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ADL Launches Aggressive State Legislative Agenda: The 2026 state legislative sessions have opened, and ADL is pursuing an aggressive legislative agenda. We are working in at least 29 states on close to 60 bills and initiatives aimed to Prioritize Fighting Antisemitism, Educating About the Jewish Experience and Protecting Jewish Communities.
ADL is aggressively working on key legislation to protect our houses of worship, establish antisemitism taskforces, create Title VI coordinators to help protect students, enforce and pass laws to fight masked intimidation and harassment, and fund state nonprofit security grant programs — just to name a few. We are coordinating state lobby days to empower our volunteers and mobilize the community to come and advocate with us in state capitols. “As antisemitism and extremism continue to impact our communities, ADL is leading the charge with model legislation, working with key lawmakers throughout the country, and leveraging innovation and partnerships to drive effective
change,” noted Meredith R. Weisel, ADL’s VP of State and Local Advocacy.
→ Make your voice heard. Sign up to join ADL’s next lobby day. We’ll equip you with everything you need to make an impact.
→ Learn more about your state’s antisemitism laws and policies with ADL’s Jewish Policy Index.
Brussels Sprouts with Jewish Community: ADL’s Andrew Srulevitch and Dalia Grinfeld were in Belgium this month to help the European Jewish community fight antisemitism. ADL presented data from our
joint survey with the World Union of Jewish Students to the EU Commission’s Working Group to Combat Antisemitism. Members of that EU group were astounded that 78% of Jewish students concealed their Jewish identity. We met with over 40 Special Envoys from European nations and Jewish community leaders at the event, and we secured a cooperation agreement with BESC (the Belgian Jewish security organization) to partner with the ADL Center on Extremism and to help distribute
Words To Action (WTA) in Belgium. Over the past three years, our WTA program has empowered 5,000 young Jews in 25 countries across Europe to respond to antisemitism.
EVENT: Remembering the Six Million:
Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with ADL’s Echoes & Reflections Holocaust education program. On January 27, learn about Yad Vashem’s mission to recover the names and identities of the six million victims of the Holocaust, and how it has reached a milestone in identifying five million of these individuals. Sheryl Ochayon, Yad Vashem’s Project Director, will also use the database and Pages of Testimony of Yad Vashem to tell the stories of some of the lives lost in the Holocaust.
Register now for this powerful online ADL event.
EVENT: Confronting Antisemitism in Healthcare:
Gain insights from ADL experts alongside healthcare professionals and advocates working at the front lines — examining challenges, sharing strategies, and highlighting how Jewish voices and allies are taking action across the field.
Register now for this free online event on Feb. 11. How big of a concern is this? Read an op-ed by Dr. Miri Bar Halpern and ADL’s Sara Colb about how
“Antisemitism in Healthcare Is a Public Health Crisis — and Must Be Treated as One.”
Also, read ADL’s backgrounder on Healthcare Workers for Palestine.
Modest Gains on Security Funding:
The $300 million included for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program for 2026 in Congress’ Homeland Security budget bill represents meaningful progress and growing bipartisan recognition of the real threats facing houses of worship. The House passed this bill today. With the arson attack on a Mississippi synagogue fresh in all of our minds, ADL will continue working with Congress to secure increased funding in the next funding cycle to ensure synagogues and other vulnerable institutions have the protection they need.
Read more about NSGP funding.
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