Senate nominee of profiting from ‘antisemitic’ online platform (The Forward)
     
  •  'I would lynch him': Maricopa County Republican party vice chair threatens recorder (AZ Central)
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ADL IN THE NEWS

  • Irish politicians are obsessed with Israel and ignoring antisemitism (Times of Israel)
     
  • Groundbreaking underway for new Tree of Life structure nearly 6 years after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (CNN)
     
  • House votes to boost security grant funding by $30 million (Jewish Insider)
     



Read of the Week: Instead of making LGBTQ+ Jews scared of Pride, we should inspire them to march no matter what (The Forward)


 

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