What the decline of the nation’s oldest anti-Semitism-fighting org says about the future of Jewish politics.
For over a century, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has presented itself as the frontline defender of Jewish Americans. For decades it worked with prosecutors and police, using criminal law to make real-world harassment costly. Over the last generation, however, it has become a prestige “anti-hate” consultancy, focused on developing lesson plans around microaggressions, selectively handing down virtue-signaling edicts, and regularly congratulating itself for being on the right (i.e., left) side of history.
