The number of violent anti-Semitic assaults taking place in the United States rose dramatically last year, contributing to a three percent rise in the total number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in 2015 compared to 2014, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued June 22, recorded a total of 941 incidents in
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemns the desecration of a gay pride flag in Tomball and welcomes law enforcement’s investigation of the incident as a possible hate crime. According to news reports, the flag belonged to a Tomball man who displayed it on his front lawn as a show of support for all affected by the attack on the Pulse nightclub
The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) Coalition for Mutual Respect joins with our community in expressing shock and horror about what happened in Orlando and condemning this act of terror. Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We are concerned this attack could lead to a backlash against American Muslims and caution against blaming all Muslims
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds Corpus Christi Police, the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Texas and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division for the successful prosecution and sentencing of two men who pleaded guilty to a hate crime in connection with their attack on a gay African American man in Corpus Christi. 33-year-old Jimmy
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds administrators at Texas A&M University for taking seriously allegations that Black students were taunted and made to feel unwelcome on the A&M campus, for investigating those allegations, and for expressing regret that an incident on their campus hurt visiting students. According to reports, about 60 students from Uplift Hampton Preparatory School in Dallas were on
