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A weekly wrap of ADL’s reports, updates and analysis on antisemitism around the world.

- 🏛️ Demanding political courage on both sides of the aisle
- 🚩 DSA makes anti-Zionism a binding litmus test
- 🎥 ADL CEO has “receipts” in the fight against hate
- 🌍 Khamenei’s funeral becomes a stage for incitement
- 📚 Illinois course urges teachers to boycott ADL
- ✍️ PEN America resignation sends a “chilling message”
- 🕯️ Reflecting on 1,000 days since October 7
- 🌎 Marking 32 years since the AMIA bombing

This Week’s Topline

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The Tattoo Should Have Been Enough

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Politicians who traffic in antisemitism are telling you something, and it's easy to call out hatred on the other side, but real courage means demanding your own party reject it, too. Following Graham Platner’s withdrawal from the Maine senate race,
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ADL ran a full-page ad in the Maine Sunday Telegram and sent a letter to Democratic and Republican party leaders nationwide, urging them to publicly condemn antisemitic rhetoric, refuse support to candidates who traffic in it, and treat it as a fundamental issue, not a political inconvenience.

Take Action Today

Speak Out: Party leaders have the power to act. They can pull support, withhold endorsements, and make clear that antisemitism has no place in politics. Demand that Democratic and Republican party leaders show the courage to reject antisemitism, no matter which side of the aisle they’re on.

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What’s News

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DSA’s Anti-Zionist Litmus Test: The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), now the largest socialist organization in the country with over 120,000 members and 220 chapters nationwide, has made anti-Zionism a binding requirement for its endorsed candidates and members in good standing, according to a new
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ADL backgrounder. DSA-backed candidates, including NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, have translated this agenda into real political power, with over 250 members now serving in elected office nationwide, even as several chapters and leaders have expressed open support for Hamas’s October 7 attack. ADL’s new backgrounder traces how anti-Zionism, which is antisemitic in intent or effect, has moved from DSA's internal platform into City Halls, state legislatures and Congress.

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READ ABOUT THE DSA

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A Warning Sign For All of Us: From Groyper rallies in Tampa to a Twitch streamer’s slurs against “settlers,” antisemitism is going mainstream on both the left and right. In a new USA Today documentary series,
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“Extremely Normal,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joins reporter Will Carless to unpack what that shift means for the Jewish community. The episode spotlights figures like Nick Fuentes, Hasan Piker and James Fishback, who blend criticism of Israel with antisemitic tropes and Holocaust denial. ‘No one should need armed guards to attend religious services... That’s not just a Jewish problem. It’s a warning sign for all of us,’ Greenblatt says.
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Watch the full episode HERE.

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Supreme Leader Brings Supreme Incitement: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s six-day funeral procession became a stage for violent antisemitic and anti-Israel incitement, according to
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new ADL analysis. Placards called for setting “the lives of Jews across the entire world” ablaze, alongside eliminationist threats against Israel and explicit death threats against President Trump, including the hashtag “#KillTrump.” Leadership from Hamas, Hezbollah and other U.S.-designated terrorist groups attended in person, while American influencers like Jackson Hinkle and Max Blumenthal amplified the regime’s messaging.
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LEARN MORE in ADL’s report.

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A Course Built to Boycott Us: Illinois teachers can now earn state licensing credit for a six-hour course titled
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“Why We Need to #DropTheADL From Schools,” which brands ADL a “right-wing and white supremacist organization” and pushes educators to boycott our programs. This is deeply alarming and as ADL Midwest Regional Director Rebecca Weininger said, “All fair-minded teachers should reject calls to boycott educational programs that benefit Chicago’s students.”
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Read more about how a state-approved professional development requirement is being used to spread a disturbing narrative that contradicts the fundamental principles of academic freedom.

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PEN America President Sends A ‘Chilling Message.’: PEN America President Dinaw Mengestu resigned last week over the group’s new report on the exclusion and threats Jewish and Israeli writers have faced since October 7, arguing PEN should instead defend boycotters’ free speech rights. ADL
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noted the resignation "sends a chilling message,” urging PEN America to “oppose all efforts to boycott, silence, or exclude any voices, including Jewish and Israeli ones.” In a video response, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
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added that “writers are facing ideological litmus tests in a way we've never seen before… Free expression means just that. Free expression. Protecting every voice, including Jewish and Israeli voices.”

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1,000 Days Later: Marking 1,000 days since October 7, ADL's Ken Jacobson reflects on what has made this tragedy different from other major terror attacks: instead of the global sympathy and condemnation that followed 9/11, the massacre was met with rationalizations and, in some quarters, justification. In a
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new op-ed for the Times of Israel, Jacobson argues that the perception of Israeli vulnerability on October 7, and the broader sense that Jews could once again be targeted without consequence, helped fuel the historic surge in antisemitism that followed. "Perception of weakness generates new opportunities for haters," he writes.

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Argentina AMIA Mission: This week, ADL’s Global Leadership Council is on the ground in Buenos Aires, marking the 32nd anniversary of the AMIA Jewish Community Center bombing, the deadliest antisemitic terror attack in the Americas. The timing carries added weight: Argentina currently holds the presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Led by CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, SVP of International Affairs Marina Rosenberg, and GLC Co-Chair Deb Shalom, the delegation is meeting with government ministers, members of Congress, and leaders of Argentina's Jewish community, building on ADL's longstanding partnership with the country and its J7 partner, the DAIA. The
mission culminates Sunday in a commemoration outside the AMIA building, honoring the 85 people killed in the Iranian regime-masterminded attack and reaffirming ADL’s continued commitment to remembrance, justice, and accountability.
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Learn more about the AMIA bombing here.

Social Spotlights

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The man who killed Paul Kessler, a Jewish American, at a 2023 peaceful pro-Israel rally in Ventura County was sentenced to 365 days in county jail. That’s little more than a slap on the wrist and not in proportion with the enormity of this crime.

ADLCalifornia’s Joshua Burt wrote in the @nypost: “Inadequate public responses to such violent crimes leave the American Jewish community feeling deeply insecure and fearful." It sends a message that “when Jews are the victims, accountability is optional.”

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A Maryland man plotted to join and fight for ISIS. His “plan B” was to “gun down” Jews and people in the U.S. he believes support Israel. This month he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This is not an isolated case. ADL has documented 13 terrorist plots targeting Jews in just the past two years. The threat is real, rising and it demands our full attention. Thank you to the FBI and law enforcement for thwarting this plot.

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“There is a natural affinity between Iranian exiles and the Jewish community because we have faced the same propaganda, we’ve been killed by the same forces.” — @elicalebon

Elica put a career as a defense attorney on hold to speak out against the Iranian regime. The IRGC has targeted her with death threats. She’s still talking. That takes real courage. Thank you, Elica, for all you do and for being an incredible ally to the Jewish community.

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