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Holocaust Awareness Life by Stefan and Serge Goldberg

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Marie Andries rescued Benno Gerson and Anni Andries during the Holocaust
“Holocaust Awareness Life” might describe the mindset of Holocaust survivors and their children better than “Holocaust Awareness Week.” The Holocaust determined our existence as directly as the Exodus from Egypt defined the first generations of Jews wandering through the desert and into The Promised Land. It is similar to how the experience of transatlantic slavery permeates the lives of generations of African American survivors. We are grateful for the opportunity to…
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Buffalo Shooter’s Weapons Covered in White Supremacist Messaging

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Payton Gendron
In the aftermath of the May 14, 2022, mass shooting that left 10 people dead and three more injured in Buffalo, NY, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) has reviewed images of what appear to be weapons, armor and other gear owned by the alleged shooter, Payton Gendron. Gendron, who wore a sonnenrad, a symbol appropriated by the Nazi Party and widely used by modern white supremacists, mimicked a tactic used by white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, scrawling white supremacist…
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Buffalo Shooter's Manifesto Promotes "Great Replacement" Theory, Antisemitism and Previous Mass Shooters

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On May 14, 2022, a gunman killed 10 people and injured 3 more inside a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, after espousing violent white supremacist and antisemitic views online. In court following his arrest, the alleged gunman, identified as 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron, from Southern Tier, New York, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and was ordered held without bail. According to an online screed Gendron allegedly posted shortly before the attack, his goal was to &ldquo…
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Shauna Johnson Clark of Norton Rose Fulbright Receives ADL’s 2022 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

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  More than 500 people were on hand at the Hilton Americas Houston on May 10 as Shauna Johnson Clark of Norton Rose Fulbright received ADL’s 2022 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding member of the legal community who exhibits an exceptional commitment to equality, justice, fairness and community service, and is named after the late Karen H. Susman, an ADL board chair who exemplified that commitment both in the legal and greater…
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ADL Welcomes Deborah Lipstadt as Antisemitism Envoy

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New York, NY, May 10, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s swearing in as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. “We’re thrilled to finally be able to congratulate Ambassador Lipstadt on her new position,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “As recent research from ADL and many of our partners globally demonstrates, antisemitic incidents are on the rise. It’s…
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Quds Day Exposes Iran’s Genocidal Ambitions – Again

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By Aykan Erdemir Since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the clerical regime has observed the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as  International Quds (i.e. Jerusalem) Day, using it as an opportunity to spread antisemitic hate, incite violence against the Jewish people, and call for the destruction of the State of Israel. Last year, for example, the main English-language Twitter account attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (@khamenei_ir)…
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Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt to the ADL Virtual National Leadership Summit

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May 01, 2022 Thank you for that kind introduction. I am so glad to welcome you – leaders from coast to coast committed to the fight against antisemitism and hate. I don’t need to tell you how important and pressing this work is. All of you know this from the work you do in your communities. You know when a synagogue or cemetery is desecrated. You know the families who have to comfort their children after a slur is hurled their way – online or in real life. You all…
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Jonathan Greenblatt's Remarks to the U.S. Agency for International Development on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Thank you so much for inviting me to join this commemoration today. On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we join with communities across the world to remember the attempted annihilation of the Jewish people. I’m honored to be with you all at USAID because in many ways your work is about hope, the one true antidote to hate, and a force that should provide the inspiration to prevent future horrors as we saw in the Holocaust. But this day is deeply personal to me. My…
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Holocaust Analogies Frequently Used as Fodder for Social and Political Commentary

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Holocaust Analogies Frequently Used as Fodder for Social and Political Commentary
The Holocaust – the systematic murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II – stands out as a preeminent example of modern-day state-sponsored mass murder. Despite the Holocaust’s distinctive status, or perhaps because of it, politicians, activists and other public figures often invoke inappropriate Holocaust comparisons to highlight the ostensible “danger” of a social or political act. Even with…
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ADL Statement on Postponement of Vote on Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act

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New York, NY, April 26, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the following statement concerning reports that an upcoming House vote on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act was postponed: “Domestic terrorism is a top security threat, according to the intelligence community, law enforcement, and independent organizations like ADL.  Because of this, we strongly reiterate our calls to promptly pass the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. This legislation…
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Antisemitic Incidents in Nevada Increase by 64%; United States Reaches All-Time High in 2021

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  Contact: Laura Fennell Director of Communications Strategy, ADL West (310) 633-1435 [email protected] — Jolie Brislin ADL Nevada Regional Director (702) 862-8600 Cases of antisemitic harassment (one of three types of incidents) increased 173% in Nevada with notable increases in attacks against Jewish institutions and schools across the U.S. Las Vegas, NV, April 26, 2022 … ADL’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents&nbsp…
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Auditoría de la ADL revela que los incidentes antisemitas en Estados Unidos alcanzaron su máximo histórico en 2021

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Se reportaron incidentes en los 50 estados, incluyendo un pico drástico durante el conflicto entre Hamás e Israel; los ataques contra sinagogas y centros comunitarios judíos aumentaron un 61 % April 26, 2022 Nueva York, NY, 26 de abril de 2022 ... Los incidentes antisemitas alcanzaron un máximo histórico en Estados Unidos durante 2021, con un total de 2.717 incidentes de asalto, acoso y vandalismo reportados a la Liga Antidifamación (ADL). Esto…
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New ADL Research Center Will Offer Grants for Projects Probing Causes and Manifestations of Contemporary Antisemitism

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Center will sponsor fellowships and grants, while bolstering ADL’s own empirical research   New York, NY, April 21, 2022 … Building on its more than a century of knowledge and research into core antisemitic beliefs and attitudes, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the creation of a new research arm that will deepen understanding of the world’s oldest hatred through a combination of scholarly investigation and empirical research. The&nbsp…
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ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities Calls for U.S. to Keep IRGC on Foreign Terrorist Organization List

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The Task Force also calls for reinstatement of FTO designation for Iran-backed Houthis   New York, NY, April 20, 2022 … The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities stated today that it opposes any effort to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the United States’ government’s Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. The Task Force also calls upon the Department of State to…
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