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Annual Report 2 013 OUR LEADERSHIP MAKES EVERY DAY MATTER Imagine a World Without Hate® MAKING EVERY DAY MATTER Anti-Defamation League Annual Report 2 013 OUR LEADERSHIP MAKES EVERY DAY MATTER The generous support provided by ADL’s Centennial Committee and our outstanding lay leadership makes our work possible. Many of them are shown below during the ADL Centennial Mission to Israel in November 2013, where they met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, and many other high-level members of government. Yoni Reif Yoni ‘For the past century, you’ve stood up for basic human rights for all people.’ – U.S. President Barack Obama What a year it was for us at ADL celebrating our Centennial! Our Imagine a World Without Hate video, conveying in a powerful way the consequences of hate, went viral and was watched by over a million viewers. President Obama, Vice President Biden and other American officials testified to ADL’s great contributions to American society over the last century. And Broadway honored us by revisiting the melodies of the stage that spoke to ADL’s lifetime fight against hate and anti-Semitism. Our celebration was, of course, about the past, but it also was about the future. There are big challenges ahead: global anti-Semitism is spreading, incivility in our politics is undermining the workings of democracy and cyberhate is a growing threat. But the fact that we have succeeded in the past—together with coalition partners and through our voice, our education programs and our grassroots work around the country—all bode well for future success. The connection between the past and the future was what this Centennial year was about. Our exciting, relevant and remarkable past gives us reason to believe that David Karp our future will be equally exciting, relevant and remarkable. ADL National Chair Barry Curtiss-Lusher, right, and ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman share an emotional moment at ADL's Centennial Summit & Gala in Washington, DC. Barry Curtiss-Lusher Abraham H. Foxman National Chair National Director Making Every Day Matter 1 STANDING UP FOR OURSELVES 2 2013 ADL Annual Report ‘ADL has been at the forefront of the global struggle against anti-Semitism and racism.’ –Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Making Every Day Matter 3 FIGHTING GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM/CASE STUDIES While the Hungarian Jewish community has flourished in the last 5–10 years, the phenomenon of political anti-Semitism is a significant national issue—especially since the parliamentary success of a neo-Nazi party. We have been honored to work with ADL, giving us the opportunity to cooperate with and learn from the most important organization fighting anti-Semitism in the world. In 2013, we successfully closed down the primary Hungarian neo-Nazi portal on Facebook. Our most recent field of cooperation is the program on hate crimes and the Jewish community in the curricula of national law-enforcement colleges and graduate schools. Daniel Bodnar Chairman, Action and Protection Foundation Hungary’s watchdog for the Jewish community Action and Protection Foundation Action and Protection 4 2013 ADL Annual Report There is palpable escalation in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred triggered to an extent by the influx of 10,000 refugees and other immigrants from the Middle East (Syria). Throughout 2013, Shalom Organization of Jews in Bulgaria (OJB Shalom) maintained continuous relations with ADL. We collaborated in the training of experts from the Bulgarian Jewish community in fighting anti-Semitism and racism, and received expert assistance from ADL in planning and presenting important events. Our relationship with ADL also helped us secure support from the U.S. government and other governments. Maxim Benvenisti President, Shalom Organization of Jews in Bulgaria The representative organization of Bulgaria’s Jewish community Shalom Organization of Jews in Bulgaria Shalom Organization The French government remained very active against all forms of anti-Semitism. But, paradoxically, anti-Semitism perceived in French society increased in 2013 because of public debates around ancestral Jewish rituals such as circumcision or animal slaughter. At the end of the year, the ‘quenelle,’ a Nazi-like salute initiated by anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala and far-right ideologue Alain Soral, was widespread. Photos of M’bala M’bala sympathizers making this gesture in front of Jewish sites and Shoah memorials were posted on the Internet. Some of M’bala M’bala’s videos were viewed more than 3 million times. In France, anti-Semitic content is forbidden by law. We look forward to continuing our work with ADL and Internet companies to combat online anti-Semitism. Roger Cukierman, president of the Conseil Représentatif des AP Photo/Francois Mori Institutions Juives de France (CRIF), the representative organization of France’s Jewish community Making Every Day Matter 5 WHEN ISRAEL IS THE TARGET/CAMPUS Campus advocacy isolating Israel ratcheted up in 2013. Student critical viewpoint on Israel, a legitimate policy debate, might lapse into senates at nearly a dozen universities considered resolutions calling for language such as, “You Jews don’t understand my position because divestment from multinational companies doing business with Israel. Jews control the banks and the newspapers”—the old canards. But More academic departments sponsored anti-Israel programming. what you can’t do legally or ethically is close down speech you don’t Additionally, the Association for Asian American Studies and the like. Rejoinder and not censorship is the better response. American Studies Association both approved resolutions calling for academic boycotts against Israeli institutions. When I had a quandary about something like this, in addition to meeting with Muslim student leaders and Hillels and consulting with ADL works with high-level campus administrators nationwide to other organizations, I would call [ADL Civil Rights Director] Deborah counter such activity. Mark Yudof, now a professor of law at UC Lauter or [ADL National Director] Abraham Foxman informally on how Berkeley School of Law, had this to say about the tensions he to proceed. I trusted them and got good, confidential tactical advice. encountered during his tenure as president of the University of I also recommended that the UC chancellors consult with ADL. California from 2008 to September 2013: ADL has a lot of experience with this sort of thing. They understood In general, Jewish students are comfortable on the 10 campuses of the free speech issues and what we could do positively. When I the University of California, and have a high level of belonging. They created a climate committee to deal with inclusiveness at UC, one are among the most satisfied students at UC. of the people I appointed to it was Richard D. Barton, an ADL lay leader from San Diego. He’s made an outstanding contribution. Clearly, though, during events such as Israeli Apartheid Week, which The committee, composed of representatives of diverse groups, is terribly offensive to Jewish students—with the pseudo-roadblocks collaborated on a campus climate survey undertaken by the UC and inflammatory speakers—Jewish students do feel uncomfortable. President’s Office that is looking broadly at discrimination and Sometimes the rhetoric gets out of hand. A student expressing a inclusion on campus. 6 2013 ADL Annual Report Frank Ishman Photography Making Every Day Matter 7 William Moree 8 2013 ADL Annual Report THE EXTREMISTS NEXT DOOR A major Islamic extremist group in the U.S. called Revolution Muslim U.S., gave directions to specific facilities and linked to instructions on effectively went out of business in October when one of its leaders how to use explosive devices against them. He said, “Make every pleaded guilty to using the group’s Web site to threaten Jews. attempt to reach these people and teach them the message of Islam.” ADL’s intelligence-gathering capabilities and expertise helped law Revolution Muslim was by far the most influential Islamic extremist enforcement obtain this guilty plea and put two other members group in the U.S., inspiring a range of domestic extremists and of Revolution Muslim in prison. Mitchell D. Silber, who was at the attempted terrorists. time the director of intelligence analysis with the New York Police Department’s Intelligence Division and is now executive managing The NYPD was aware of Revolution Muslim, but it was very helpful to have director of the business intelligence consulting firm K2, describes another set of eyes watching the group online—and capturing evidence ADL’s role: of the explicit threats that appeared on its Web site. ADL was very comprehensive in documenting the threats, which made it much easier Revolution Muslim was a proponent of Al Qaeda ideology in the U.S. for law enforcement to build its case against the individuals involved. It was able to bring Al Qaeda messages legitimizing violence against American and specifically Jewish targets to an English-language ADL has a deep and savvy understanding of the nature of domestic audience and make them more accessible to home-grown extremists. extremism. It’s able to detect and understand threats as they’re beginning to materialize, and to provide the actionable intelligence One of the group’s leaders, Yousef Al-Khattab, used the Revolution needed to build a prosecutorial case. Muslim Web site to justify violence against specific Jewish institutions and synagogues in the New York area. He posted a video on the As a result of work by the NYPD, the federal authorities and ADL, group’s Web site that named leaders of Jewish Federations in the Revolution Muslim is no longer in existence. Making Every Day Matter 9 STANDING UP FOR ALL 10 2013 ADL Annual Report ‘You have become the conscience of this country.‘ –U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. Making Every Day Matter 11 PRESSING FOR ACTION ON IMMIGRATION REFORM ADL believes that our current immigration system is broken and unfair.
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