New York, NY, August 11, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) expressed deep appreciation to NYPD for swiftly apprehending a suspect in connection with an alleged assault of two Jewish men in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Friday evening. According to police and media reports, the perpetrator provoked the victims with anti-Semitic insults before violently attacking the men by spraying a canister of mace and
New York, NY, June 21, 2019…ADL (the “Anti-Defamation League”) expressed its profound sadness and unwavering support for our Brooklyn community members in the wake of a devastating shooting of an 11-year-old innocent bystander last night. “This heinous act of violence that left an innocent child fighting for his life is deeply painful for all who call Brooklyn home,” said Evan R.
New York, NY, June 6, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest in New Jersey expressed deep concern that far-right Polish politician Robert Winnicki is slated to speak today at the Polish Cultural Foundation in Clark, New Jersey. As the leader of the far-right National Movement in Poland, Winnicki has repeatedly engaged in anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic rhetoric
New York, NY, June 4, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomes Mayor de Blasio’s announcement today that more will be done to strengthen and improve NYC’s hate crime prevention and response efforts, including through the City’s newly-established Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes. According to NYPD data released this week, 184 hate crimes were reported thus far in 2019 – a
New York, NY, May 22, 2019… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today praised law enforcement for the arrest of Jonathan Xie, a resident of Basking Ridge, Somerset County, NJ, for threatening to ‘shoot everybody’ at a pro-Israel march. Xie was allegedly inspired by the Palestinian terror organization, Hamas. While many terror organizations, including ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, single out Jews and
