Anti-Defamation League

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'People want a hate-free society': Community leaders on the rise in Islamaphobia and antisemitism

Helen Acevedo

Jewish and Muslim community leaders tell WLRN about the disturbing increase in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents in South Florida.

A police vehicle sits near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2022. Four people were held hostage at the synagogue for more than 10 hours by a gunman before being freed, one of a spate of antisemitic acts that took place last year.

National

Anti-Defamation League survey finds a spike in antisemitic beliefs

Lisa Hagen

The percentage of Americans who believe in a number of antisemitic tropes has spiked in the past three years, according to the results of a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League.

Florida's Hate Crime Law Protects Some, But Still Has Gaps

The FBI’s most recent data, for 2018, shows the number of hate crimes logged by the FBI in Florida holding fairly steady – 141 total hate crimes, down…

Trump Org: Extremist Group Will ‘Absolutely Not’ Hold Event At Mar-a-Lago

The anti-Muslim organization ACT for America, whose founder once wrote that terrorists attacks represent the “purest form of what the Prophet Mohammed…

Education

'No Place For Hate': Broward County Public Schools To Learn About Diversity, Inclusion

Jessica Bakeman

Broward County Public Schools students will get some extra lessons in combating hate and embracing diversity this year.All 234 schools in the Broward…