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Jewish Academics Denounce Flawed ADL Antisemitism Hate Crime Data
The ADL’s audit of antisemitic incidents was characterized as ‘misleading and dangerous’ for Jewish people while glossing over the most targeted group, Black people
Made up of over 150 Jewish academics and staff members from Boston-area universities, the Concerned Jewish Faculty and Staff (CJFS) slammed the Trump administration’s and the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) cynical use of antisemitism to “smear and unlawfully crack down on students and universities across the country,” while challenging the ADL’s data in its recent 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents report.
Last year’s ADL report fell under similar scrutiny after Jewish Currents revealed that the methodology was flawed. Jewish Currents found that more than 1,000 incidents were misclassified as antisemitic, the data included misapplications of the organization’s own standards, and the group didn’t provide enough information to validate certain incidents.
“Since we found that most alleged antisemitic incidents in the Palestine solidarity movement lacked merit, the legitimately antisemitic Palestine-related incidents would appear as mere statistical noise when compared with the stunning growth of organized white…
