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This December, experience the exhilarating sounds of perseverance and strength.
ADL In Concert Against Hate invites you to a night of music, community and celebration packed with spectacular, can’t-miss performances from acclaimed stars. This entirely virtual event gives you a front-row seat anywhere around the globe. Through storytelling and song, we’ll introduce you to real-life heroes and celebrate their extraordinary acts of courage and compassion in the face of bigotry and hate. Be part of the powerful chorus fighting hate for good and honoring those leading the way.
Register now for an unforgettable night of enduring joy that empowers each of us to show up with courage and fight hate for good. | |
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As the December holidays approach, we know that many school administrators and teachers face the challenge of planning holiday programs and activities that demonstrate a respect for students of all faiths and religious beliefs. Join us for this one hour webinar as we explore the legal issues of religious freedom and learn how to help create a school environment that respects different points of view, cultures and religious beliefs. | |
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The ADL Washington, D.C. Regional Office is accepting applications for the 2022 Glass Leadership Institute (GLI)!
GLI is designed to educate a select group of dynamic young adults in their late twenties to early forties about the crucial work of the ADL. GLI is composed of a series of intensive, stimulating and informative interactive seminars, briefings and roundtable discussions. Topics include but are not limited to: Hate Crimes, Terrorism, Extremism, The Rise of Global Antisemitism, Church/State Separation, Israel, Government Affairs, Anti-Bias Training and Holocaust Education.
GLI is the cornerstone leadership development program for ADL. Through GLI:
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ADL empowers its next generation of leaders and provides young professionals with the tools to fight hatred and bigotry in their own communities.
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ADL’s Regional Offices offer unique opportunities to explore ADL’s global mission from an insider’s perspective.
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Participants engage in six months of dynamic sessions, exposing them to the important work of ADL and the full range of issues on the ADL agenda.
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Participants have opportunities to grow their leadership and advocacy skills, socialize with peers, network with ADL’s senior leadership and attend the National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
Our prestigious 2022 GLI Program will begin in January. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more and applying for a spot in this program, visit our website. | |
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ADL is hiring for its Internship Program in the Washington, D.C. Office!
Our Internship Program provides professional development training for college and graduate school students seeking real-life experience in the non-profit sector. It is an unpaid internship with the opportunity to receive college credit.
ADL is a leading anti-hate organization fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate with its timeless mission: “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” If you or someone you know is interested in learning more and applying to be an intern, visit our website. | |
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Political prognosticators feared the 2021 off-year elections could usher in a new era of extremists in elected office. While the worst-case scenario did not materialize, the election results appear to show an electorate that is not entirely averse to candidates with extremist (and extremist-adjacent) platforms and ideologies, signaling a potentially alarming trend ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
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Tucker Carlson’s special “documentary” series, “Patriot Purge,” aired online the first week of November 2021, via the Fox Nation streaming service. This series promotes many of the false conspiracy theories Carlson promotes on his regular show on Fox News—the Biden Administration is on a “manhunt” for conservatives; the FBI played a role in the January 6 insurrection; the military wants to purge any soldier whose point of view differs from that of the current government; and finally, that the new “second war on terror” is aimed at what Carlson calls “legacy
Americans” who will be labeled “domestic terrorists,” put in a government database and imprisoned in solitary confinement.
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"A mezuzah ripped from a doorpost of the Hillel at Northeastern University. An advertisement for a Jewish event at Emerson College defaced with antisemitic graffiti. A swastika, a Star of David, and the words 'Is Illegal' drawn on a car belonging to a Chabad rabbi at Santa Monica College. And just this past weekend, a Jewish fraternity house at George Washington University vandalized, its Torah scroll doused in laundry detergent.
These are just a few of the antisemitic incidents reported at campuses across the country in recent weeks, as students returned to campus for the Fall semester. They are reminders that antisemitism — that ugly, irrational hatred that has plagued Jews for millennia — is accelerating on American college and university campuses nationwide."
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A graphic shared on social media by the Nation of Islam warning against the COVID-19 vaccine (source: Twitter)
Months before the first COVID-19 vaccines were distributed in the United States, the Nation of Islam (NOI)
had already widely disseminated its directive that Black people refuse the vaccine. Over a year later, the NOI and its leading members have continued their unrelenting promotion of anti-vaccine messages in social media posts, print materials, sermons and beyond. More recently, anti-vaccine advocacy has led NOI members to collaborate with and be promoted by various individuals and groups outside of the NOI, including conspiracy theorists and QAnon proponents.
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Graphic Credits: The GW Hatchet
On this week’s episode of “Getting to the Bottom of It,” Sejal Govindarao speaks with TKE President Chris Osborne and Executive Director of GW’s Rohr Chabad Center Rabbi Yudi Steiner and Alec Rich speaks with Meredith Weisel, Deputy Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League Washington, D.C. Regional Office, about the recent Torah desecration in TKE house.
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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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Our collection of K-12 education resources promotes critical thinking and learning around historical and current events topics through the lens of diversity, bias and social justice. This week, we are featuring resources to commemorate National American Heritage Month and our book of the month. Check out the links below for more information:
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In case you missed it, it’s not too late to watch sessions from this year’s Never Is Now. Watch our extraordinary lineup of speakers, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Yair Lapid, Daniel Dae Kim, Jean-Paul Agon, Tracee Ellis Ross, Baratunde Thurston, Sue Bird and more. | |
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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 be a certificate of completion.
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