Anti-Defamation League

FBI cuts ties with Jewish Anti-Defamation League, director Kash Patel announces

Patel's announcement followed criticism of the ADL by right-wing voices, including billionaire Elon Musk, over its inclusion of Kirk's Turning Point USA in a "Glossary of Extremism and Hate."

FBI Director Kash Patel attends the signing of an executive order by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2025.
Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post.

Elon Musk calls ADL a ‘hate group’ that ‘hates Christians’

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Mamdani clashes with ADL on who represents Jewish New Yorkers

 Palestinian Authority chair Mahmoud Abbas against backdrop of October 7 destruction and Palestinian flag. (illustration)

PMW warns UN: Palestinian statehood without PA reform would empower more terrorism


October 7 massacre lawsuit filed for 140 people against terrorist groups and state sponsors

The filing sought judgment against multiple terrorist organizations for enabling and supporting the planning and execution of Hamas's October 7 massacre.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 20, 2023.

Jewish students hide their identities, facing a 'horrible reality' on campus, an ADL study shows

The results of the study reveal the 'horrifying reality' faced by Jewish students on college campuses across the globe.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

ADL survey of Jewish staff finds faculty driving campus antisemitism

Nearly 72% of Jewish faculty saw colleagues engage in antisemitic acts, with many reporting ostracization, boycotts, and little administrative support.

 TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

One click away: ADL research shows how online radicalization leads to extremism

Unrestricted internet access may seem harmless, but it can lead to devastating acts of real-world violence.

 School shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

The ADL’s dangerous own goal: Branding ‘America First’ as hate - opinion

The ADL’s implication that America First is anti-Jewish or anti-Israel makes it more difficult for those making the case for a pro-Israel America First policy.

THEN-US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute gala in Palm Beach, Florida, last year. ADL’s branding of ‘America First’ as anti-Jewish makes it harder to build pro-Israel support inside the nationalist Right, says the writer.

Back to school: Leading Jewish groups offer universities safety framework for students

Proposed enforcement of guidelines wasn't just suggested for students, with the groups also arguing that faculty had to be held accountable with clear guidelines for classroom conduct.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

Homeland Security accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles

“Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted Sunday, over a political cartoon from 1936 called “Uncle Sam at the Crossroads.” 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

ADL launches first Jewish Policy Index tracking state antisemitism measures

It was created in response to an increase in antisemitic incidents in recent years and after violent attacks on Jewish communities in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, DC.

 A man looks on next to police officers working at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 21, 2025.

Largest teachers union in the country narrowly votes to sever ties with the ADL

The proposal will automatically be referred to its executive committee, which will have a final say on the measure, an NEA spokesperson told Axios.

Social distancing dividers for students are seen in a classroom at St. Benedict School, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montebello, near Los Angeles

Massachusetts school district faces allegations of ignoring antisemitic bullying

There has been an 'alarming' pattern of antisemitic bullying, slurs, threats, and retaliation at Concord-Carlisle High School and Concord Middle School.

 Demonstrators take part in an "Emergency Rally: Stand with Palestinians Under Siege in Gaza," amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 14, 2023.

Rise in antisemitic harassment on Facebook targeting Jewish members of Congress - ADL

“Meta bears responsibility for the harm that its recent moderation policy roll-back has caused, as it is enabling... antisemitic, hateful, and toxic activity on its platform," said the ADL CEO.

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