Note: Resources dated later than 2020 were posted after the publication of the DropTheADL open letter and primer. Since that time, as the ADL has been increasingly recognized as a racist and right-wing political organization, communities have resisted the ADL more widely, and reporters have covered it with more scrutiny. Since Oct. 7, 2023, as the ADL has played a key role in advocating for the Israeli genocide of Palestinians and repression of the anti-genocide movement, both resistance and critical reporting on the ADL have greatly expanded beyond the resources listed here.
- Teaching tools (including alternatives to ADL programming)
- Training, resources, & criteria for choosing sources
- Statements & letters calling to Drop the ADL
- Research on the ADL
- Visuals & Slides
- Webinars
- Take action
- Articles* (by topic)
*Editor’s note, July 2025: Opposition to the ADL is now so widespread that this section is now incomplete, even as it is periodically updated. To find more articles, search “Drop the ADL” or “#droptheADL” online.- Weaponizing “standing against antisemitism/hate”
- Attacks on antiracist & progressive movements
- Right-wing political work
- Attacks on education
Teaching tools
- Training for educators, administrators, and communities: Antisemitism from a framework of collective liberation (PARCEO.org)
- Resources to help schools to develop their own antiracist and social justice expertise (DropTheADLfromSchools.org)
- Criteria: How to choose credible, principled sources on racism and antisemitism (DropTheADLfromSchools.org)
Statements & letters calling to Drop the ADL
- Sign-on letters in support of the National Educational Association’s vote to break ties with the ADL (July 2025)
- Concerned Jewish Faculty: “Not in Our Name” (March 2025)
- CodePink: Drop The ADL from Schools (2025)
- Palestinian Feminist Collective: Letter to Universities and Institutions on anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, anti-SWANA, and anti-Muslim racism (2024)
- 18 Million Rising: The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) Drop the ADL! (2024)
- DropTheADL from Schools (2024)
- Open Letter to Educators: The ADL is not a social justice partner (DropTheADL from Schools, 2024)
- Jewish Voice for Peace: Fight Antisemitism, Drop the ADL
- Jewish Voice for Peace: Tell Your School Board to Drop The ADL
Articles
Weaponization of antisemitism & the IHRA definition
- Anti-Defamation League ramps up lobbying to promote controversial definition of antisemitism (Guardian, 2024)
- Anatomy of a Moral Panic (Jewish Currents, 2024)
- Unpacking the Campus Antisemitism Narrative (Jewish Currents, 2024)
- Brown doesn’t need to hear from the ADL // Why we walked out of Jonathan Greenblatt’s talk (Brown Daily Herald, 2024)
- Jewish Action CEO responds to ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt’s Defamation of Student Protestors (BTA, 2024)
- Anti-Defamation League staff decry ‘dishonest’ campaign against Israel critics (Guardian, 2024)
- The ADL & the White House antisemitism strategy (DropTheADL, 2023)
- The White House’s Strategic Plan on Antisemitism Is Fatally Flawed (Truthout, 2023)
- ADL’s latest effort to use antisemitism in defense of apartheid (Mondoweiss, 2023)
- Anti-Zionism Is About Dignity for All Peoples: A Response to ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt (Common Dreams, 2022)
- The Unbearable Ignorance of the ADL (Jewish Currents, 2022)
- A Closer Look at the ‘Uptick’ in Antisemitism (Jewish Currents, 2021)
- Opinion: “Criticizing Oppressive Zionism is Legitimate, not Antisemitic” (San Diego Union Tribune, 2021)
- Video: Weaponizing Antisemitism Allegations: Challenging Empires, Defending Communities (Shelter & Solidarity, 2020)
- Anti-Semitism should not be waved around like a propaganda tool (Guardian, 2014)
- I Am [the] One Billionth ‘Anti-Semite’ (Jewish Daily Forward, 2014)
Debunking ADL statistics
- ADL’s Stats Twist Israel’s Critics Into Antisemites (FAIR.org, 2025)
- Examining the ADL’s Antisemitism Audit (Jewish Currents, 2024)
- Anti-Defamation League maps Jewish peace rallies with antisemitic attacks (The Intercept, 2024)
- The ADL’s Antisemitism Findings, Explained (Jewish Currents, 2023)
- Who Benefits When Jews Are Afraid? (Jewish Currents, 2023)
- A Closer Look at the ‘Uptick’ in Antisemitism (Jewish Currents, 2021)
Carceral anti-hate/anti-bias
- ADL Shutters Flagship Anti-Bias Program (Jewish Currents, 2025)
- Protesters demand The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) drop ADL’s Greenblatt from board (AsAmNews, 2024)
- How the Stop Asian Hate Movement Became Entwined with Zionism, Policing, and Counterinsurgency (Critical Ethnic Studies Journal, 2024)
- ACT UP NY Calls on GLAAD To Oppose Genocide, Drop the ADL (Autostraddle, 2024)
- Anti-Racist Organizations Must Drop the ADL (Electronic Intifada, 2022)
ADL anti-Palestinian racism & anti-Muslim racism
- How the ADL’s anti-Palestinian advocacy helped shape U.S. terror laws (The Intercept, 2024)
- The Fight Over MSNBC’s Cave-in to Islamophobia (The Nation, 2023)
- The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters (The Nation, 2023)
- The Movement for Palestinian rights will not be silenced – JVP, SJP and CAIR respond to ADL attacks (2023)
- ADL Staffers Dissented After CEO Compared Palestinian Rights Groups to Right-Wing Extremists, Leaked Audio Reveals (Jewish Currents, 2023)
- “How the Anti-Defamation League Fuels Islamophobia” (Alternet, 2013)
ADL attacks on Jewish groups
- The Anti-Defamation League Has Abandoned Some of the People It Exists to Protect (Slate, 2024)
- Hundreds arrested as US Jews protest against Israel’s Gaza assault … Anti-Defamation League condemns demonstration (Guardian, 2023)
- Over 75 Jewish leaders demand ADL apologize for condemning NY progressive group JFREJ (JTA, 2022)
- The ADL’s Crazily Irresponsible Crusade Against anti-Zionism (Haaretz, 2022)
Attacks on social justice movements
- The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters (The Nation, 2023)
- The Movement for Palestinian rights will not be silenced – JVP, SJP and CAIR respond to ADL attacks (2023)
- ADL Staffers Dissented After CEO Compared Palestinian Rights Groups to Right-Wing Extremists, Leaked Audio Reveals (Jewish Currents, 2023)
- ADL chief’s attack on left-leaning organizations criticized as dangerous (Religion News, 2022)
- The ADL Goes Full Bully (The Nation, 2022)
- The ADL Is Not a Friend to Social Justice Movements (Portside, 2022)
- “Beware the Anti-Defamation League’s Efforts to Partner with Progressive Orgs” (In These Times, 2020)
- “Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States” (The Nation, 2018)
- “ADL Tells Cops To Infiltrate Antifa — And Film Protests” (Jewish Daily Forward, 2017)
Right-wing alliances & militarism
- ADL takes on shareholders questioning Israel arms sales (Responsible Statecraft, 2025)
- The Astroturf “Civil Rights” Groups Fueling Trump’s Deportation Attacks (Academe blog, 2025)
- The ADL has Got to Go (Mondoweiss, 2025)
- ADL chief defends honoring Jared Kushner (JTA, 2024)
- How the ADL’s anti-Palestinian advocacy helped shape U.S. terror laws (The Intercept, 2024)
- The Anti-Defamation League: Israel’s Attack Dog in the US (The Nation, 2024)
- Why the Anti-Defamation League Loves Certain Bigots (The Nation, 2023)
- Know Your Enemy: Elon Musk, the Jews, and the ADL, with Mari Cohen, Alex Kane, and Peter Beinart (Know Your Enemy podcast, 2023)
- What Does the ADL Stand for Today? (The New Republic, 2023)
- How a Giant of Responsible Investing Agreed to an Israel Exception (Jewish Currents, 2023)
- The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook (Jewish Currents, 2023)
Disinformation
- It’s Time to Break With the ADL as a Source for News and Research on Extremism (Truthout, 2024)
- Jewish Action CEO responds to ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt’s Defamation of Student Protestors (BTA, 2024)
- Unpacking the Campus Antisemitism Narrative (Jewish Currents, 2024)
- Anti-Defamation League staff decry ‘dishonest’ campaign against Israel critics (Guardian, 2024)
- The Anti-Defamation League is fueling war (Mondoweiss, 2023)
- A Closer Look at the ‘Uptick’ in Antisemitism (Jewish Currents, 2021)
ADL political history
- The Anti-Democratic Origins of the Jewish Establishment (Jewish Currents, 2021)
- “Politics: The ADL is not what it seems” (Boston Review, 2020)
- New Details of Extensive ADL Spy Operation Emerge (LA Times, 1993)
Resisting ADL’s racist & militarist curriculum
- DropTheADLfromSchools.org (External site)
- The NEA Vote (Academe blog, 2025)
- The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League (Mondoweiss, 2025)
- Schools are No Place for the ADL (Mondoweiss, 2025)
- “What is the Anti-Defamation League doing in my school?” (Medium.com, 2021)
- “Watered-Down “Anti-Racism Training” in Schools Is Perpetuating Racism” (Truthout, 2020)
ADL attacks on antiracist education
- The World Upside Down: Zionist Institutions, Civil Rights Talk, and the New Cold War on Ethnic Studies (Critical Ethnic Studies Journal, 2024)
- “Attacks from pro-Israel groups threaten California’s ethnic studies curriculum” (Jewish Currents, 2020)
Policing & ADL police training in Israel
- ADL leaders debated ending police delegations to Israel, memo reveals… questioned whether trips to Israel could make US officers ‘more likely to use force’ (Guardian, 2022)
- How the ADL’s Israel Advocacy Undermines Its Civil Rights Work (Jewish Currents, 2021)
- “U.S. Police are Being Trained by Israel—And Communities of Color Are Paying the Price” (Progressive.org, 2019)
- Revealed: Deputy Director of ICE was sent by the ADL for training with the Israeli military (Jewish Voice for Peace, 2018)
Research
Astroturf Antisemitism Watchdogs (Jadaliyya, 2024)
Anti-Palestinian at the Core: The Origins and Growing Dangers of U.S. Antiterrorism Law (Center for Constitutional Rights & Palestine Legal)
The World Upside-Down: Zionist Institutions, Civil Rights Talk, and the New Cold War on Ethnic Studies (Critical Ethnic Studies Journal, 2024)
Deadly Exchange Campaign (Jewish Voice for Peace, 2021)
The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US (Center for Constitutional Rights, 2015)
The Business of Backlash: The Attack on the Palestinian Movement and Other Movements for Social Justice (IJAN, 2015)
Visuals & Slides
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Infographic & discussion on why ADL anti-bias education isn’t antiracist education.
Take action
Call on media organizations to deplatform the ADL using this toolkit — write letters to the editor in your local news outlet, and/or write directly to major media executives.
Call on K-12 schools & university/college administrators to stop engaging the ADL as an advisor on race & justice, and to stop using the ADL playbook to attack anti-war students and faculty. For K-12 schools, use the tools at DropTheADLfromSchools.org for school administrators and sign on to letters with educators. For universities, use this sample text from the Palestinian Feminist Collective or this sample text.
Call on labor organizations to support union democracy and oppose racism, by honoring union members’ vote to Drop The ADL. Use the tools collected here.
Call on community organizations and allied groups to #DropTheADL, by sharing the open letter signed by 200+ movemement groups, or use one of the sign-on letters linked above.
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