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ADL works to stop the defamation of Jewish people and ensure fair treatment for all by fighting antisemitism and bigotry, defending democratic ideals, and protecting civil rights. It collects and analyzes hate incidents, provides resources and training, and pursues legal, policy, and public-education efforts to counter prejudice. Its approach combines legal advocacy, policy influence, education, and community programs to address bias across society. The goal is to stop defamation of Jewish people, defend civil rights, and secure justice and fair treatment for all.
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- September 5, 2026 Boulder and July 22, 2026 Reed settlements validate ADL's legal leverage.
- ADL's 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card showed 58% of schools earning A or B.
- Campus Classroom Reporting and gaming safety tools create recurring engagement beyond crisis headlines.
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- Jonathan Greenblatt's confrontational posture keeps ADL exposed to donor backlash and campus pushback.
- August 2026 reports naming Stanford, Princeton, and UC Berkeley intensify litigation and reputational fights.
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- ADL pairs research, litigation, and advocacy across campuses, courts, and online platforms.
- Its 2026 classroom-reporting channel targets hidden antisemitism inside faculty governance and curricula.
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Selma Blair reveals extent of fallout after anti-islam Instagram comment: "I didn't have a career at all" During a speech at an Anti-Defamation League event in New York, the veteran actress said she got dropped, blocked and shunned in Hollywood and beyond: "Two years ago I learned what erased feels like." October 2, 2026 1:59pm Selma Blair has revealed new details about the career fallout she faced following a controversial Instagram comment she made amid the Israel-Hamas war in February 2024. The veteran star said she lost her entire career and the team that supported it - talent agency CAA, a manager of 30 years, a lawyer and personal and book publicists - in the wake of leaving a comment widely criticized as anti-Islamic under a video posted by immigration reform advocate Abraham Hamra. Though she apologized, Blair noted it wasn't enough and not only did she lose that team but also brand deals, payment for a supposed Super Bowl advertisement, her son's godmother and more. So much that, she says, she came to learn "what erased feels like." "The brands I worked with were gone within a day. A few partnerships I'd spent years building were shelved. My agency was gone. My lawyer was gone. My publicist was gone. My book agent was gone. My book publicist was gone. My social media manager was gone. My son's godmother was gone - my best friend. While some friends in the business quietly stood by me, most of them were gone. And of course, my manager, my supposed friend of 30 years, and a Jew, was gone too. I still don't know what any of them were thinking. No one returned my calls," explained Blair from a podium inside New York's Jewish Museum on Thursday evening during the Anti-Defamation League's State of the Arts reception. To back up a bit, that comment, which was deleted once it generated backlash, went like this: "Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate." She later apologized for it with a lengthy statement. "In my comment, I mistakenly and inadvertently conflated Muslims with Radical Islamists and fundamentalists, a terrible err in my words and resulted in hurting countless people I never meant to, and I deeply regret this. As soon as my error was brought to my attention, I deleted the comment," posted Blair, who by month's end had parted ways with her team. "Hate and misinformation are amplified so easily these days. This time by my own hands. In this instance, I erred in my writing and I fully recognize how I contributed to the Muslim community being understandably very upset. I respect and love all peace-loving communities, all over the world." In her speech Thursday night, she mentioned the controversy, the comment and the apology but kept it brief. "In February of 2024, just mere months after Oct. 7, I posted a comment online. It offended people, and I did apologize right away. No conditions, no fine print. I meant it then and I mean it now, and I'm leaving the comment there, because the comment was not the story," said Blair, who also touched on the strides she made after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and how that impacted her work and advocacy. ("I'd spent years clawing my career back, because a career does not wait for you," she said.) "I'm not up here for sympathy. I know I've had a lucky life, and I'm working again. And of course we know that life is better now than it was then. I have a team now I'd walk through fire with. It's small, and it is my team. I want you to know that before I tell you the part that isn't better. It left a mark." That mark, she detailed, was trauma as a result of the backlash which she endured along with her son. "The fear got into me, and fear is contagious in a house," she said before turning attention to her only child. "He's a teenager now. He's supposed to be embarrassed by me, not frightened for me. Careers come back. Years of his childhood do not." Blair then nodded to recent online controversies involving Ed Sheeran and Macklemore, and though she didn't name names, she referenced pro-Palestine activist Javier Bardem and how he shared a petition calling for singer Pink to be removed as a UNICEF ambassador. "A couple of weeks ago, of course, a movie star used his platform to push a petition against an artist who has spent more than a decade raising money for children. Her crime was objecting, out loud, when another performer railed against Israel from a stage. She didn't ask for anyone to lose anything. Not a job, not a stage, nothing. She said what she thought," Blair said. "And for saying what she thought, a movie star spent his week trying to get her canceled. This is what it looks like when we lose our humanity. A woman who raises money for children stops being a person and becomes a target, and the people cheering can't see her anymore. They only see a side." As reported by THR this week, Blair is set to star in a new film, Schmoolie the Deathwatcher, and her team now includes the law firm Berlandi Nussbuam & Reitzas, Oren Segel and Jill Fritzo PR. She revealed from the podium that she's also at work on another new film called Hineni, a Hebrew word that translates to "Here I am." "It's a documentary about antisemitism, and as confounding and confusing as it seems to be because no one wants to talk about geopolitics but it seems to get intermingled completely, but I wanted to make this for the people who are not in this room," she detailed. "[The film] goes to Israel, so people can see why that land is not an abstraction to us. And it talks to people who disagree with me, on camera and keeps the disagreement in the cut, because you don't change a mind by only talking to people who already agree with you." No word yet on production partners or how far along she is in filming. But she made the mission of the film clear at the close of her speech. "Antisemitism has to stop. Not be managed. Not be explained. Not be weighed against something else. Stopped. Two years ago the phone stopped. Tonight I'm the one talking, in a room full of my own people, saying the thing out loud. I'm a Jew. I'm still here. Hineni." Her full speech can be found here.
Mamdani unveils strategy to combat antisemitism in New York City. Katherine Koretski, CNN Tue, September 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM PDT New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a strategy to combat antisemitism Tuesday, including tens of millions of dollars in funding for hate crime prevention and Jewish cultural centers. Mamdani, who has faced accusations of antisemitism from some Jewish groups over his criticisms of Israel and his handling of protests outside synagogues, has attempted to make outreach to Jewish communities in the city a strong element of his administration. "Over the last year, I've met with Jewish New Yorkers across the five boroughs. I've met with them in their dining rooms, sat with them on the subway, and spoke to them in their shuls. Time and again, I've heard the same thing: antisemitism is real, and it is growing," Mamdani said in a two-minute video posted on social media, laying out what he described as "a road map for how our administration will confront the scourge of antisemitism" The first-term mayor vowed to devote more than $30 million in funding to prevention efforts and restarting the interagency security infrastructure working group to help city agencies identify threats to Jewish New Yorkers. Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half of the hate incidents in New York City, according to statistics released by the New York Police Department earlier this month. This move will also add funding to Jewish cultural centers and non-profits, including $2 million for the Queens Holocaust Memorial Garden and $2.5 million towards the Center for New Jewish Culture in Brooklyn. "For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city," Mamdani said in the video, referencing noted composer Leonard Bernstein and businesses Kleinfeld Bridal and Katz's Deli. "Today, we hold a responsibility to sustain and protect our Jewish neighbors." The new strategy comes as Mamdani has faced scrutiny from Jewish groups after making criticisms of Israel's handling of the war in Gaza a central element of his campaign. During his campaign, he suggested as mayor that he could arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court warrant for war crimes, even though the US is not a signatory to the ICC. The mayor acknowledged earlier this summer that he would not have the legal authority to do so. He's also faced backlash after comparing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its spending in US elections to "monsters" during a rally this summer. Tuesday's announcement was met with mixed reaction from Jewish groups, with several pointing to Mamdani's rhetoric around Israel as contributing to antisemitism and arguing that his strategy did not go far enough. "While the Mayor's plan has a number of positive elements, including some increased security funding for Jewish institutions and expanding proven programs, it fails to address a central issue that the mayor himself has perpetuated: rhetoric that demonizes and delegitimizes Israel inevitably leads to the targeting of Jewish New Yorkers," the United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, American Jewish Committee and New York Board of Rabbis said in a joint statement on X. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, whose organization launched a "Mamdani Monitor" to track the mayor's administration, criticized the announcement in a post on X. "Security grants do not substitute for moral clarity. A mayor who will not define antisemitism, will not confront terror flags being marched around in Jewish neighborhoods and terror sympathizers at the doorstep of a synagogue, and will not put his own politics aside is not fighting this crisis. He is managing around it," Greenblatt said. "The mayor's actions or inactions only serve to help fuel antisemitism in NYC. This 'plan' is just further proof." The plan's rollout comes just days after Netanyahu was in New York City for the United National General Assembly, where he accused Mamdani of antisemitism and of distorting facts about Israel. At the same time Netanyahu was in New York, the mayor posted a video on X planting an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. Some Jewish leaders, however, welcomed the new initiative. "At a moment of real and rising antisemitism, extremism and violence across the ideological spectrum, our communities deserve a whole-of-government response," Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs said in a statement. "This strategy marks an important step toward that goal - rooted in the recognition that Jewish safety and inclusive, pluralistic democracy must go hand-in-hand. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who proposed and passed legislation that would require police to publish plans to establish buffer zones at schools and houses of worship during protests, praised the plan to increase funding of security and Holocaust education. "Jewish New Yorkers, and everyone in our city, deserve to be safe. I look forward to continuing to work with the Administration to address the unacceptable rise of antisemitism in our city," she said in a statement.
New ADL research finds antisemitism taking root in classrooms and faculty networks. Published: 08.12.2026 ADL launches resource hub & confidential reporting channel for classroom-based antisemitism. New York, NY, August 12, 2026... ADL's (the Anti-Defamation League) Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education, with support from the ADL Center on Extremism, today launched "When Antisemitism Comes to Class," a new initiative designed to help colleges and universities address antisemitism where it increasingly takes root: inside classrooms, faculty governance and organized academic networks. The initiative includes two new research reports, practical guidance for higher education leaders and the launch of the Campus Classroom Reporting (CCR) mechanism - a confidential reporting and support channel for students, faculty and staff facing antisemitism in classrooms and curricula. ADL's new report, "Antisemitism Among Faculty and in the Classroom: Trends, Patterns and Institutional Dynamics," examines how faculty conduct, curricular framing and academic governance structures are shaping the experience of Jewish and Israeli students, staff and faculty on college campuses. Beyond the headlines about student protests and encampments, this new research points to less visible institutional and faculty dynamics that may be having a very significant impact on campus climate. "Antisemitism doesn't only show up in a student protest chant or an encampment, it can show up in a syllabus, a lecture, a seemingly innocuous remark or a coordinated network of professors organizing against Israel's existence," said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. "Because classrooms and faculty organizing spaces are largely invisible to those outside the institution, this problem has been allowed to fester with far less scrutiny than it warrants. Universities cannot claim to be addressing antisemitism seriously if they ignore what happens behind the classroom door and inside faculty governance." Key findings from the report include recurring patterns such as: * One-sided framing that blurs education with advocacy, including course descriptions and syllabi at institutions such as Stanford, Princeton, Northwestern and UC Berkeley that present contested political claims about Israel and Zionism as settled fact. * The introduction of pro-terrorism narratives into coursework, including assigned readings by leaders of designated terrorist organizations such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and faculty commentary expressing support for or celebration of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. * Academic incentives that pressure students to conform, such as extra credit for attending anti-Israel walkouts and rallies, and canceled classes in favor of protest participation. * The singling out of Jewish and Israeli students in classroom settings, including being asked to answer for Israeli government policy or being labeled an "occupier" or "murderer" because of national origin or military service. * Faculty governance actions supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiatives, including resolutions passed by faculty unions and senates in the CUNY system, the California State University system and at Rutgers, Amherst and the University of Michigan. "Recognizing and addressing these patterns is not in tension with academic freedom, it is necessary to preserve it. Universities have a responsibility to ensure classrooms and faculty governance structures remain places of genuine intellectual openness and fairness, where contested issues are explored with rigor, balance and respect for all students and colleagues," Greenblatt added. "Too many incidents of antisemitism in the classroom never come to light - not because they don't matter, but because the path to reporting them has too often been unclear or inaccessible," said Shira Goodman, ADL Vice President of Public Affairs and Special Initiatives. "The ADL Campus Classroom Reporting (CCR) mechanism helps change that by making it easier to surface concerns and identify patterns. Every student, faculty member and staff member deserves a campus where antisemitism is confronted, accountability is the standard and no one is left to navigate these experiences alone." The Faculty Factor: Mapping the Networks Behind Campus Activism Released alongside this report is an investigation into the organized faculty networks driving anti-Israel and anti-Zionist campus activism, as well as a confidential reporting mechanism for classroom-based concerns. "The Faculty Factor: Inside the Networks Driving Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Activism on Campus" documents how an organized segment of faculty groups, unions and networks has become a driving force behind anti-Israel and anti-Zionist activity on campus. This report reveals how certain faculty networks have deepened their collaboration with anti-Israel student groups since the wave of 2024 campus encampments, providing institutional cover and helping shield them from disciplinary consequences. The report examines several of the most influential networks: Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP), American Association of University Professors (AAUP), California Faculty Association (CFA), Coalition for Action in Higher Education (CAHE) and the Sanctuary Campus Network (SCN). "The hostile environment on campus toward Zionist and Jewish students is not an accident, but the result of organized, well-resourced networks working to reshape academic institutions from within," said Oren Segal, ADL Senior Vice President of Counter-Extremism and Intelligence. "When faculty use their position to shield activists from accountability for their actions, it is a failure in protecting all students equally from hate and harassment." ADL tracked 1,694 antisemitic incidents on U.S. campuses in 2024 and 583 in 2025;. While anti-Israel campus protests and widely covered incidents declined, this report reveals what is happening behind closed doors and contributing to a sustained hostile environment. New Guidance and Reporting Tools To help institutions translate these findings into action, ADL is also releasing: * The Campus Classroom Reporting (CCR) mechanism - a new confidential support channel for students, staff and faculty with concerns about antisemitism or biased content related to Jews or Israel in classroom experiences, instructional framing, assignments or faculty conduct. ADL's research has found that the large majority of students who witness or experience antisemitism on campus never report the incident to campus authorities, underscoring the need for accessible, low-barrier options to report incidents. * A variety of best practice guides and model policies to support institutions in addressing issues of discrimination in tenure, academic freedom and faculty codes of conduct. This release builds on ADL's broader body of work examining antisemitism in higher education, including its annual Campus Antisemitism Report Card and its recent report on antisemitism within professional academic associations. ADL is ready to partner with university administrators, faculty governance bodies and campus stakeholders to implement the guidance outlined in these resources. ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913 to protect the Jewish people, ADL works to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all. In the face of rising antisemitism and extremism, Anti-Defamation League protect, advocate, and educate, through a mix of programs and services using the latest innovations and technology, and seek to create a world without hate. More at www.adl.org.
ADL files federal civil-rights complaint over alleged antisemitic bullying in Colorado school district. "No family should have to fight this hard to ensure a Jewish child's safety at school," James Pasch, vice president of litigation for the ADL, stated. (Jun. 16, 2026 / JNS) The Anti-Defamation League has filed a federal civil-rights complaint against the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, alleging that a student was the victim of antisemitic bullying and physical abuse while attending Southern Hills Middle School. According to the complaint filed on June 11 with the U.S. Department of Education and with the Denver Office for Civil Rights, the victim, identified as "Student A," was subjected to repeated antisemitic bullying, slurs and physical assaults by multiple students during his seventh- and eighth-grade years, from 2024 to 2026. According to the filing, students called Jews "dirty" and "contaminated," attempted to organize a game dubbed "Jew touch tag," and directed Nazi salutes and Holocaust-related taunts at the student. In a December 2025 incident cited in the complaint, a classmate allegedly used a charging cord to pull the student backward by the neck while calling him a "stupid kike," prompting a police investigation. In April, another student allegedly told him, "Hitler should have killed all the Jews when he had the chance." The ADL alleges that school and district officials were repeatedly notified of the incidents but failed to take effective action to stop the harassment. The organization is asking federal officials to investigate whether the district violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and to require corrective measures. "The record here is overwhelming: written pleas from the student's parents, formal school reports and a police investigation all point to the conclusion that antisemitic harassment at Southern Hills Middle School was pervasive, escalating and severe," James Pasch, vice president of litigation for the ADL, stated. "No family should have to fight this hard to ensure a Jewish child's safety at school, and certainly no Jewish student should face the threat of assault or harassment because of their Jewish identity," Pasch said.
Ambassadors of Coexistence initiative concludes 3rd Edition in Abu Dhabi. ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 10th Jun, 2026) Against the backdrop of a distinguished gathering of ambassadors, diplomats, academics, prominent religious leaders, university students, and representatives of leading national institutions, the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi hosted the closing showcase of the Third Edition of the Ambassadors of Coexistence initiative on Monday evening, 8 June 2026. The event was organised by the Manara Centre for Coexistence and Dialogue in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The event underscored, once again, that Abu Dhabi is not merely a political capital but a capital of hope; a city that honours the deep-rooted heritage of coexistence and, through its youth, is actively crafting a brighter future for all of humanity. Opening Remarks Dr. Ali AlNuaimi, Chairman of the Manara Centre for Coexistence and Dialogue, delivered the opening remarks, underscoring the pivotal role that youth play in consolidating the values of coexistence and building bridges of understanding across civilizations, cultures, and faiths. Complementing the showcase was a remarkable accompanying exhibition titled "Paths of Humanity: A Window to a Shared Past Where Civilizations Meet and Rise Together," presented in collaboration with the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum. Ahmed AlMansoori, founder and Chair of the museum, personally guided guests through a rich journey among rare artefacts bearing witness to the depth of human civilizations, and precious religious manuscripts that stand as enduring testimony to the spirit of coexistence that has united peoples of different faiths and cultures throughout history. The exhibition transformed the ideal of coexistence into a lived, tangible experience, a powerful message resonating with attendees from across the globe. Bakhita AlRemeithi, Executive Director of the Manara Centre for Coexistence and Dialogue, drew the event to a close with a reminder that the Ambassadors of Coexistence initiative does not stop at academic research or university projects. It plants in the hearts of young people an unshakeable conviction that real, lasting change begins with individuals. Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Whatsapp
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