New York, NY, October 11, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over a demonstration in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in which some protestors demonstrating against the Jewish ritual of “kapparot” used offensive and inappropriate rhetoric and reportedly resorted to violence. Kapparot is a pre-Yom Kippur ritual performed by some Jews in which a chicken is

New York, NY, October 10, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply disturbed by the anti-Semitic vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in the Town of Warwick in Orange County. According to reports, on the morning of October 9, the gates of Temple Beth Shalom cemetery were discovered littered with large swastikas, “Heil Hitler” and the letters

New York, NY, October 10, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned a rash of virulent anti-Semitic attacks levied against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman following an announcement that his office would open an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Since the September 14 announcement, Attorney General Schneiderman has been subjected to online anti-Semitic harassment including

New York, NY, October 6, 2016 … Concerned at the startling resurgence of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this fall is convening a first-of-its-kind summit focused on contemporary anti-Semitism, the urgent challenges that it poses to Jewish communities at home and abroad, and to explore  innovative strategies by which to address this

New York, NY, September 20, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was concerned by recent acts of anti-Semitic vandalism discovered at Long Island Railroad (LIRR) stations. According to reports, a swastika was found the afternoon of September 19 carved into a seat on a LIRR train car that left from Atlantic Terminal. This incident was preceded by