THE WEEK's BIG 3

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The passage of the legislation is the first time a chamber of Congress has officially designated the 1915 mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.

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					October 31, 2019

					THE WEEK's BIG 3

					The House of Representatives voted on a bipartisan basis this week to approve a resolution commemorating the Armenian Genocide – a move endorsed by ADL. A member of the anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Benedictine University confronted a Holocaust survivor during a speech on campus, demanding he “condemn the establishment of the Zionist Israeli state.” And U.S. Armed Forces conducted a raid over the weekend in northwestern Syria resulting in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the so-called Islamic State. 

					Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate and the latest info about ADL from around the country.

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					House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

					“The passage of the legislation, by a 405-to-11 vote, is the first time a chamber of Congress has officially designated the 1915 mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.” The New York Times:
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				+ ADL Endorses Congressional Resolution Commemorating the Armenian Genocide

				+ Top Jewish Civil Rights Group Endorses US Congressional Resolution to Recognize Genocide of Armenians by Turkey -- Algemeiner

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					Students for Justice in Palestine Member Walks Out on Holocaust Survivor’s Speech After Accusing Israel of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

					“Following a speech last week by Benedictine University professor Harold Kasimow, who survived the Holocaust as a child, a student asked a question which drew a parallel between Kasimow’s experiences and Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. The student, according to their Twitter feed, is affiliated with the Chicago-area school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.” JTA: 
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				+ TWEET from Jonathan Greenblatt: “Yet another example of SJP’s anti-Semitic practice of marginalizing Jews and reducing their identity to their connection to Israel…”

				+ ADL Resource: Students for Justice in Palestine

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					ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Killed in U.S. Raid

					“The high-risk operation brings a dramatic end to a years-long hunt for the man who spearheaded the Islamic State’s transformation from an underground insurgent band to a powerful quasi-state that straddled two countries and spawned copycat movements across several continents.” The Washington Post:
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				+ ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities Issues Statement Regarding Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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					KEY ADL SOCIAL STATEMENTS

						Global access to white supremacist ideology has created an international connectedness in the white supremacist movement…

						A 70 yr old Jewish man in Berlin was beaten by an anti-Semite. Just weeks after the shooting in Germany on #YomKippur, this is especially horrifying…

						We fought to get federal hate crime laws on the books, and we will keep fighting to get effective, inclusive hate crime laws on the books in every state…

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					IN THE COMMUNITY

						ADL’s Greenblatt on combating anti-Semitism after Oct. 27 (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

						Lawmakers unveil legislation to strengthen hate crime laws (WPMT-TV, FOX York, PA -- Nancy Baron-Baer featured)

						Tracking Bias Motivated Behavior Across the State (5280 The Denver Magazine)

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					ADL IN THE NEWS

						New report reflects on overcoming extremism, ‘Unite the Right’ rally (WHSV-TV, ABC Harrisonburg, VA)

						Watchdog: Better Information-Sharing Could Help Address Spike in College Hate Crimes (Government Executive)

						She went from a liberal non-voter to burning books with white supremacists. Here’s why she finally left the movement (CNN)

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