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Reported incidents in New York and New Jersey remained at record highs in 2024

There were 9,354 incidents of antisemitic assault, harassment and vandalism across the country in 2024, according to ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. This total represents a 5 percent increase from 2023 (already a record-setting year) and is the highest level recorded since ADL started tracking this data in 1979. The 12-month total for 2024 averaged more than 25 targeted anti-Jewish

Op-Ed | A letter to the incoming New York City Public Schools Chancellor (amNewYork)

By Stefanie Singer, Laurie M. Tisch Education Director and Debra Plafker, Associate Regional Director at ADL NY/NJ October 9, 2024 Dear Deputy Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, As you look forward to taking leadership of the nation’s largest public school district, New York City Public Schools (NYCPS), we are concerned. Tensions in communities have always permeated the classroom, but since 10/7, we

Bayard Rustin remembered at ADL’s STOP Conference (WTEN)

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A man kept in the background of the civil rights movement, was brought to the forefront for a group of students seeking to model their own activism after him. Bayard Rustin was heavily involved in civil rights. First, from his refusal to give up his seat on a segregated bus a decade before Rosa Parks and

Letter to the Editor of The Buffalo News

Friday, December 29, 2023 ADL is shocked by The Buffalo News’ (TBN) decision to publish Adam Zgylis’ cartoon depicting blood dripping into a sink from Star-of-David (also known as the Jewish Star) faucets while President Biden lies nearby seemingly indifferent to the death of Gazans. The cartoon’s association of a historic Jewish symbol with such gore invokes the antisemitic “blood