State ranks #5 nationally; 281 incidents recorded in 2025 PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2026, … Pennsylvania recorded 281 antisemitic incidents in 2025, a 40-percent decrease from 465 incidents in 2024, according to ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today. The significant reduction in campus incidents contributed to the overall decrease. Pennsylvania ranked #5 in the United States for total antisemitic incidents and in the top 10 nationally…
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Half of Assessed Institutions Earn Higher Grades as Clearer Standards and Enforcement Take Hold Philadelphia, PA, March 10, 2026 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today released its third annual Campus Antisemitism Report Card, showing sustained, year-over-year improvement across colleges and universities as institutions strengthen policies and campus responses to antisemitism. The 2026 Report Card assessed 150 colleges and universities nationally across 32 criteria in three areas:…
Philadelphia, PA, September 29, 2025 … A new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) reveals a significant uptick in antisemitic and extremist activity in Pennsylvania between January 2023 and June 2025. This activity includes a rise in disruptive actions by extreme anti-Israel activists, notable white supremacist activity—particularly by the local White Lives Matter chapter—and political violence that has sent shockwaves across the country. “Hate in the Keystone…
First-of-its-kind Jewish Policy Index scores all 50 states on legislation, educational efforts, and protections aimed at combating antisemitism and supporting Jewish communities. Philadelphia, August 8, 2025 — In response to the unprecedented surge in antisemitic incidents in recent years and in the aftermath of violent attacks against Jewish communities in Boulder and Washington, D.C., ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today launched the Jewish Policy Index (JPI) – the first…
Continued post-Oct. 7 spike; more than doubling of physical assaults and incidents related to Israel and Zionism Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2025 …The massive spike in antisemitic incidents following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel continued in 2024, with totals again exceeding any other annual tally in the past 46 years. Nationally, this is the fourth year in a row that antisemitic incidents increased and broke the previous all-time high. It is also the first time that incidents…
Adelman recognized for his unwavering commitment to combating hate and promoting human rights PHILADELPHIA (April 11, 2025) – ADL proudly awarded the prestigious 46th annual Americanism Award to David J. Adelman, CEO of Campus Apartments, co-founder of FS Investments, founder of Darco Capital, and a partner of the Philadelphia 76ers. For over four decades, the Americanism Award has honored leaders in business, community affairs and charitable endeavors who distinguish themselves…
Nearly Half of Schools Assessed Show Improvement Philadelphia, PA, March 3, 2025 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) gave 36% of schools an A or B in its 2025 Campus Antisemitism Report Card, up from 23.5% in 2024. The updated evaluation of how U.S. colleges and universities are addressing antisemitism assessed 135 schools—50 more than last year—using 30 evaluation criteria to assign letter grades from A to F. 9 schools in total were assessed in ADL’s Philadelphia region…
Keynote speaker, Boston University sociology professor Dr. Jill Walsh, highlighted the dangers of normalizing hate online and how it can affect teenagers. Philadelphia, PA, December 11, 2024 … More than 400 students and 76 educators from 38 high schools gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to hear from an expert on online hate and learn from each other, taking back what they learned to become agents of positive change in their school communities. With teens reporting…
New York, NY, November 14, 2024, … More than 1.8 million unique pieces of extremist or hateful content, including explicitly antisemitic, neo-Nazi and Islamist terrorist material, were identified on Steam, the world’s largest and most popular online gaming marketplace, new research from ADL (Anti-Defamation League) finds. In an unprecedented platform-wide capture of all publicly available profiles, groups and comments (as of July 2024), the ADL Center on Extremism (COE)…