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Slowing the Groups that Enable Antisemitism + Glorify Terrorism
Since the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, antisemitic incidents have surged globally. Campuses have become hotbeds for antisemitic activity, often orchestrated by groups that celebrate terrorism and harass Jewish students, and that are funded in part by fiscal sponsors that operate without sufficient oversight or transparency.
This week, ADL’s Oren Segal, VP of the ADL Center on Extremism, addressed Members of Congress in a hearing about “Tracing the Flow of Tax-Exempt Dollars to Antisemitism.” Oren explained the threat provided by these groups that fuel dangerous antisemitic activity and glorify terrorism with support from 501(c)(3) sponsors. You can read his full testimony here.
To protect Jewish communities, ADL calls on Congress and the IRS to conduct a thorough review of the fiscal sponsors supporting projects that glorify terrorism and violence and ensure greater transparency and oversight.
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Netanyahu on Antisemitism:
In Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress yesterday in D.C., he warned about how antisemitic conspiracy theories can lead to persecution and attacks, and noted that “just as malicious lies were leveled at the Jewish people, now they’re being leveled at the Jewish state… meant to delegitimize Israel, to demonize the Jewish state and to demonize Jews everywhere.” He also condemned the wave of anti-Israel protests that have swept campuses, and called for the world to fight the appalling rise in antisemitism with vigor and without exception.
Watch a video clip from this forceful speech.
ADL Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint vs School District of Philadelphia:
Since Oct. 7, the School District of Philadelphia has become a viciously hostile environment for Jewish students. ADL has stepped in to file a Title VI complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on behalf of parents whose children have been subjected to “severe and persistent harassment and discrimination.” This toxic environment has included openly antisemitic bullying and harassment by teachers and peers. Read more about this civil rights complaint
and the culture of fear in the district that makes this filing necessary.
Fighting Hate in Sports: With the world gearing up to watch the Olympics, ADL is releasing a timely resource — The ADL Playbook for Addressing Antisemitism in Sports.
This guide helps athletes, teams and commentators recognize, respond to and combat antisemitism, both on and off the field. This resource has already been used as part of ADL’s support for the Israeli Olympic Committee ahead of the Summer Games in Paris. Download the guide here and share it with any teams you are involved with.
Far-Right Influencers on X Promote Anti-Zionism + Hate:
The ADL Center on Extremism looks into influencers on X whose engagement spiked after Hamas’ attack on Israel, as they posted content that included virulent anti-Zionism alongside antisemitic tropes, disinformation and other forms of hateful or harmful rhetoric. Many of these posts have been viewed tens of thousands — or even millions — of times. Read more about how their audience engagement swelled over 1070% as they spread this hateful content to their networks.
ADL Podcast: Interview with a 10/7 Survivor:
The extremely podcast from the ADL Center on Extremism has an unforgettable interview with Chen Almog, who survived the Oct. 7 attack on the Nova Music Festival in Israel. She describes that horrific day and how she's coping with the aftermath. Also: a discussion of Suno GAI’s extremist problem and escalating protests in NY and beyond. Listen up via the extremely homepage.
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Wisconsin-Milwaukee. An anti-Zionist social media account has threatened
people at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who support Israel. The warning, which named Hillel and the Jewish Federation specifically, came from an account called ‘UWM Popular University for Palestine.’ It threatened Israel supporters, saying it would treat them as “extremist criminals.” The university denounced the post and the potential danger to Jewish individuals and groups, and the Jewish Federation has alerted law enforcement.
Trouble for SJP Backers. A state court in Virginia has ruled that American Muslims for Palestine, the parent organization of Students for Justice in Palestine, needs to hand over records to the state’s Attorney General as part of a probe of the group
and whether it is connected to the funding of terrorism-related activity and groups. SJP, as this ADL backgrounder notes, has endorsed Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and is an inflammatory voice on campus against pro-Zionist students.
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Make your voice heard! Urge Congress to fight anti-Jewish hate online.
ADL's latest Online Hate and Harassment Report found that Jewish adults were more likely to be harassed for their religion than non-Jews (34% vs. 18%), 41% of Jewish adults changed their online behavior to avoid being recognized as Jewish, and nearly two-thirds of Jewish adults (63%) reported feeling less safe online than they did last year. Tell your Member of Congress to pass the Digital Social Platform Transparency Act to help fight online hate and harassment.
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