Written by: Jason M. Shames, Scott Richman and David Levy Reporting on unverified information in times of war can have dangerous consequences. We saw this recently when The Record joined with other major news organizations around the world in publishing a front-page article on Wednesday, Oct. 18, headlined “Israel strikes where civilians sought refuge; Hamas-run ministry says hospital bombed, with
This week, nearly 1.3 million New Jersey public school students return to school. It’s an exciting new beginning for students and should be a clean slate — a chance for students to enter new classrooms with opportunities to learn and grow. Although schools strive to create an ideal climate for such opportunities, we are witnessing a troubling surge in antisemitic
ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today released new data showing that, in 2022, New York State once again had the most reported antisemitic incidents of any state across the nation. In 2022, ADL recorded a staggering 580 incidents in New York, which is a 39% increase relative to the 416 incidents reported in 2021. Incidents in New York alone accounted for
According to new data released by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today, reported antisemitic incidents in 2022 rose by 10% in New Jersey, reaching 408 total incidents – the highest number ever recorded by ADL in the state and the third-highest number recorded in any state across the country last year. This is on the heels of a record-breaking year in
New York, NY, December 12, 2022… ADL NY/NJ (the Anti-Defamation League) today expressed serious concern and called on law enforcement agencies to urgently commit to hate crime data collection and reporting in the wake of newly released FBI hate crime data for 2021, which did not include huge swaths of data from some of the largest jurisdictions in the country. “We
