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ADL issued its annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents this week. The data shows that antisemitic incidents remained at a historically high level across the United States in 2020, with a total of 2,024 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported
. Although ADL recorded a 4 percent decline in antisemitic incidents nationally, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., in 2020 each saw historically high levels of antisemitic incidents reported. Of particular concern, ADL recorded a marked increase in antisemitic incidents of harassment in 2020.
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While antisemitic incidents declined in 2020 by 4 percent after hitting an all-time high in 2019, last year was still the third-highest year for incidents against American Jews since ADL started tracking such data in 1979.
In North Carolina, antisemitic incidents continued to see a slight decrease over the last two years. There were 34 antisemitic incidents in 2018 – which was the highest year on record. In 2019, the number of recorded incidents fell to 20 and in 2020 the number of recorded antisemitic incidents fell to 13.
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Extremists consistently use mainstream news stories as opportunities to share their racist, often violent, views on a range of social media and online platforms. The April 20, 2021 verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial was no exception. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
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Both politicians and video game streamers are not strangers to being targeted by online hate and harassment. Concerned about the risk that an outpouring of public hate could result when these two groups appear together online, ADL’s Center for Technology and Society (CTS)
reviewed four high-profile livestreaming events occurring between October 2020 and February 2021 on the social media platform Twitch. The goal was to determine why or why not these events had devolved into hotbeds of bigotry and harassment, as many might assume would be the case. However, our investigation found that—despite the potential for hate and harassment in events co-hosted by prominent politicians—the events we reviewed were primarily positive and inclusive.
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Once largely relegated to white supremacist rhetoric, “The Great Replacement” has made its way into mainstream consciousness in the past several years. From the chants of “Jews Will Not Replace Us” on the University of Virginia campus to then-U.S. Rep. Steve King’s tweeted protest, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s complaints that the Democratic party is attempting to “replace the current electorate” with “third-world voters,” the racist conspiracy theory has infiltrated public discourse.
Click below for an introduction to “The Great Replacement” and learn where it began, how it feeds into white supremacist grievances and which “mainstream” personalities have used it to score points and signal (not so subtly) their nativist point of view.
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The Equality Act (H.R. 5/S. 393) would explicitly protect the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally funded programs, and jury service
. Call on your Senators to support the fair treatment of LGBTQ+ people by holding a vote on and passing this bill.
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Members of the House of Representatives have introduced H. Res. 151, led by Representative Grace Meng and H. Res. 153, led by Representative Michelle Steel, condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment related to COVID-19. ADL urges Congress to speak out against bias and hate and support Asian and Asian-American communities by adopting these measures.
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This legislation would authorize incentive grants to spark improved local and state hate crime training, prevention, best practices and data collection initiatives and make grants available for state hate crime reporting hotlines to direct individuals to local law enforcement and support services. The National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act, (H.R. 2383)
is led by Rep. Donald Beyer, Jr. (D-VA). The companion Senate legislation, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act, was sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in the 116th Congress. Urge your Members to support and pass the Jabara - Heyer NO HATE Act.
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The NO BAN Act (H.R. 1333)
would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to explicitly prevent the government from discriminating based on religion in the issuing of immigrant visas. The Act would also expand the INA’s non-discrimination provision to nonimmigrant visas, entry into the United States and the approval or revocation of any immigration benefit. Its protections would dramatically decrease the likelihood that decisions about who can enter the United States will be made on xenophobic whims or to fulfill discriminatory campaign promises. Please join ADL in asking members of Congress to co-sponsor and demand action on the NO BAN Act.
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With the release of ADL's 2020 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, ADL Washington, D.C. staff are working to keep the public informed. Check out the links below to view news coverage of our work in our local communities: | |
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ADL Washington, D.C. offers timely information, statements and resources in response to regional and national trending topics via Twitter. Check out the links below to see what we are Tweeting about:
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This verdict represents the first time in the history of the state of Minnesota that a white police officer was held accountable for killing a Black man. Upon the verdict being read, Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother said, "I was just praying they would find him guilty. As an African American, we usually never get justice."
While some received this verdict with relief and a sense of accountability, it was also noted that this was one case, one instance, and that systemic racism will not be dismantled by one case in a single criminal trial. Rather, more systemic approaches that address underlying causes and deep institutional bias are needed.
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Created in 2009, Omegle is a free website that randomly pairs users in one-on-one video chat sessions. The site has seen a resurgence over the past year, thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and its popularity among TikTok influencers.
While Omegle’s terms and conditions state that users must be eighteen and older, or thirteen and older with parental permission, to access the site, there’s no registration requirement - meaning young people can access Omegle with the click of a button.
Omegle’s rising popularity has led to many questions about whether the site is a safe place for young people. In recent months, numerous alerts have been issued by police and internet safety advocates warning of the danger of sexual predators on the site. Omegle itself seems to be aware of this issue, warning on its homepage that “predators have been known to use Omegle, so please be careful.” But there’s another, lesser-known threat that parents need to be aware of too: extremists.
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This month's Fighting Hate from Home Webinar was an urgent discussion of another year of historically high antisemitic incidents — harassment, vandalism and assaults — and how, as ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt put it about the unique year that was 2020, “the pandemic didn’t stop hate, it merely reshaped it.”
Jonathan was joined at the event by D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine, President of the National Association of Attorneys General, as well as Oren Segal, VP of ADL’s Center on Extremism, which compiles the data and Rachel Grinspan, Director of Community Affairs for ADL’s NY/NJ Region, the region that saw the highest levels of incidents in the country.
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Is Your Synagogue Part of ADL’s Signature Synagogue Program?
ADL Washington, D.C.'s Regional Signature Synagogue Program is an important way to engage our community and ignite a congregation-wide commitment to raising awareness of and speaking out against antisemitism and hate. This program creates a unifying initiative for community education and engagement. Participants in the Signature Synagogue Program will have special direct access to ADL's programs, resources and learning opportunities. This is an ongoing year-long program where each synagogue will receive recognition of participation and granted a certificate of completion.
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