In this episode we are looking at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with journalist Alex Kane, senior reporter at Jewish Currents. This is the first of several episodes we'll have on the ADL, in an effort to grapple with its scale and long history. Lots of links in the show notes.

History:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-w8y83byMLcxFd1gvI1xqpcDUaCo1WW/view?usp=sharing

https://jewishcurrents.org/the-anti-democratic-origins-of-the-jewish-establishment

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/emmaia-gelman-anti-defamation-league/

https://criticalzionismstudies.org/2024/10/26/from-the-new-antisemitism-to-the-ihra-definition/

Reporting & Analysis:

https://jewishcurrents.org/adl-shutters-flagship-anti-bias-program

https://jewishcurrents.org/scoop-internal-adl-memo-recommended-ending-police-delegations-to-israel-amid-backlash

https://jewishcurrents.org/examining-the-adls-antisemitism-audit

https://jewishcurrents.org/how-the-adls-israel-advocacy-undermines-its-civil-rights-work

https://criticalzionismstudies.org/2024/05/28/the-anti-defamation-league-counterinsurgency-and-the-palestinian-liberation-movement/

https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/educators-beware-the-anti-defamation-league-is-not-the-social-justice-partner-it-claims-to-be/

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45918

Resistance to the ADL:

www.droptheadl.org

Related episodes:

Unpacking Zionism: Mothers Against College Antisemitism

Battling the IHRA Definition: The new 'terror' bill

Also mentioned:

Canary Mission

Amcha Initiative

American Jewish Committee