"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Right now, that frontline is a dangerous one for Jewish communities. Two weeks ago, in Boulder, Colorado, fifteen people were injured, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, and the attacker had 16 more Molotov cocktails ready to throw. The perpetrator spent a year planning to target peaceful Jewish community members showing solidarity with Israeli hostages. This is ...
Jun 15, 2025•28 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Some people see the frontline for antisemitism as the antisemitism on the left. This is especially true post 10/7. Others feel that the threat from the right is what the Jewish people need to worry about. Indeed, the Jewish Voter Resource Center released the results of a survey just a few days ago which found that nearly half of Jewish voters said right-wing individuals an...
May 19, 2025•52 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. The frontline since 10/7 has been the explosive rise in antisemitic incidents across the nation and around the globe. On April 22nd, ADL released its Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents for 2024. This data shined a bright light on this rise which is on a scale and at a pace never seen before - at least not in the decades since ADL has been tracking this data. This podcas...
May 07, 2025•43 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Ensuring that the information which people receive is accurate and not biased is a critical component in the fight against antisemitism and hate. Wikipedia has become a go-to source for information as the largest online encyclopedia, which available in over 300 languages. It is one of the most visited websites globally, with over 4.4 billion unique visitors last month alon...
Apr 18, 2025•28 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. In this battle, our corporate boardrooms have become yet another playing field. Enter JLens, an affiliate of ADL, and a Registered Investment Adviser whose mission is to empower investors to align their capital with Jewish values and to advocate for Jewish communal priorities in the corporate arena. JLens is not new. It has been around for more than a dozen years, and seve...
Mar 18, 2025•41 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Each year, the major issues and the major thought leaders on the frontline in the fight against antisemitism and hate come together for ADL’s Never is Now summit at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. This annual summit will take place this year on Monday and Tuesday, March 3rd and 4th. This podcast offers the listeners a sneak peek at what to expect at this premier even...
Feb 22, 2025•23 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. In this battle, our advocacy work at the state level is critical. ADL, along with others, have started a nationwide effort to put in place masked intimidation bans. Why do we need this? How do these bans work? Where are we in the process of getting these bans passed? And much more are the subject of this "From the Frontlines" podcast. To help us answer all of these questio...
Feb 14, 2025•35 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. In this battle, data is critical. At ADL, we talk a lot about how data drives policy. It gives us what we need to approach elected officials, university presidents, community leaders and so many others to say, we have a problem with antisemitism, and here is the proof. Please act. This podcast has focused much attention on the Audit of antisemitic incidents and the survey ...
Jan 28, 2025•43 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. In the one-year period from October 7, 2023 to October 7, 2024, ADL tracked and responded to more than 10,000 incidents of antisemitism across the country. That is approximately 3 times the highest number of incidents ever recorded since ADL began tracking these reports in 1979. The highest percentage increase took place on our college campuses, and Title VI claims have be...
Jan 03, 2025•44 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. It is clear from ADL's incident response work that discrimination in our workplaces have become part of this battle, but that is based on discrimination against those already working at companies. Recently, ADL’s Center for Antisemitism Research set out to see if that discrimination extended to the actual hiring of Jews. They put out a first-of-its-kind study which shockin...
Dec 22, 2024•26 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Thirty years ago, ADL’s Washington office created a very special event which eventually became known as “In Concert Against Hate.” It has grown and morphed over the years, but the basic idea remains the same: People coming together to enjoy beautiful music, to lift up heroes in the fight against antisemitism and all forms hate and to be in community as part of the shared s...
Nov 29, 2024•45 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Fighting antisemitism is a global battle, and ADL’s International Affairs Team has been waging that fight worldwide for many years. However, in this post 10/7 world, advocacy efforts have become critical. Advocacy with international bodies, such as the United Nations. Advocacy with international organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross. And, advo...
Nov 17, 2024•25 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. The one-year anniversary of the attack on Israel on October 7th was a difficult day for all people of good will who mourned the horrific loss of innocent life, the brutalization of many more who were injured and the inhuman taking of hostages. Today’s show is part two of a two-part series which reflects on the year since that terrible day. It features Dr. Kenneth Jacobson,...
Nov 04, 2024•38 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. The anniversary of October 7th was a difficult day for all people of good will who mourned the horrific loss of innocent life, the brutalization of many more who were injured and the inhuman taking of hostages. Today’s show reflects on that trauma but also the antisemitism that ensued, the soul searching by the Jewish community in the US over the past year, the surge in Je...
Oct 24, 2024•49 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Surrounding the 2020 election was a whirlwind of extremist activity which was cause for deep concern by ADL at the time. We saw the rhetoric and threats building, and of course, this all led to the terrifying insurrection on January 6th 2021. Here we are - nearly four years later - with the same Republican candidate and the current Vice President vying for the presidency. ...
Oct 20, 2024•27 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. A major frontline in this battle is the effort to dismantle the Jewish state and end the right to Jewish national self-determination through boycotts, divestment campaigns and sanctions - better known as the BDS movement. Some defend it as simply a nonviolent form of protest. The questions we will discuss on today’s show is what this movement is, why is it so bad, and how ...
Oct 08, 2024•32 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Since 10/7, Jewish students have been the victims of a steep rise in antisemitic incidents in their schools and universities. In some cases, Jewish students are left feeling angry, unwelcome and at times unsafe. However, Jewish day schools appear to be a safe harbor in this environment - free from the antisemitism that students face elsewhere. ADL New York/New Jersey’s Cam...
Sep 29, 2024•48 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Since the horrific events of 10/7, we have seen a virtual explosion of anti-Israel activism on our college campuses, and its most radical expressions have left Jewish students feeling angry, unwelcome and at times unsafe. This is not new. What is the new is the horrific scale of the activity. Every September, ADL takes the temperature of this anti-Israel activity with its ...
Sep 22, 2024•29 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. It seems that with every news item, an active misinformation and disinformation campaign pops up almost immediately to fit a skewed narrative or agenda. Battling against this is a major frontline in the fight against hate. We certainly have seen this in the wake of the horrific Hamas attack against Israel on 10/7, and as we approach the November 2024 election, this only ha...
Jul 28, 2024•41 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. Post 10/7, an important frontline in this battle has been the work of law enforcement and the courts to curtail bad behavior, especially litigation. Whether on campus or elsewhere, ADL has stepped up this work, and the current lawsuit against the countries of Iran, North Korea and Syria takes this litigation effort to a whole new realm. ADL believes that those countries pl...
Jul 21, 2024•21 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. The Supreme Court always seems to be on the frontline, and this year was no exception as the Court decided a series of very important cases. Each July, for the past 25 years, ADL hosts the Supreme Court review to take stock of the term that just ended at the beginning of July. Thousands of people will attend in person and tune in virtually this July 9th for this year’s ins...
Jul 02, 2024•23 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. The frontline since 10/7 has been the explosive rise in antisemitic incidents across the nation and around the globe. A few weeks ago, ADL released its Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. This data shines a bright light on this rise which is on a scale and at a pace never seen before - at least not in the decades since ADL has been tracking this data. Today’s show will ...
Jun 19, 2024•49 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. A major frontline in this battle are our college campuses. Since October 7th, we have seen an unprecedented rise in antisemitic incidents at our colleges and universities, making Jewish students feel unwelcome, unsafe, and angry. A few weeks ago, this show focused on ADL’s Not On My Campus Campaign. This campaign directly addresses campus antisemitism. It has many elements...
Apr 14, 2024•30 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast hosted by ADL New York/New Jersey Director Scott Richman. It focuses on ADL's efforts to fight hate and antisemitism in the United States and around the world. While the word Zionism once evoked romantic images of making the desert bloom and young people folk dancing on the streets of Tel Aviv, for a widening circle of people, it has become something nefarious, evoking the infamous (long-ago rescinded) UN Resolution of 1975 equating Zionism with racism. Ho...
Mar 24, 2024•31 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast hosted by ADL New York/New Jersey Director Scott Richman. It focuses on ADL's efforts to fight hate and antisemitism in the United States and around the world. Each year, the major issues and the major thought leaders on the frontline in the fight against antisemitism and hate come together for ADL’s Never is Now summit at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. This year's annual gathering will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6th and 7th. Once A...
Feb 28, 2024•18 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. If there were ever a frontline, it is Israel in the wake of the barbaric atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7th. Since that day, this podcast has been devoted to lifting up voices from Israel. Seven powerful podcasts were put out on this subject. In the wake of that terrible day, ADL has pivoted, not only to respond to the act, but also to the wav...
Feb 11, 2024•27 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. If there were ever a frontline, it is Israel in the wake of the barbaric atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7th. Since that terrible day, so much misinformation about the history of the conflict, the players, the geography and so on has been circulating. To set the record straight, ADL Deputy National Director Kenneth Jacobson was the featured gue...
Jan 30, 2024•41 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. If there were ever a frontline, it is Israel in the wake of the barbaric atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7th. Since that terrible day, so much misinformation about the history of the conflict, the players, the geography and so on has been circulating. To set the record straight, ADL Deputy National Director Kenneth Jacobson was the featured gue...
Jan 01, 2024•39 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. If there were ever a frontline, it is Israel in the wake of the barbaric atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7th. When we think of Ground Zero for those horrific acts, places like Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Kibbutz Beeri and the Nova music festival come to mind. What the people in these places went through is almost unspeakable, yet we must all bear witness...
Dec 17, 2023•29 min
"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast which brings listeners to the frontline in the battle against antisemitism and hate. If there were ever a frontline, it is Israel in the wake of the barbaric atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7th. Zaka is a group that is confronted with this reality 24/7 and in the most heartbreaking way, as they worked to provide medical assistance, to collect the bodies and to identify the bodies after the horrific attack. Yossi Landau has been...
Dec 03, 2023•30 min
