To stop the defamation of the Jewish people & secure justice & fair treatment to all. Serving Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire & Vermont.
@ADL
findings from our 2023 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents show
#antisemitic
acts of vandalism, harassment and assaults increased by 205% across the
#NewEngland
region last year.
Learn more in the full report:
The vile defacement of the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace and Boston Islamic Seminary in an apparent
#hatecrime
yesterday is an affront to all who work towards peace and understanding.
.
@RepJoeKennedy
speaking today in Boston to honor victims of
#TreeOfLifeMassacre
: “We gather in solidarity with Jewish community here and around the world & we say, we stand with you, and we will not allow our country to be shackled by dark forces of
#antisemitism
and supremacy.”
With over 700 Israeli dead, many more wounded, and Hamas claiming 130 Israelis including children captive, the joint statement by Harvard student groups blaming Israel for these acts of a foreign terrorist organization is despicable.
@Harvard
must disavow or be seen as complicit…
Our statement on BDS Boston's call for the "dismantling" of Boston's Jewish community. This call is
#antisemitic
, unacceptable, dangerous and represents contempt for the democratic process. We will not be intimidated.
We are aware of the tragic shooting of three college students of apparent Palestinian descent last night in Burlington and share in the concern for their recovery. At a time of rising incidents of identity-based hate all too often targeting the Muslim & Jewish communities in…
Shocked & horrified by video footage showing pickup truck driving through & injuring several
@NeverAgainActn
protesters outside of
#RhodeIsland
detention facility. We echo
@GovRaimondo
’s outrage & welcome immediate investigation by
@RIStatePolice
Today's attack on a rabbi in
#BrightonMA
has sent a shockwave of fear & anxiety throughout the community. As this investigation unfolds, we call for full transparency so that the community gets answers as to why a rabbi was stabbed outside of his house of worship.
We join
@HarvardHillel
in calling out the shameful display in Harvard Yard today, especially the smears, demonization and twisted allegations that equate Zionism with White Supremacy and racism. We continue to stand with
@HarvardHillel
and against
#antisemitism
.
Horrified by reports of a brutal
#hatecrime
assault in East Boston last weekend, apparently targeting two victims simply because they were speaking Spanish. This is contrary to everything we stand for in
#Boston
. Glad to see
@LCRBOSTON
on the case.
#Framingham
: Help identify the source of hateful Patriot Front stickers defacing Framingham State. White supremacist messages do not belong on campus.
We condemn the deplorable physical and verbal harassment of a pro-Israel activist yesterday outside of our office in Boston. The individual was shoved, spat on, cursed and labeled a Nazi. This is not activism - it's
#antisemitism
. Period. Our statement:
We commend Mayor Wu's leadership in fighting this pandemic through strong public safety measures. To those who disagree: use facts rather than resorting to racist attacks and anti-Asian tropes directed against Mayor Wu
@wutrain
.
Apparent arson attack on two Jewish places of worship & homes in MA warrants highest priority for our community. $15K reward offered for info on person(s) responsible. When Jewish community is attacked we stand united in our refusal to be intimidated.
We are deeply disturbed by this abhorrent harassment campaign targeting clinicians and staff working at
@BostonChildrens
Hospital. This is yet another horrific example of how extreme anti-transgender rhetoric online is fueling a dangerous ecosystem of hate. Our statement:
See our statement below as facts emerge from yesterday’s tragic stabbing of a Brighton rabbi. We continue to call for answers and accountability to address the fear and anger in the Boston Jewish community.
No, Selectwoman Barnes
@REGRVR
.
#COVID19
safety measures are not at all comparable to the gas chambers used by Nazis to commit mass genocide. Your tweet is insulting to the memories of the millions murdered during the
#Holocaust
. An immediate apology is needed.
Monumental loss...Steve taught thousands in
#Boston
about the impact of the
#Holocaust
& role of resilience & hope in humanity for all. May his memory be for a blessing.
Moving to see the
@Harvard
community recognize Zionism as linked to Jewish identity. We share
@HarvardHillel
Rabbi Jonah Steinberg's view that he is "allergic to hopelessness when it comes to Israel.”
No student should be harassed or excluded from college life including leadership in student govt because they are
#Jewish
or support
#Israel
. We continue to be engaged with
@TuftsUniversity
stakeholders to ensure that
#Antisemitism
has no place on campus.
The growing threats of right-wing ideologies and extremists, including neo-Nazis here in
#Massachusetts
, should remind us how urgent it is to address these toxic conspiracies and unchecked hatred. Learn more in this piece by
@phillipWGBH
:
TY
@GovChrisSununu
for ensuring NH students receive
#Holocaust
&
#Genocide
Education by signing HB 1135 into law today! TY
@kahnjay
for championing this critical bill.
Education is one of the best ways to fight discrimination & ensure that such atrocities never happen again.
It was an honor to sign HB 1135 into law today with Kati Preston, a Holocaust survivor, by my side. Until today, NH did not require that stories like Kati's are told, ensuring our children learn from the past and that the atrocities of the Holocaust are not forgotten.
We welcome today's filing of hate crime charges in the vicious attack against Rabbi Noginski. They are a stark reminder that
#antisemitism
continues to fuel violence against the Jewish community.
The release of the suspect in the attempted arson of a
#LongmeadowMA
Jewish assisted living facility poses a clear and present danger to the entire community. Read our statement:
Unacceptable for people to turn to
#racism
and
#hate
during a global
#pandemic
to instill fear and intimidation. Thank you
@VTStatePolice
for investigating and
@GovPhilScott
for reaching out to the victim and taking a firm stand against racial targeting.
Reward offered for info leading to arrest of people responsible for
#AntiSemitic
stmts of hate on dozens of graves in
#FallRiverMA
. Incredible work by
@FallRiverPD
today but they need the public's help. Silence is not an option...time to step up.
Saddened and troubled to hear of the suspected arson of
#Springfield
's MLK Community Presbyterian Church. We call on a swift and thorough investigation and extend our sympathies to the community during this particularly challenging time.
Inexcusable act of
#AntiSemitic
hatred where we honor & remember the lives of community members. This apparent targeted attack impacts all corners of the community. We are grateful for the priority this apparent hate crime is being given by
@FallRiverPD
.
@UVMvermont
should be investigating the serious allegations of
#antisemitism
raised by its students rather than diminishing, dismissing and delegitimizing concerns about Jewish life on campus.
#Boston
gathers for the 104th commemoration of the
#ArmenianGenocide
We honor innocent lives taken as a painful reminder that unchallenged
#hate
can lead to massacres & unimaginable violence. "From a few, we shall become many, Never forget 1915"
Weaponizing the Holocaust to attack COVID policies is unconscionable. On the anniversary of
#Kristallnacht
,
@rtrestan
&
@BeccaRauschMA
call out those who make these pernicious analogies and remind us of our responsibility to stand up to antisemitism.
Free speech is critical for a free society. But the chaos students brought to
@BrownU
is not. Comparing the actions of Israel to the persecution of Jews through history is an outrageous and dangerous claim that must be called out.
Deeply troubled over escalating threats to the full expression of Jewish life on the Tufts campus. Demanding students sign a pledge refusing to engage with Israel-related initiatives is a disguise for isolating Jewish students from campus life. Our letter:
Targeting Jewish students at the place where they feel safest, the Hillel building, is unacceptable on any campus or community. When Jews are targeted with messages of Israel's destruction, it is blatantly
#antiSemitic
& should be unequivocally condemned.
.
@ADL
's Northeast Director of Antisemitism Education & Advocacy Rabbi Ron Fish spoke at
@CJPBoston
's launch event for their new campaign, Face Jewish Hate! He joined community partners who are using their voices to combat growing antisemitism in MA.
#StandUpToJewishHate
@FCASorg
Anne Frank & 6 million Jews were murdered solely because they were Jewish. There is no equivalence to today’s public health policies imposed on those who choose to remain un-vaxxed.
@Essexwestford
& Liz Cady, it’s time to re-read The Diary of a Young Girl
When talking about the connection between violence and hate speech,
@ADL
’s VP of Center on Extremism
@orensegal
says, “We know that these words, these narratives and this misinformation so clearly animate violence on the ground.”
#ADLGoodFight
ADL &
@BostonJCRC
welcome today’s passage of the Genocide Education Act by the MA House. This legislation underscores the importance of learning from genocides - past and present - and the lasting impact that hate can have on the community at large.
Thank you
@SenatorLeahy
for your leadership in ensuring that our nation continues to be a refuge for those most in need by introducing the Refugee Protection Act of 2019.
#SaveAsylum
#RefugeesWelcome
Interfaith, political and community leaders gather on the sacred ground of the New England
#Holocaust
Memorial to light the menorah and
#ShineALight
on
#antisemitism
. A proud moment of solidarity reflecting a shared recognition that education is one of the best tools to end hate.
Mazel tov to Esta Gordon Epstein, our 2022 Woman of Valor, pictured here with our CEO
@JGreenblattADL
. We celebrate Esta’s leadership, integrity, vision and impact as we
#FightHateForGood
.
In order to fight
#antisemitism
and all forms of
#hate
, we all need to do our part. If you are a witness to or a victim of an
#antisemitic
incident, report it to us here:
.
@rtrestan
testifying in support of mandatory genocide education in
#Massachusetts
: “Education is key to combating hate. By learning about genocide, students will understand how stereotypes, prejudice, & religious/ethnic hatred can escalate to atrocity.”
Join ADL and the Boston Jewish Community in solidarity with Chabad of Poway for a memorial service at The New England Holocaust Memorial today, Sunday April 28th at 4:30 pm:
Our final
#Passover
video reflection comes from
@EnesKanter
, NBA athlete & human rights activist. Click below to watch Enes' inspiring reflections on freedom & why he remains committed to fighting for freedom of speech, press, and religion:
Deeply disturbing that this is happening in our America today. Anti-Semites feel emboldened to harass a local theater putting on a play centered around the Holocaust.
@HHRCMe
Yesterday's disruption of classes
@Harvarduniv
with bullhorn-amplified
#antisemitic
chants flies in the face of President Claudine Gay's description of Harvard as “a place of civil behavior and civil discourse”. We join in
@HarvardHillel
's demand for accountability through…
These
@Tufts
students get it. SJP’s attempt to boycott all Jewish life is
#antisemitism
. “Jewish life at Tufts is in peril if Jewish students cannot engage with all aspects of their identity.”
During this dark time of pain and fear for the Jewish community, the light kindled by the example of
@BrandeisU
President and Board of Trustees gives us hope of a future on college campuses where all students can feel safe and included. There is no place for
#antisemitism
in…
#OTD
in 2002, the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge was dedicated in
#Boston
.
@ADL
proudly honors the memory of Lenny Zakim z"l, former ADL New England regional director, whose inspired leadership for two decades helped build bridges among communities in Boston.
#SCOTUS
should recognize: telling a city it can’t decline to fly religious flags in front of the seat of its government could have serious unintended consequences.
We join
@HarvardHillel
in calling out the demonization of Israel that was seen in Harvard Yard as part of
#ApartheidWeek
. Equating Zionism, the movement for the self-determination for the Jewish people, with racism is hateful, ignorant and will never help bring understanding and…
Join us,
@CJPBoston
and
@BostonJCRC
tomorrow at 10 am for a vigil in
#BrightonMA
in support of Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky. Come together and show your support for the Rabbi, his family, and the the community. Click here for more details:
Wellesley College President Johnson's strong repudiation of the Wellesley News endorsement of the Mapping Project. The Project's continued dissemination of antisemitic conspiracy theories and targeting of the Jewish community is abhorrent and has no place on any campus
We are joining orgs. across New England to bring communities together to remember and mourn the victims of
#TreeOfLifeMassacre
. See the list of vigils here:
It's never too late to right a historic wrong. Proud to join the
@innocence
Project,
@countyberkshire
& Robert Cordy in bringing to light a decades-old injustice arising from a criminal conviction in the early 1980s tainted by
#antisemitism
and juror bias.
TY
@SenMarkey
for joining We are all American roundtable, your leadership is needed now more than ever. Discussion indicates how national anti-immigrant animus/rhetoric is impacting people & families across Massachusetts, dreams destroyed, safety jeopardized
Allegations of rampant and unaddressed antisemitism at the University of Vermont should concern everyone who values the free exchange of ideas on campus.
"The map serves as a Jewish hit list” — Our Director
@rtrestan
warns of the dangerous
#antisemitism
in the BDS Boston-endorsed Mapping Project. Thank you
@mjdamiano
for covering this important issue. Read more⤵️
Watch
@rtrestan
on
@wbz
condemn the "Mapping Project's" call to action against the Jewish community. Thank you
@kelleratlarge
for spotlighting this disturbing attack on on Jewish institutions and individuals in Boston.
"Jews, as ever, are the canary in the coal mine. And there are those, as ever, who seek to map out their demise."
@Jeff_Jacoby
aptly calls out how the "Mapping Project" is based on age-old
#antisemitic
tropes that have been heralded by Jew haters worldwide.
Looking forward to this conversation with comedian and author of "Jews Don't Count"
@Baddiel
and
@BostonJCRC
Director
@BurtonJM
. Join us on Feb 22 at 12pm:
Deeply troubled to learn of two hate incidents at Tufts University targeting
#AAPI
&
#Jewish
communities. Thank you
@MonacoAnthony
for speaking out & acknowledging the immense harm hate incidents such as these have on our communities.