Press Releases

Record-Setting Number of Antisemitic Incidents in Los Angeles; California and United States Reach All-Time High

A shocking increase in antisemitic assaults in Los Angeles; targeted spreading of antisemitic and white supremacist propaganda remains alarmingly high.   Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 2023 … ADL’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents issued today found that in 2022, the Jewish community of Los Angeles experienced 237 recorded incidents (up 30% from 182 incidents in 2021), including 143 incidents

White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents Reach All-Time High in 2022

New ADL data shows California saw a 91% increase in white supremacist propaganda distribution from 2021 to 2022, rising from 155 to 296 incidents. Los Angeles, CA. March 9, 2023 … Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distribution and events reached an all-time high in the United States in 2022. The ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) annual assessment of propaganda activity recorded 6,751

Hate Crime in California Report Corresponds with ADL Data Showing Serious Uptick in Anti-Jewish Bias Events

California’s annual hate crime report reveals increases across the board in hate crime events, offenses, and bias events with its most serious increases in anti-AAPI and anti-Jewish events Sacramento, CA. June 28, 2022 … The California Attorney General’s Office of Community Awareness, Response and Engagement (CARE) released its annual Hate Crime in California Report revealing startling increases across the spectrum

ADL urges the teaching of ethnic studies – not antisemitic content – in all California high schools

Antisemitic and anti-Israel bias have no place in our classrooms San Francisco, CA. January 31, 2022… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), is urging school districts across California to adopt an ethnic studies curriculum, if they have not already done so, that draws upon the State Board of Education approved Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum and to be wary of potentially biased antisemitic