# From Above: the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with Alex Kane

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Published: 2025-06-17T16:57:38+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode we are looking at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with journalist Alex Kane, senior reporter at Jewish Currents. This is the first of several episodes we'll have on the ADL, in an effort to grapple with its scale and long history. Lots of links in the show notes. History: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-w8y83byMLcxFd1gvI1xqpcDUaCo1WW/view?usp=sharing https://jewishcurrents.org/the-anti-democratic-origins-of-the-jewish-establishment https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/emmaia-gelman-anti-defamation-league/ https://criticalzionismstudies.org/2024/10/26/from-the-new-antisemitism-to-the-ihra-definition/ Reporting & Analysis: https://jewishcurrents.org/adl-shutters-flagship-anti-bias-program https://jewishcurrents.org/scoop-internal-adl-memo-recommended-ending-police-delegations-to-israel-amid-backlash https://jewishcurrents.org/examining-the-adls-antisemitism-audit https://jewishcurrents.org/how-the-adls-israel-advocacy-undermines-its-civil-rights-work https://criticalzionismstudies.org/2024/05/28/the-anti-defamation-league-counterinsurgency-and-the-palestinian-liberation-movement/ https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/educators-beware-the-anti-defamation-league-is-not-the-social-justice-partner-it-claims-to-be/ https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45918 Resistance to the ADL: www.droptheadl.org Related episodes: Unpacking Zionism: Mothers Against College Antisemitism Battling the IHRA Definition: The new 'terror' bill Also mentioned: Canary Mission Amcha Initiative American Jewish Committee

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