Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was designated as a national holiday. ADL strongly supported the designation then and believes in the importance of honoring Dr. King’s memory now. Dr. …

The Jewish New Year provides an opportunity for renewal. It is a time when we take stock of ourselves, check our moral compasses, and reflect on ways we could do better in the coming year. Over the past year, the challenges we’ve faced in the fight against antisemitism and hate…

Last month, the video of an event at Houston’s Islamic Education Center raised concerns, with children pledging allegiance to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as they sang, “One day when you need me, I will be your martyr.” The same month, Hamburg’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution…

End of an Era for Sinai Temple I have no doubt that my former shul will go from strength to strength with Rabbis Nicole Guzik and Erez Sherman at the helm, but the news that Rabbi David Wolpe is stepping away from the pulpit at Sinai Temple is the end…

In recent weeks, observers around the world have been riveted by the bravery of the Ukranian people in the face of the Russian onslaught. Many recognize this unprovoked assault as Putin’s fever dream to revive Imperial Russia. …

The Path From Irresponsible Rhetoric to Real World Violence Why would a man fly across the Atlantic Ocean to take a rabbi and three congregants hostage in a small Texas synagogue? …

February 13 is an ominous anniversary. Sixteen years have passed since the murder of Ilan Halimi, the young, Jewish French cellphone salesman. On this date in 2006, Halimi was murdered, having been kidnapped and held for ransom in a basement in a Paris suburb where he was starved, tortured, and…

Imagine a classroom full of high school students standing in front of a flag and raising their right hands, in unison, outstretched with palms facing down — the classic Nazi salute. Imagine the teacher is the one who instructed the students to do this. Imagine being a Jewish student in…

As an organization founded at the onset of the 20th century, ADL has weathered massive moments of change including the Holocaust and world wars, domestic unrest, economic upheaval, and more. Along the way, ADL has helped to make America a safer place for the Jewish people and for all marginalized…