Lawmakers in Nassau County, New York passed a law that would ban masks in public. ADL and prominent civil rights organizations are spearheading the #UnMaskHate campaign to prevent protestors from wearing facial coverings to intimidate others. A judge ruled that Harvard did not protect or support its Jewish students adequately, and the school will now face an antisemitism lawsuit. Israel is preparing for retaliation from Iran and Hezbollah in the aftermath of Israeli operations over the last several weeks.

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Harvard ‘failed its Jewish students’ and must face antisemitism lawsuit, judge rules


“Judge Richard Stearns said Jewish students plausibly claimed Harvard had been indifferent to their fears of walking through the campus and missing classes and extracurricular activities when they were allegedly harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters.” (READ MORE: ABC News)


+ADL tweet: Harvard has had many chances to take action to protect Jewish and Israeli students. Permitting this lawsuit to move forward is a critical step in holding them accountable.


+ADL Resource: Campus Antisemitism Report Card

• It's absolutely heartbreaking that both Ariel Bibas and his brother Kfir have had to spend their birthdays this year being held in captivity by Hamas. No child deserves such a cruel fate, we must #BringThemHomeNow

• Governor Shapiro is a proud Jew - as he should be. The ad hominem attacks implying that he can't serve his country because of his faith are despicable. I said it on Morning Joe, and I'll say it again - when you hold Jewish people to a double standard, that's not politics, it’s prejudice and it's wrong.

• Thank you, President Isaac Herzog, for this important message. The Jewish people’s remarkable resilience is a precious resource that has “enabled us to get back up and rebuild after even the worst tragedies.” Tonight, tomorrow, next week… Am Yisrael Chai.

• Hollywood synagogue vandalized for second time in past few weeks (Jewish Journal)

• Legal series ends with strategies to confront antisemitism (Jewish Press of Tampa)

• “’Never Again’ starts in the classroom’: Inside the Holocaust Education Seminar in NoVa (Washington Jewish Week)

• There’s no place for anti-Semitism – especially not at the Olympics (The Telegraph, UK)

• Lipstadt ‘deeply disturbed’ by Wikipedia’s ban on ADL (Jewish Insider)

• ‘Unjust and immoral" ADL raps Smotrich for indicating he’d like to starve Gazans (Times of Israel)

Read of the Week: This year’s rise in antisemitism has been awful, but we will continue to face the challenges with courage (Jewish Chronicle)