JTA: ADL slams Rockland County candidate’s ad as anti-Orthodox
The Anti-Defamation League is slamming an advertisement for a candidate for Rockland County sheriff as highly offensive for its negative portrayal of Hasidic Jews.
The Anti-Defamation League is slamming an advertisement for a candidate for Rockland County sheriff as highly offensive for its negative portrayal of Hasidic Jews.
Monsey, NY – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over an online campaign video in support of the candidacy of Mr. Richard Vasquez for Rockland County sheriff, which included an image of visibly identifiable Orthodox Jews suggesting that the Jewish community is responsible for housing issues in the county. READ MORE
According to the Anti-Defamation League, last year there was a 14% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in New York, and a 21% percent increase across America. “Anti-Semitism is not dead,” says Evan Bernstein, Director of ADL’s New York Regional Office. To view ADL New York Region’s audit of Anti-Semitic incidents, click here: http://nynj.adl.org/news/2014audit/ To watch the full NBC clip, click here: http://bit.ly/1F4mepS
Photographs surfaced of Commack High School students wearing offensive t-shirts displaying swastikas and the word “Auschwitz,” at a recent house party. The pictures came to light after they were posted on social media and they immediately spread, eventually becoming international headlines. Regional Director Evan Bernstein was interviewed by PIX 11 News about ADL’s recent documentation of an increase in anti-Semitic
The scope of the problem is, of course, difficult to gauge precisely. But recent polling is suggestive—and alarming. An Anti-Defamation League study released last May found “persistent and pervasive” anti-Jewish attitudes after surveying 53,100 adults in 102 countries and territories world-wide. The ADL found that 74% of those surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa held anti-Semitic attitudes; the number was