Jonathan Greenblatt
A Holocaust exhibit seemed harmless. With the war in Gaza, it’s come under scrutiny.
By Yonat Shimron — March 18, 2024
DURHAM (RNS) — The US Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit, 'Some Were Neighbors,' has been traveling across the country for the past two years. A coalition of Durham residents say it presents a narrow view of genocide.
US Jews fracture over support for Israeli retaliation
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — Pro-Israel groups have denounced left-leaning Jews, accusing them of being antisemitic and not really Jewish.
Elon Musk’s threat to sue an antisemitism watchdog extends platform’s war of words
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2023
(RNS) — Over the last several days, the owner of X, formerly Twitter, has posted at least 25 times about the Anti-Defamation League.
Jewish organizations laud White House plan to fight antisemitism
By Yonat Shimron — May 25, 2023
(RNS) — The new strategy, the first of its kind, was developed in consultation with some 1,000 federal officials, faith leaders and civil society groups and contains more than 100 recommendations.
Antisemitism spiked in 2022, but physical assaults were few, ADL reports
By Yonat Shimron — March 23, 2023
(RNS) — The majority of the incidents reported in the 2022 audit constituted antisemitic harassment.
Trump’s Twitter return sparks concern among faith groups
By Jack Jenkins — November 22, 2022
(RNS) — New owner Elon Musk has gone back on his promise not to replatform anyone before instituting a transparent process that included outside input, according to the Anti-Defamation League's head.
ADL chief’s attack on left-leaning organizations criticized as dangerous
By Yonat Shimron — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — The speech by ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt signaled a new, more combative focus on what he called anti-Zionist extremists.
Report: Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoom bombing’
By Michael Kunzelman — April 27, 2021
(AP) — The Anti-Defamation League counted 196 cases of antisemitic "Zoom bombing" attacks in the U.S. last year.
Poll: American Jews report increasing incidents of anti-Semitism, mostly online
By Yonat Shimron — March 31, 2021
(RNS) — More than 60% of American Jews said they experienced or heard anti-Semitic comments, slurs or threats, up from 54% a year earlier.
Survey: Half of American Jews have experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — April 21, 2020
(RNS) — The survey, conducted in January before the coronavirus outbreak, found that nearly two-thirds of Jews (63%) reported that they feel less safe than they did a decade ago.
To the Jews who applauded Trump
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 10, 2019
(RNS) — Trump uses anti-Semitic themes and Jews love it. What is wrong with this picture? Everything.
FBI report: Jews the target of overwhelming number of religious-based hate crimes
By Yonat Shimron — November 13, 2019
(RNS) — Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,550 offenses, and the majority of those — 57.8% — were anti-Jewish.
Lay off the ADL!
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 19, 2018
The attack on the ADL is yet another chapter in a sad pattern that goes back to Karl Marx.
How a businessman is reshaping the Anti-Defamation League in an age of white nationalism
By Yonat Shimron — April 5, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — If Jonathan Greenblatt took the job as head of the ADL thinking he would bring the organization into the 21st century, history had a bigger plan. The rise of white nationalism has given him a challenge his predecessor never had.
Anti-Semitic incidents soar by 57 percent in 2017
By Delta Systems — February 27, 2018
(AP) — ADL national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the 'alarming' increase appears to be fueled by emboldened far-right extremists as well as the 'divisive state of our national discourse.'
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