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Stories That Matter

Tools and Strategies
Students Laying Down Reading in School Library
About Stories That MatterStories That Matter is a collection of digital teaching kits for K-12 educators and families. Each kit pairs curated books with flexible curriculum ideas and discussion tools to explore Jewish identity, the Holocaust and antisemitism. Books are powerful teaching tools. They can serve as windows into the lives and histories of others, mirrors that reflect students’ own identities and experiences, and doors that invite readers into new perspectives and…
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Schooled in Hate: Anti-Semitism on Campus

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The Issue The university has traditionally served as an enclave for intellectual expression, insulated from the distractions of the world outside. It has also served as a trendsetter for that outside society, a laboratory where social change first begins to ferment and find an outlet. To a large extent, the excitement and passion on American campuses stem from the combination of scholarly debate and student activism in a sheltered environment. In recent decades, Jews have generally…
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America at 250: A Promise Worth Celebrating and Renewing

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By Jonathan Greenblatt ADL CEO and National Director   As America approaches its 250th birthday, we will mark this event in many ways: Some will celebrate our democratic legacy, some our veterans and service members, and some will revel in the aspects of our nation that make it so unique.      But one of the greatest parts of this country deserves our special respect: America has strived to protect its religious minorities like few places in the world.     …
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ADL and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

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January 02, 2013 Q. What is the basis for ADL's concerns about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"?A. We first learned about Mr. Gibson's plans to make a film based on the final hours of Jesus' life in a New York Times Magazine article that appeared in February 2003. An early version of the script was shared with us. In August 2003, an ADL representative saw a rough cut in Houston. On January 21, we saw a version of the film at a screening in Orlando, Florida. We had hoped to see the film…
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Mel Gibson's Apology to the Jewish Community

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August 01, 2006 The following is the text of Mel Gibson's apology to the Jewish Community for his anti-Semitic statements. There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge. I am a public person, and when I say something, either…
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