Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a United States-based organization founded in 1913 to combat antisemitism and defend civil rights. It monitors hate, conducts research and education, and advocates against discrimination.

ADL Center on Extremism: The ADL unit that researches and tracks extremist groups, hate incidents, and related threats. It produces much of the ADL’s public analysis of organized extremism.
Leo Frank case: The 1913 murder trial and 1915 lynching of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank in Georgia. Frank’s conviction and lynching prompted the ADL’s founding in 1913.
American Jewish Committee: A Jewish advocacy organization founded in 1906 to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews. It shares the ADL’s advocacy aims but has a distinct institutional history and approach.
Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism: A 2021 document offering guidelines for identifying antisemitism, including in debates about Israel and Zionism. It presents an alternative framework to the definition the ADL helped popularize.
ADL H.E.A.T. Map: An ADL mapping project that tracks reported antisemitic incidents in the United States. It makes one part of the organization’s incident-monitoring work geographically visible.
B'nai B'rith: A Jewish service organization founded in 1843, with a long history of communal and civic activity. The ADL was established as an initiative of B’nai B’rith.
Southern Poverty Law Center: A United States civil-rights nonprofit that litigates against discrimination and tracks hate groups. Both organizations monitor hate, but their histories, legal strategies, and public roles differ.
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism: A non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2016. The ADL supports this definition, whose examples have influenced policy and public discussion.
No Place for Hate: An ADL school program that supports efforts to prevent bias and build inclusive communities. It shows how the ADL translates anti-bias education into school-based programming.
Sigmund Livingston: An American lawyer and Jewish communal leader who founded the Anti-Defamation League. Livingston organized the league in response to antisemitism surrounding the Leo Frank case.

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