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Anti-Semitic Crime Spikes in New York City

Anti-Defamation League and New York City officials cite a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the city.

ADL Joins Anti-Netanyahu Team, Says Cancel Speech to Congress

The Anti-Defamation League has also now been pulled on to the Netanyahu Congressional Speech Drama.

Huge Increase Reported in Anti-Israel Activity on US Campuses

ADL reports big jump in anti-Israel campus activity, other experts say it's far greater than the report states.

Jewish Groups Back Muslim Woman’s Headscarf Appeal to Supreme Court

Today’s hijab ban could be tomorrow’s kippa ban.

Rampant Anti-Semitism Is Flourishing across the World

Many Jews join the Israel-haters with their progressive ideology and politically correct obsessions.

Mainstream American Jewish Groups Reject J Street

Hubris is what propelled J Street through the starting gate; it's also what slammed the door shut in J Street's face.

ADL Audit: Rise in Anti-Semitic Assaults but Less Overall Cases

“There is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism.

New Gas Chambers ‘Hoax’ Film on YouTube

New Holocaust denial film, "The Gas Chamber Hoax" is on YouTube.

Obama on Foxman: ‘Abe Is Irreplaceable’

After he steps down, Foxman will serve as a part-time consultant.

Abe Foxman to Retire Next Year as ADL’s National Director

The centrist ADL's long-time national director Abraham Foxman will step down in July, 2015.

ADL Honors George W. Bush

The Anti-Defamation League awarded its highest honor to former President George W. Bush. The ADL presented its America’s Democratic Legacy Award to the former president...

ADL Ties Proving a Problem for Mass. High Court Nominee

A nominee for the top court in Massachusetts is facing opposition in part because of his affiliation with the Anti-Defamation League. Joseph S. Berman, 49,...

Liberal Jews Praise Gay Protection Law, Orthodox

An array of liberal Jewish groups lauded the U.S. Senate for passing a bill that would extend federal anti-discrimination protections to gays. “Today’s bipartisan Senate...

Poll: Though Favoring Israel, Americans Wary of Iran Entanglement

Americans maintain a high opinion of the U.S.-Israel alliance but are wary of any involvement in a potential Iran conflict, according to an Anti-Defamation...

Foxman: US Seen as ‘Weak and Retreating’ on World Stage

American wariness of foreign military involvement is making it seem “weak and retreating,” warned the Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham Foxman. “Make no mistake about it. If...

The Legacy of the Leo Frank Travesty

The trial was a shock to American Jews, as was Frank's lynching two years later.

Kerry Briefs Jewish ‘Leaders’ (Cheerleaders?) on MidEast Talks

Secretary of State John Kerry met with what the Jewish Telegraph Agency described as "Jewish leaders" to "brief" them on the resumption of Israeli-Arab...

‘Nazi Essay’ Teacher Placed on Leave

One of the three classes given the assignment refused to do it.

4 Major American Jewish Orgs Rebuke Cardozo Over Carter Award

Four major American Jewish organizations publicly expressed disgust over the choice to honor Jimmy Carter by a journal of Cardozo School of Law.

Pre-Israel Visit, Obama Says Middle East Peace Possibility ‘Bleak’

The U.S. president may be unwilling to repeat a major failure of his first term, when he practically demanded there be progress on the "peace process," but, when met with the reality of the situation, had to chalk up that goal as a failed one.

Schumer Cites Hagel’s Tears, but Smears Jewish Conservatives

Schumer provided inaccurate information about other matters Wednesday morning. He said that "there is not a major Jewish organization against Hagel." That's not true.

Muslim Groups’ ‘HeArt Over Hate’ Not Really Over the Hate (VIDEO)

In response to Pamela Geller's anti-Jihad ad campaign, The Muslim Public Affairs Council is joining with Columbia University's Muslim Students Association to launch its own ad campaign "to showcase the Islamic principle of 'repelling evil with what is better' (Koran, Ch. 23, Surah Muminoon, verse 96)." MPAC says its campaign will "call on New Yorkers to stand together in opposing bigotry and hatred," in its effort "HeArt Over Hate: Repelling Bigotry through Art & Music." It's a clever play on words, but while it looks to deliver on its promise to be repellent, what MPAC and the MSA will be showcasing is support for brutal hatred, torture and violence.

ADL Criticizes Anti-Abortion Center’s Western Wall Motif

The wall will be fronted with 60 white cross "that symbolize the 60 million little baby boys and girls have been murdered since 1973 in America alone."

New Legislation Will Protect Stratford Mezuzah Lady

Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, announced Tuesday that in order to avoid a repeat of what Barbara Cadranel had to...

Anti-Semitic Vandalism Under Investigation in Brooklyn

Police are lifting the fingerprints from 27 empty Corona beer bottles found in a park in Midwood, Brooklyn, in the hopes of locating a...

About That ‘Israel Unity Pledge’

Last week the Anti Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee circulated a proposed “unity pledge” for American Jews which, according to a press release, was designed “to encourage other national organizations, elected officials, religious leaders, community groups and individuals to rally around bipartisan support for Israel while preventing the Jewish state from becoming a wedge issue in the upcoming campaign season.”

The Media’s Madoff Moment

On the evening of December 11, 1995, businessman Aaron Feuerstein was with family and friends at a restaurant in Boston. It was his seventieth birthday, and a group of well-wishers had gathered to throw him a surprise party.

Review: Never Again? The Threat Of The New Anti-Semitism

An old Native American expression admonishes us to "Never judge a man until you walk a mile in his moccasins."

ADL Challenges Arab-American Indifference

This past week, the Anti Defamation League went public with a criticism of "mainline" Arab-American groups for failing to speak out against anti-Semitism and terrorist acts committedagainst Jews by Palestinians and other Arabs. The ADL point that such failure only tends tolegitimatize and ultimately to encourage such behavior is surely a valid one.

Toward Tradition’s Dangerous Blind Spot

They say if you live long enough you'll see everything, but that doesn't mean you won't need the smelling salts this week. Sit, don't stand, because the Monitor is compelled to defend the Anti-Defamation League and its national director, Abraham Foxman, against some outrageous statements made by Toward Tradition and its president, Rabbi Daniel Lapin.

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