Anti-Defamation League

== Reception ==
ADL has been criticized both from the [[Right-wing politics|right]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/anti-defamation-league-trump-232049|title=ADL combats criticism of being too tough on Trump|date=January 1, 2016|website=Politico|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329180908/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/anti-defamation-league-trump-232049|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Left-wing politics|left]] of the US political spectrum, including from within the American Jewish community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-from-left-and-right-why-is-a-league-of-haters-descending-on-the-adl-1.6053744|title=Opinion From Left and Right, Why Is a League of Haters Descending on the ADL?|newspaper=Haaretz|date=May 3, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2020|last1=Cohen|first1=Debra Nussbaum|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329182415/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-from-left-and-right-why-is-a-league-of-haters-descending-on-the-adl-1.6053744|url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> ADL positions and actions that have generated criticism include domestic spying,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paddock |first=Richard C. |date=April 13, 1993 |title=New Details of Extensive ADL Spy Operation Emerge : Inquiry: Transcripts reveal nearly 40 years of espionage by a man who infiltrated political groups. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-mn-22383-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bamford |first=James |date=2023-11-17 |title=Israel's War on American Student Activists |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-spying-american-student-activists/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0027-8378}}</ref> its former [[Armenian genocide denial]] (since repudiated and apologized for),<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Janbazian |first1=Rupen |date=May 16, 2016 |title=ADL's Official Recognition of Armenian Genocide Ends Years-Long Controversy |url=http://armenianweekly.com/2016/05/16/adl-armenian-genocide-2016/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104195629/https://armenianweekly.com/2016/05/16/adl-armenian-genocide-2016/ |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |access-date=September 25, 2019 |website=The Armenian Weekly}}</ref> and what parts of the American left argue is the ADL's conflation of [[criticism of the Israeli government]] with antisemitism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-jewish-civil-rights-group-became-a-villain-on-the-far-left/|title=How a Jewish civil rights group became a villain on the far-left|last=Sales|first=Ben|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=December 6, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616105822/https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-jewish-civil-rights-group-became-a-villain-on-the-far-left/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Shira|last1=Hanau|access-date=September 25, 2019|title=Can ADL Be A Moral Voice For Millennials?|url=https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/can-adl-be-a-moral-voice-for-millennials/|website=jewishweek.timesofisrael.com|date=November 28, 2018 |archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925110618/https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/can-adl-be-a-moral-voice-for-millennials/|url-status=live}}</ref> ADL's support for the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]'s decision to move the US Embassy from [[Tel Aviv]] to Jerusalem in May 2018<ref>{{Cite press release|last=ADL|date=May 14, 2018|title=ADL Celebrates 'Historic Milestone' as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem|url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-celebrates-historic-milestone-as-us-embassy-opens-in-jerusalem|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=ADL|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024143923/https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-celebrates-historic-milestone-as-us-embassy-opens-in-jerusalem|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roth|first=Daniel J.|date=May 15, 2018|title=U.S. Jewish groups laud Trump's 'courageous' embassy move|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/us-jewish-groups-laud-trumps-courageous-embassy-move-556426|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920175739/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/us-jewish-groups-laud-trumps-courageous-embassy-move-556426|url-status=live}}</ref> drew criticism.{{From whom?|date=March 2022}} Right-wing groups and pundits, including right-wing Jewish groups, have criticized ADL as having moved too far to the left under Jonathan Greenblatt, labeling it a "[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] auxiliary".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/amari-sohrab/the-adl-smears-mike-pompeo/|title=The ADL Smears Mike Pompeo|last=Ahmari|first=Sohrab|author-link=Sohrab Ahmari|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329180910/https://www.commentarymagazine.com/amari-sohrab/the-adl-smears-mike-pompeo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jns.org/opinion/whatever-happened-to-the-adl/|title=Opinion: Whatever happened to the ADL?|last=Tobin|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan S. Tobin|work=Jewish News Syndicate|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329180908/https://www.jns.org/opinion/whatever-happened-to-the-adl/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Graduate student and activist Emmaia Gelman wrote in the ''Boston Review'' in 2019 that the ADL has conducted a "vigorous, and successful campaign, alongside [[AIPAC]], specifically to characterize Arab American political organizing as dual loyalty." She wrote that the ADL's role in anti-hate efforts had insulated it from deserved scrutiny, and that it had undermined the American left including some black-led groups in such efforts.<ref name="Gelman">{{cite news |last1=Gelman |first1=Emmaia |title=The Anti-Defamation League Is Not What It Seems |url=https://bostonreview.net/politics/emmaia-gelman-anti-defamation-league-not-what-it-seems |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=Boston Review |date=May 21, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

=== 2020 "Drop the ADL" campaign ===
In August 2020, a coalition of progressive organizations launched the "Drop the ADL" campaign, arguing that "the ADL is not an ally" in social justice work. The campaign consisted of an open letter and a website, which were shared on social media with the [[hashtag]] "#DropTheADL". Notable signatories included the [[Democratic Socialists of America]], [[Movement for Black Lives]], [[Jewish Voice for Peace]], [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], and [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]].<ref name="forwardadl">{{Cite web|last=Klein|first=David Ian|title=Left-wing activists call for boycott of Anti-Defamation League|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/452610/left-wing-activists-call-for-boycott-of-anti-defamation-league/|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=The Forward|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206023039/https://forward.com/fast-forward/452610/left-wing-activists-call-for-boycott-of-anti-defamation-league/|url-status=live}}</ref> The open letter stated that the ADL "has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking social justice movements led by communities of color, [[queer]] people, immigrants, Muslims, Arabs, and other marginalized groups, while aligning itself with police, right-wing leaders, and perpetrators of state violence."<ref name="mme1">{{Cite web|title='Don't work with Anti-Defamation League,' progressive groups urge|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/progressive-organisations-urged-not-work-anti-defamation-league|date=August 12, 2020|first=Sheren|last=Khalel|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=Middle East Eye|language=en|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222104424/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/progressive-organisations-urged-not-work-anti-defamation-league|url-status=live}}</ref> Some liberal groups responded by defending the ADL, with [[HIAS]] CEO Mark Hetfield characterizing Drop the ADL as a "smear campaign". The ADL published a statement that the campaign involved "many of the same groups who have been pushing an anti-Israel agenda for years."<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|last=Sales|first=Ben|title=Liberal groups defend ADL after renewed attack from progressive coalition|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/452834/liberal-jewish-groups-defend-adl-after-renewed-attack-from-progressive/|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=The Forward|date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921035149/https://forward.com/fast-forward/452834/liberal-jewish-groups-defend-adl-after-renewed-attack-from-progressive/|url-status=live}}</ref> Around sixty organizations supported the campaign on its initial launch, and an additional hundred groups had joined by February 2021.<ref name=":24">{{cite news |last1=Hutt |first1=Jacob |last2=Kane |first2=Alex |title=How the ADL's Israel Advocacy Undermines Its Civil Rights Work |url=https://jewishcurrents.org/how-the-adls-israel-advocacy-undermines-its-civil-rights-work/ |work=Jewish Currents |date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425073821/https://jewishcurrents.org/how-the-adls-israel-advocacy-undermines-its-civil-rights-work/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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