Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL ) is an American organization set up by B'nai B'rith whose aim is to fight anti-Semitism , racism , bigotry and various forms of political extremism through an array of programs and services. With an annual budget of over $40 million, the ADL has 29 offices in the USA and 3 offices in other countries, with its national headquarters located in New York City . Since 1987 , Abraham Foxman has been national director. The national chair is Howard Berkowitz .

The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL ) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States . Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all" while it "[advocates] for Israel [...] with policymakers, the media and the public" and "defends the security of Israel and Jews worldwide". Founded in 1913 by The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith , a Jewish service organization in the United States, its original mission statement was "to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people . Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens." The ADL has 29 offices in the United States and three offices in other countries, with its headquarters located in New York City . Since 1987, Abraham Foxman has been the national director in the United States. The national chairman in the United States is Robert Sugarman.

The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL ), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith , is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States . Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency," the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all," doing so through "information, education, legislation, and advocacy." Founded in October 1913 by The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith , a Jewish service organization in the United States, its original mission statement was "to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens." The ADL has 29 offices in the United States and three offices in other countries, with its headquarters located in New York City . Abraham Foxman has been the national director since 1987. In November 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Greenblatt will be succeeding Foxman as national director in July 2015. The national chair is Barry Curtiss-Lusher.

It was founded in late September 1913 by the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, a Jewish service organization . ADL subsequently split from B'nai B'rith and continued as an independent U.S. ADL states that its mission is a dual one: "To stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all" via the development of "new programs, policies and skills to expose and combat whatever holds us back." Opposing antisemitism and extremism, ADL describes its "ultimate goal" as "a world in which no group or individual suffers from bias, discrimination or hate." The headquarters of ADL are located in New York City . Abraham Foxman was the national director from 1987 for more than a quarter century. In November 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Greenblatt , a serial social entrepreneur, former Silicon Valley tech executive and former Obama administration official who had not operated within the Jewish communal organization world prior to his hiring, would succeed Foxman as national director in July 2015. The national chair of the governing board of directors is Esta Gordon Epstein; she is the second woman to hold the organization's top volunteer leadership post. ADL has 25 regional offices in the United States including a Government Relations Office in Washington, D.C., and is also active overseas, with an office in Israel and staff in Europe. In its 2017 annual information Form 990, ADL reported total revenues of just over $70 million, from contributions and grants. ADL has been criticized both from the right and left of the U.S. political spectrum, including within the American Jewish community. Some of the criticism from the left is based on ADL's support for Israel as a Jewish homeland and the organization's vocal opposition to attempts to equate Zionism , the national movement for a state for the Jewish people, with racism. This stance has led some on the farther reaches of the American left (including some Jewish groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace ) to claim that so long as ADL continues to support Israel as a Jewish homeland, it cannot credibly call itself a civil rights organization, regardless of any other civil rights positions it takes domestically or internationally. Other ADL positions and actions, past and present, that have generated criticism from the left include domestic spying allegations, its former stance on the Armenian Genocide , since repudiated and apologized for, and what frequently is alleged by the left to be ADL's conflation of opposition to Israel with antisemitism . On the other hand, right-wing groups and pundits, including very conservative Jewish groups, have attacked ADL, labeling it an arm of the Democratic Party (presumably in part because its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, was in the Obama administration) and decrying its civil rights agenda, which supports immigrants and refugees, trans rights and other LGBTQ rights, and advocates against establishment of religion as well as against Islamaphobia . ADL repeatedly criticized Donald Trump , when he was a presidential candidate in 2016, for making use of antisemitic tropes or otherwise exploiting divisive and bigoted rhetoric during the 2016 presidential election campaign. The organization continued to call out President Trump for comments and actions that appeared to give voice or support to extremists such as white supremacists, for politicizing charges of antisemitism for partisan purposes and for continued use of antisemitic tropes. In mid-2018, ADL once more raised concerns over President Donald Trump's nomination of then-D.C. Although ADL had for many years submitted questions to the Senate Judiciary Committee for Supreme Court and other key government nominations, the organization and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt were harshly criticized by many on the right for raising concerns in this instance. Subsequently, in another move that enraged many on the right, ADL called for the resignation or firing of Trump administration official Stephen Miller , the architect of the administration's immigration policy, on the basis of his association with white supremacists. Through our network of 25 regional offices "Anti-Semitism Globally" . "Whatever happened to the ADL?: The attack on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court is the latest instance of how Jonathan Greenblatt has turned the venerable anti-Semitism watchdog into a partisan outfit" . The Times of Israel .

International Jewish organization For other uses, see Anti-Defamation League (disambiguation) . The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL ), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith , is a New York-based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism , as well as other forms of bigotry and discrimination . The ADL is also known for its pro-Israel advocacy. Its current CEO is Jonathan Greenblatt . ADL headquarters are located in Murray Hill , in the New York City borough of Manhattan . The ADL has 25 regional offices in the United States including a Government Relations Office in Washington, D.C., as well as an office in Israel and staff in Europe. In its 2023 annual information Form 990, ADL reported total revenues of $38.3 million, the vast majority from contributions and grants. Its total operating revenue for 2023 was reported at $57.9 million. It was founded in late September 1913 by the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith , a Jewish service organization , in the wake of the contentious murder conviction of Leo Frank . The ADL subsequently split from B'nai B'rith and continued as an independent US section 501(c)(3) nonprofit . In an early campaign, the ADL and allied groups pressured the automaker Henry Ford , who had published virulently antisemitic propaganda. In the 1930s, the ADL worked with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) to oppose pro-Nazi activity in the United States. It opposed McCarthyism during the Cold War , and campaigned for major civil rights legislation in the 1960s. It also worked with the NAACP to discredit the far right in a spy operation. In the 1980s, it was involved in propaganda against Nelson Mandela of South Africa before embracing him the following decade. Since the 1970s, the ADL has advanced the concept of new antisemitism , including a definition that says anti-Zionism and some criticisms of Israel are antisemitic. It has received criticism, including from members of its staff, that such advocacy has diverted the ADL from its historical fight against antisemitism. Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings . Through our network of 25 regional offices "Anti-Semitism Globally" . Patterns of Prejudice . 54 ( 1– 2). In the United States, one the strongest promoters of various installments of the 'new antisemitism' thesis has been the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) which in 1974 published a book entitled The New Anti-Semitism. American Jewish History . 105 ( 1– 2). The ADL responded to these critiques as they came, but also in a cohesive way through a new book by Forster and Epstein titled The New Anti-Semitism, which would be their most important and best-selling publication.98 Like their previous books, The New Anti-Semitism stitched together a list of types of antisemitic threats, which had grown in length. In contrast to prior books focused on the far right and Arab propagandists, The New Anti-Semitism included the right-wing threat alongside threats that emanated from "The USSR, Western Europe, Latin America," and included "the Radical Left," "Arabs and Pro-Arabs," and Black Americans. Taken collectively, this bundle of threats, taken to include anti-Zionism, has been called the "New Anti-Semitism" from the book's publication onwards. The ADL's priority today remains—as it has for decades—going after Americans who are simply opposed to Israel's endless occupation and oppression of Palestinians. "The high-stakes debate over how the US defines "antisemitism" " . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).