(JTA) – The number of antisemitic incidents recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in the United States in 2021 reached an all-time high, according to a new report by the group.
The 2,717 incidents identified in news articles by the ADL or reported...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 9, 2022
The inaugural annual Staenberg Lecture will now feature Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League. Due to a scheduling conflict Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Isabel Wilkerson will no longer be the first guest lecturer...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 27, 2022
If it feels like you're reading about a new incident of antisemitism or attempts to rewrite the history of the Holocaust by changing laws through, as one Jewish lawmaker described, “draconian Holocaust censorship bills," you are correct. The...
Since its establishment in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League has been on the front lines of fighting not only anti-Semitism but all forms of extremist hate groups and individuals. Its latest report shows that its fight is far from over.Jonathan Greenblatt,...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published December 12, 2019
With Hanukkah and Christmas overlapping this year, the annual concern that has come to be known as the December Dilemma takes on added timeliness. Navigating through a cluster of joyous religious holidays without prompting hurt feelings, charges of discrimination...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published August 29, 2019
A Jewish family’s home in Olivette was vandalized sometime during the night of Aug. 23-24 in what the local police are treating as a hate crime.The perpetrator, who has not been arrested, left a severed pig head at the home and spray-painted the porch,...
The Anti-Defamation League will honor Maxine Clark and Bob Fox at its 2018 Torch of Liberty Award Gala on Sunday, Oct. 21. The Torch of Liberty Award celebrates “those who, by word or deed, seek to preserve our heritage of liberty, freedom, equality...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published November 8, 2017
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States has increased significantly this year, according to a new audit from the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit that works to fight anti-Semitism and hate and tracks such occurrences. Reflected in...
The Anti-Defamation League is seeking nominations for the 2017 Meyer and Marcelle Kranzberg Memorial Scholarship. For the past 19 years, the scholarship has recognized youth who have made outstanding contributions to the Jewish community and who may become...
Cops’ lives matter was illustrated at a recent police appreciation event sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League’s Missouri-Southern Illinois Region, which recognized two Missouri law-enforcement officers with ADL’s 2016 Distinguished Service Awards...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published November 30, 2016
Let’s get this out of the way right at the outset: Roger Waters is pompous and detestable.The former Pink Floyd member is a radical antagonist of Israel and, according to many, including Abraham Foxman, longtime head of the Anti-Defamation League, a...
The Anti-Defamation League of Missouri and Southern Illinois will honor two law enforcement officers with the ADL’s 2016 Distinguished Service Awards during a ceremony Dec. 9. ADL will recognize Detective Joseph T. Cichacki of the St. Louis Metropolitan...
