Anti-Defamation League

Illinois has the most first responders who belong to the antigovernmental extremist group the Oath Keepers. The Anti-Defamation League analyzed the group after its participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. NBC 5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern has more on what that new report shows.

A Jewish civil rights organization says its annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year

Antisemetic incidents reached “historically high levels” across the country in 2021 and Illinois is one of the states that saw some of the highest total number of incidents, according to a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League.

Herbie Husker has long made the “OK” sign in its cartoon form, but a change is being made now that the symbol has been co-opted by some groups as a sign for “white power”

The writing of a 10-year-old girl in pre-World War II Poland is at the heart of the first interactive exhibit of an online museum dedicated to telling the stories of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and Russia

Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol

The deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol was “the most predictable terror attack in the history of the U.S.,” according to the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. Jonathan Greenblatt told LX News his organization, which analyzes and details antisemitic incidents around the nation, had warned government agencies of a likely attack before Jan. 6 and he’s “at a loss to...

The FBI is warning of potential violence from extremist groups ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, shared with LX News the three main security threats that his intelligence team has identified in the days ahead.

Misinformation about billionaire liberal philanthropist George Soros remains common among anti-Semitic tweets directed at Jewish members of Congress, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League. For its report set for release Tuesday, the Jewish civil rights group used an index it’s developing that automatically analyzes online speech for potential discriminatory content. The group then added a layer...

Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, says Facebook needs to do more to clamp down on hate speech on its platform, including de-amplifying some of the worst users, providing more support to users who are victimized and putting more civil rights leaders in positions of authority.

Hate groups in America are looking to the internet to try and increase membership, according to one group that monitors them.   The Anti-Defamation League says it has seen an uptick in online hate fueled by the killing of George Floyd and the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re seeing an increase in hate online that’s playing out,” says David Goldenberg, Midwest Regional...

American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked by deadly attacks on a California synagogue, a Jewish grocery store in New Jersey and a rabbi’s New York home, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday.

Mired by allegations of racism and anti-Semitism, one of YouTube’s biggest stars, PewDiePie, announced he will take a break from the platform in 2020. The 30-year-old Swedish vlogger, whose legal name is Felix Kjellberg, rose to prominence with his commentary on gaming culture. In recent years, though, Kjellberg has found himself at the center of controversy as some of his...

An Illinois university is investigating and a faculty member was removed from a course after an assignment given to students featured questions on whether the Holocaust actually happened.

Sacha Baron Cohen slammed Facebook and other large social media platforms as “the greatest propaganda machine in history” in a searing speech Thursday night. Addressing the Anti-Defamation League’s Never Is Now summit, the actor — who is known for using his satirical personas such as Borat, Bruno and Ali G to highlight bigotry around the world — tore into technology...

A 61-year-old white Milwaukee man accused of throwing acid on a Hispanic man’s face will be charged with a hate crime, increasing the possible sentence he may receive if convicted, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Prosecutors filed one charge against Clifton Blackwell — first-degree reckless injury — but added the sentencing enhancers of hate crime and use of a dangerous weapon. The...

Congregants at a Pueblo, Colorado, synagogue targeted in a white supremacist’s bomb plot say they won’t be intimidated by the threat. “We’re not victims, and we won’t be victims and we’re going to defend ourselves,” says Temple Emanuel president Michael Atlas-Acuna. Richard Holzer, 27, was arrested Friday after he admitted to federal investigators – who were posing as co-conspirators –...

A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Saturday morning, according to court documents. Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in Pueblo...

The suspect threw battery acid in the victim’s face after an argument over a parking space, police said. WTMJ’s Lauren Linder reports.

At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. since the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly one year ago, a Jewish civil rights group reported Sunday. The Anti-Defamation League also counted at least 50 incidents in which white supremacists are accused of targeting Jewish institutions’ property since...