The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) uses their resources to surveil and police Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples in the US as well as worldwide. To this end, the ADL facilitates collaborations between US law enforcement and Israeli state, military, and security forces. The Anti-Defamation League of New England coordinates annual all-expenses-paid trips to Israel where Massachusetts police department leaders learn about "counterterrorism" from Israeli military and security forces. The ADL of New England also regularly coordinates trainings on "counterterrorism" for Massachusetts police and other law enforcement which occur right here in Massachusetts. The ADL uses these or other collaborations to encourage US law enforcement to identify with Israel, to view Palestinians as "terrorists," and to view anyone who speaks or acts in solidarity with Palestinians as "terrorist sympathizers." However, the ADL does not coordinate "counterterrorism" trainings and other collaborations with US law enforcement simply to bolster domestic support for Israel. Rather, the ADL supports US police and other carceral institutions of the US state, because the ADL is deeply invested in the power and dominance of the US state itself. To understand why this is, it is helpful to contextualize the ADL's current actions within their century-long history.
Beginning in the 1930s, the Anti-Defamation League undertook efforts to spy upon dissidents within the Jewish American community, handing over files on these individuals to the (so-called) House Committee on Un-American Activities and to FBI investigators. The ADL intensified this spying effort during the campaign of persecution against Communists and suspected Communists, spearheaded by US Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s. During the McCarthy era, the ADL leveraged their position as a Jewish organization to refute the claims of persecuted Jewish community members that antisemitism was a driving factor in US government's zeal to prosecute them. As one example, in 1952, in the midst the vicious campaign of persecution against Jewish Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the ADL stated: "The Communists, in their worldwide propaganda attack defending the convicted atom spies, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, provide a vivid example of the technique of falsely charging anti-Semitism to hide conspiracy." With this blessing from the ADL, the US government ultimately executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Following the McCarthy era, the Anti-Defamation League continued to work with the US government, to surveil and monitor members of the Black freedom movement, along with anti-apartheid activists, and organizers for Palestinian liberation. In November 1983, the ADL of New England created a 49 page booklet containing names of individuals and organizations which the ADL classified as “pro-Arab propagandists." According to the New York Times, "The list, stamped ''confidential,'' was mailed to several dozen campus Jewish leaders in November 1983 by the Anti-Defamation League's New England office." Enclosed with this booklet was a cover letter from then ADL New England Executive Director Leonard Zakim, in which Zakim wrote, “Should you need more information on these individual groups or any others, please call us. Also, if you have any knowledge of any individuals or groups not listed in the booklet, please pass the information on to us so that we can have a more complete and useful listing.”
In the 1990s, the Anti-Defamation League was forced to settle in a lawsuit following revelations that the ADL had worked with police in California to gather intel and create files on over 10,000 individuals and 600 organizations engaged in anti-racist activism. Intel the ADL obtained through this police spying operation included personal information on activists organizing against Apartheid in South Africa, which was handed over to the government of Apartheid South Africa, as well as personal information on US-based Palestinian activists, which was handed over to the government of Israel. One individual the ADL spied upon through this single operation in California was prominent Black South African activist Chris Hani, who likely would have succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa's president, had he not been assassinated in South Africa shortly after a speaking tour in California. During Hani's speaking tour in California, he was followed by one of the police officers the ADL had hired, Steve Bullock, who prepared a lengthy report on Hani for the Apartheid South African government. Another individual the ADL spied upon through this single operation was Los Angeles based Palestinian community leader Alex Odeh. Odeh was killed while walking into his Los Angeles office in a bombing carried out by pro-Israel activists, after which investigators found a key and the floor plan to Odeh’s office in the files which the ADL-hired police officer Steve Bullock had compiled on Odeh. The 600 organizations which the ADL spied on through this single police operation in California included: the American Indian Movement (AIM), the Association of Vietnam Veterans, the NAACP, the Asian Law Caucus, ACT UP, Centro Legal de la Raza, Irish Northern Aid, the Japanese-American Citizens League, the National Indian Treaty Council, as well as 20 trade union locals and the San Francisco Labor Council. Jeffrey Blankfort, an activist who was targeted by this ADL spying operation and who fought the ADL in court over it, has stated that the ADL ran similar police spying operations in other cities across the United States, which never came to light. (See: here, here, here, here, here, and here) And the ADL's collaboration with police to spy and gather intel on anti-racist activists is not a relic of the 20th century. Following the white supremacist violence that occurred in Charlottesville Virginia in 2017, the ADL created a "primer for law enforcement," in which the ADL encouraged police to film and plant undercover agents amongst anti-racist groups, in order to gather intel on anti-racist activists that could be used to prosecute them.
In the aftermath of the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the Anti-Defamation League saw an opportunity. In the midst of the climate of heightened anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia which followed the attacks, the ADL stepped up its coordination of trainings for US police department leadership in methods of so-called "counterterrorism." The ADL has coordinated all-expenses paid trips to the "National Counterterrorism Seminar in Israel" for a wide array of leadership from US Police departments and other security forces. However, the ADL has also provided "counter-terrorism" trainings to an even wider array of police and security forces right here in the United States, through programs including the ADL's "Advanced Training School in Extremist and Terrorist Threats." In their 2016 annual report, the ADL stated: "100% of major U.S. metropolitan police departments have sent participants to the ADL’s National Counterterrorism Seminar in Israel and the ADL’s Advanced Training School in Extremist and Terrorist Threats."
Whereas the ADL nationally saw an opportunity following the attacks September 11th, 2001, The ADL of New England saw an opportunity following the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings. The ADL of New England took advantage of the climate of heightened racism and Islamophobia in Massachusetts following the 2013 bombings to step up their collaborations with Massachusetts police around so-called "counterterrorism. The ADL of New England has coordinated all-expenses paid training trips to Israel for leadership from a wide array of Massachusetts police departments, as well as leadership from the Boston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), New England Homeland Security, the US Marshalls Service, the US Secret Service, County Sheriff’s Offices (see for example: here, here, here, here, here, and here). And like the national ADL, the ADL of New England's collaboration with these local forces is not limited to trips to Israel. The ADL of New England regularly hosts trainings for police on "counter-terroism" right here in Massachusetts. As one example, in 2019 the ADL of New England coordinated a "Law Enforcement Seminar" in Foxboro MA which featured presentations from an "Israeli counterterrorism expert" on "The Ten Commandments of Counterterrorism," and "Actionable Strategies for Securing Events and Open Spaces in Communities." The ADL of New England has also produced multiple dossiers on "extremism" (see here and here), which they have sent out to a mailing list of New England police department leaders. And, the ADL is listed as an "official partner" of the Boston and Massachusetts Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs (see: here, here, here, and here), programs which, as noted by Muslim Justice League, "falsely legitimize discrimination against Muslims and dissidents."
On March 4th, 2022, the Anti-Defamation League published an interview between ADL Director of European Affairs Andrew Srulevitch and Professor David Fishman from the Jewish Theological Seminary entitled, "Why is Putin Calling the Ukrainian Government a Bunch of Nazis?" In the interview, Srulevitch asked Fishman about segments of the contemporary Ukrainian nationalist movement which venerate Stepan Bandera and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (known as the UPA), both of whom collaborated with the Nazis during World War II. Fishman responded: “For Ukrainian nationalists, UPA and Bandera are symbols of the Ukrainian fight for Ukrainian independence. The UPA allied with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union for tactical – not ideological – reasons." As Daniel Lazare notes in a 2015 article about Bandera, “Although Bandera and his followers would later try to paint the alliance with the Third Reich as no more than ‘tactical,’ an attempt to pit one totalitarian state against another, it was in fact deep-rooted and ideological." Stepan Bandera and his followers, Lazare further explains, “played a leading role in the anti-Jewish pogroms that broke out in Lviv and dozens of other Ukrainian cities on the heels of the German invasion," and "served the Nazis by patrolling the ghettoes and assisting in deportations, raids and shootings.” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt sent Srulevitch's interview with Fishman out to ADL members nationwide as part of a March 15th, 2022 email newsletter. Similar to their insistence 70 years earlier that defenders of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were "falsely charging anti-Semitism to hide conspiracy," this recent attempt by the ADL to rehabilitate the reputations of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators illustrates that even the livelihood of Jewish people and the integrity of the historical memory of traumatic Jewish experiences are expendable to the ADL, insofar as they come up against the ADL's commitment to the domestic and geopolitical objectives of the US state and its allies. (See also: here and here; Archived copy of ADL interview linked here.)
In 2016 alone, the following senior Law Enforcement officials participated in the ADL-sponsored, all-expenses-paid "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel": Joseph Carafelli, Chief of Police, Revere Police Department; Dan Conley, District Attorney, Suffolk County; Kevin Coppinger, Chief of Police, Lynn Police Department; Matthew Etre, Special Agent In Charge, ICE-Homeland Security Investigations; Randall Halstead, Superintendent of Police, Boston Police Department; Rabbi William Hamilton, Chaplain, Massachusetts State Police, ADL Board Member; Michael Kent, Chief of Police, Burlington Police Department; Daniel Kumor, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Joshua Margulies, Environmental Safety Officer, Mount Auburn Hospital; Kevin Molis, Chief of Police, Malden Police Department; Richard McKeon, Colonel, Massachusetts State Police; Helena Rafferty, Deputy Chief of Police, Canton Police Department; Marian Ryan, District Attorney, Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office; William Taylor, Superintendent of Police, Lowell Police Department; Steven Tompkins, Sheriff, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office; Richard Wells, Chief of Police, Milton Police Department. (See: here, here, and here.)
Other senior Law Enforcement offices who have participated in ADL-sponsored, all-expenses-paid training delegations to Israel include (but are not limited to): Cambridge Police Deputy Superintendent Paul Ames; Boston Police Chief William Gross; MBTA Transit Police Deputy Chief Joseph O'Connor MBTA Transit Police Deputy Lewis Best; MBTA Transit Police Chief Ken Green; Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police Kerry Giplin; Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant Colonel Sharon Costine; Bedford Police Chief Robert Bongiorno; Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes; Everett Police chief Steve Mazzie; Framingham Police Chief Ken Ferguson; Gloucester Police Chief Len Campanello; Marblehead Police Chief Robert Picariello; Newton Police Chief Howard Mintz; Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham; United States Marshalls Service Marshall John Gibbons; United States Secret Service Assistance Special Agent in Charge Tom Baker; Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian; Chief of Police of the Arlington Police Department Frederick Ryan; a representative from New England Homeland Security; The Chief of Police from the Somerville Police Department; The Chief of Police from the Watertown Police Department; The Chief of Police from the Worcester Police Department; The Chief of Police from the Haverhill Police Department; The Chief of Police from the Foxborough Police Department; The Chief of Police from the Wakefield Police Department; The Sheriff from the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department; Chief of the Cambridge Fire Department Gerard E. Mahoney.
Local university police departments that have participated in ADL delegations include Tufts University Police Department, Boston University Police Department, Northeastern University Police Department, MIT Police, and Suffolk University Police Department.
The ADL of New England has worked with the AJC and JCRC to mobilize opposition to 2018 and 2021 BDS efforts in Cambridge, MA. Similarly, the ADL played a leading role in the multiple (failed) attempts over the past decade to pass Anti-BDS Legislation in the state of MA, laws which would have imposed civil and/or criminal penalties upon MA residents engaged in political boycotts of Israel. The ADL is also a member organization of the JCRC of Greater Boston, which itself plays a central role in coordinating opposition to local efforts in support of Palestinian liberation (see entry on JCRC of Greater Boston).
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) uses their resources to surveil and police Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples in the US as well as worldwide. To this end, the Anti-Defamation League of New England coordinates annual all-expenses-paid trips to Israel where Massachusetts Law Enforcement leaders learn about "counterterrorism" from Israeli state, military, and security forces. The ADL of New England also regularly coordinates trainings on "counterterrorism" for Massachusetts police which occur right here in Massachusetts. The ADL uses these or other collaborations to encourage US police to identify with Israel, to view Palestinians as "terrorists," and to view anyone who speaks or acts in solidarity with Palestinians as "terrorist sympathizers." However, the ADL does not coordinate "counterterrorism" trainings for US police and other collaborations between US and Israeli state agencies simply to bolster domestic support for Israel. The ADL supports US police and other carceral institutions of the US state, because the ADL is deeply invested in the power and dominance of the US state itself, as they have been throughout their century-long history.
Why is this? Our most generous explanation is that the ADL believes that Jewish people can only be free by assimilating into American white supremacy, and by providing the utmost support for the violent and carceral institutions which uphold it. The ADL believes that the only way Jewish people can keep the boot of antisemitism off our necks is by supporting the United States to drive the boot of white supremacy and colonialism into the necks of Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples. But the ADL is wrong. Police, ICE, prisons, walls, bombs, and settler nation states don't keep anyone safe, and they don't make anyone free. Those of us in the Palestine solidarity movement know, from experience, that we are the ones who support and protect one another. And we also know, from experience, how to rise up together and dismantle institutions that are harming our people. The ADL of New England is one of those institutions.
The ADL's national leadership (as of 2022) is as follows:
| Ben Sax - Chair, Board of Directors |
| Jonathan Greenblatt - CEO and National Director |
| Frederic L. Bloch - Senior Vice President, Chief Growth Officer |
| Eileen Hershenov - Senior Vice President, Democracy Initiatives |
| Kenneth Jacobson - Senior Vice President, Deputy National Director |
| Greg Libertiny - Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration |
| Sharon Nazarian - Senior Vice President, International Affairs |
| Tom Ruderman - Senior Vice President, Talent & Knowledge |
| Gabrielle Savage - Senior Vice President, Operations |
| George Selim - Senior Vice President, National Affairs |
| Steven C. Sheinberg - Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff/General Counsel/Privacy & Security |
| Larry Chertoff - Vice President, Technology |
| Cheryl Drazin - Vice President, Central Division |
| Greg Ehrie - Vice President, Law Enforcement & Analysis |
| Doron Ezickson - Vice President, Mid-Atlantic/Midwest Division |
| Steven M. Freeman - Vice President, Civil Rights |
| Stacy Kass - Vice President, Philanthropic Partnerships |
| Debora Lehrer - Vice President, Brand & Marketing |
| Deb Leipzig - Vice President, Leadership |
| Allison Padilla-Goodman - Vice President, Southern Division |
| Dan Roberti - Vice President, Communications and Digital |
| Oren Segal - Vice President, Center on Extremism |
| Max Sevillia - Vice President, Government Relations, Advocacy, and Community Engagement (GRACE) |
| Robert Trestan - Vice President, Western Division |
| Matt Williams - Vice President, Center for Antisemitism Research |
ADL New England is led by Regional Director Robert Trestan. Its board (as of 2022) is as follows:
| Joe Berman - Board Chair |
| Allison Burman Gordon - Vice-Chair |
| Jim Wallack - Vice-Chair |
| David Appel |
| Carl Axelrod |
| Kenneth S. Barron |
| Rabbi Laurence Bazer |
| Dana Benjamin-Allen |
| Jane Berman |
| Sheldon Berman |
| Janey Bishoff |
| Linda Blum |
| Ruth Budelmann |
| Diane Burman |
| Marc Busny |
| Douglas Cutler |
| Alan Dana |
| Michael Denning |
| Steven DiFillippo |
| Joanne Egerman |
| Robert Epstein |
| Dana Etra |
| Douglas Finn |
| Shira Furman |
| Lori Gans |
| Rhonda Gilberg |
| Connie Gilson |
| Richard Glovsky |
| Jamie Golden |
| Marlene Goldstein |
| Rabbi Robert Goldstein |
| Richard Golob |
| Esta Gordon Epstein |
| David Grossman |
| Pamela Hallagan |
| Rabbi William Hamilton |
| Michael Harris |
| Helaine Hazlett |
| Edward Hershfield |
| Kathy Hershfield |
| Dennis Kanin |
| Melissa Kaplowitch |
| Matt King |
| Douglas Krupp |
| Judith Krupp |
| Neal Levitan |
| Roanne Licht |
| Ginny MacDowell |
| Rabbi David Meyer |
| Bonnie Michelman |
| Diana Moskowitz |
| Nikki Nudelman |
| Thomas O’Brien |
| Rabbi Jay Pearlman |
| Sarah Perry |
| Jorge Plutzky |
| Suzanne Priebatsch |
| Amy Rabinowitz |
| Jeffrey Robbins |
| Dan Romanow |
| Jim Rudolph |
| Robert Rudolph |
| Phyllis Sagan |
| Leslie Saltzberg |
| Jordy Samiljan |
| William Sapers |
| Lewis Sassoon |
| Todd Saunders |
| Flori Schwartz |
| Harold Schwartz |
| Deb Shalom |
| Michael Sheetz |
| Bonnie Shelkrot |
| Debra Silberstein |
| Steven Spear |
| Josh Stavis |
| Charles Steinberg |
| Robyn Steinberg |
| David Strassler |
| Robert Strassler |
| Barbara Wallace Grossman |
| Barbara Freedman Wand |
| Mike Weilheimer |
| Erica Weinstein |
| Eric Wolkoff |
| Rabbi Elaine Zecher |
| Alice Zimelman |
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Anthony Romero the Executive Director of the ACLU and Jonathan Greenblatt the Executive Director of the ADL have appeared together on panels, and the ACLU has filed numerous lawsuits alongside the ADL. Through these and other collaborations with The ADL, the ACLU offers legitimacy to the ADL's ongoing efforts to falsely brand itself as a civli rights organization, in spite of the ADL's long and ongoing history of collaborations with police around so-called "counterterrorism," the ADL's efforts to spy upon and repress anti-racist and anti-colonial movements, and the ADL's support for Israel's theft of Palestinian land and resources.
In the midst of the US government's vociferous campaign of persecution against Communists and suspected Communists spearheaded by US Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) worked together to spy upon dissidents within the Jewish American community, handing over files on these individuals to the (so-called) House Committee on Un-American Activities and to FBI investigators, and leveraging its position as a self-identified Jewish organization to refute the claims of persecuted Jewish community members that antisemitism was a driving factor behind US government's zeal to prosecute them.
My Jewish Learning (a pro-Israel media outlet) recounts: "Testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, a representative of the American Jewish Committee emphasized that 'Judaism and Communism are utterly incompatible.' The Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish War Veterans cooperated with HUAC and opened their files to the committee."
In 2016, Malden Police Chief Kevin Molis participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Gloucester Police Chief Len Campanello participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Marblehead Police Chief Robert Picariello participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, Somerville Police Chief David Fallon participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel," as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, Haverhill Police Chief Alan DeNaro participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the
In 2017, the Chief of Police from the Foxborough Police Department participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, the Chief of Police from the Wakefield Police Department participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2010, Noreen Gleason, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Boston field office of the FBI, participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (source: "Cambridge Officials Discuss Counter-Terrorism Strategies," Published Jan 4 2011 in the Cambridge Chronicle, article since removed from website). Boston FBI Assistant Special Agent Mark Morelli participated in a similar ADL-sponsored trip to Israel in 2008. The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, the Chief of the Boston University Police Department participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
Starting in Fall 2021, Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) launched a (still-ongoing) campaign demanding that Boston University "apologize for its participation in the 2017 trip, commit to ending its participation in military and police training in Israel, and pledge it will not send BUPD on any future military trainings," as well as demanding that Boston University "disclose if [BUPD] has participated in military trainings in the past, if so when and how often" and provide "transparency regarding BUPD's budgeting, training, and authority."
In 2017, Worcester Police Chief Steven M. Sargent participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
A newspaper article covering the trip reported: “A part of the seminar that [Chief Sargent] said is relevant to Worcester was discussion about soft targets and lone-wolf terrorists. ‘When you think about it, we have a lot of soft targets,’ he said. 'We have a railroad station, we have the airport, we have a lot of different places.’ Less heavily policed than other locations, places like malls and busy intersections have become targets of terrorists. Lone-wolf terrorists, those working on their own without the support of larger organizations, are also a growing problem, not just in the United States, but also a main focus even in the Middle East, the chief said. The group discussed dealing with those threats through better intelligence and planning for public events, he said.”
In 2011, an officer from the Belmont Police Department participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2011, a law enforcement officer from MGH participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2013, Salem Police Chief Paul Tucker participated in the "National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel," as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2013, Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Mansfield Police Chief Ronald Sellon participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, a representative from the MIT Police Department participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel,” as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, a representative from the Northeastern University Police Department participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel,” as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, a representative from the Suffolk University Police Department participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel," as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, a representative from the Norfolk County DA's Office participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel,” as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016 a representative from the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel,” as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New England, JCRC, and CJP have tried to get the Newton Public Schools to change their curriculum. According to a joint statement by ADL, JCRC, and CJP, released in 2019, Newton distinct officials have met with ADL to review the latter's concerns regarding "antisemitic" materials being used in the curriculum - and the officials were favorable to the changes:
In 2017, following a curriculum review, ADL met with Newton district officials and they agreed to make changes based on a number of basic principles that we outlined.
However, the Zionist groups then found that "one teacher" was still using the curriculum that these NGOs objected to, but after exerting more pressure, the school had apparently relented:
This past spring, thanks to our advocacy, combined with the Israel American Council organizing parents and working directly with teachers, the school changed the program and Israel was prominently and positively featured throughout the day.
As the statement makes clear, the ADL and related NGOs are deeply involved in decisions involving the curriculum, and the Newton distinct sends teacher to get training by the ADL (an organization with a known record of anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, and in fact anti-Jewish racism). The joint statement makes this relationship quite clear:
...our work with Newton remains ongoing. At Newton’s request, the Schusterman Center at Brandeis University has been meeting with school officials and has found them to be open and amenable to learning. In fact, the Center hosted 20 teachers in the spring for an in-service day to learn about Israel and anti-Semitism. Additionally, ADL is actively implementing anti-bias training programs in Newton schools.
ADL, JCRC and others have very strong relationships with the local elected and appointed leadership that we've developed over time and we have been working closely with other organizations to drive the necessary changes.
The bottom line is that we're deeply engaged with this situation.
In 2011, a senior officer from the Framingham Police Department participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Everett Police Chief Steve Mazzie participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, New England leadership from the Department of Homeland Security participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Bedford Police Chief Robert Bongiorno participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests. Based on newspaper articles and ADL press releases, Boston Police Department leaders are known to have taken part in ADL sponsored counterterrorism training trips to Israel in 2011, 2014, and 2016.
In 2018, as these police trips to Israel began to face heightened scrutiny and as other cities in New England were pulling out of the training trips (see: here and here), the city of Boston under Mayor Walsh refused to so much as acknowledge calls from Boston community members to end BPD's continued participation in the trips. In the 2021 election campaign to replace Mayor Walsh, then City Councilor and now Mayor (2021-present) Michelle Wu stated in a candidate questionnaire that she opposed ending the Boston Police Department's participation in police exchanges with foreign military forces. True to this stated opinion, Mayor Wu has made no commitments and has taken no actions to date to end the Boston Police Department's participation in these training trips to Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a member organization of the JCRC of Greater Boston. The ADL of New England has collaborated closely with the JCRC to mobilize opposition to 2018 and 2021 BDS efforts in Cambridge, MA. Similarly, the ADL collaborated closely with the JCRC on to mobilize support for multiple (failed) attempts over the past decade to pass anti-BDS legislation in the state of MA, laws which would have imposed civil and/or criminal penalties upon MA residents engaged in political boycotts of Israel.
In 2016, Revere Police Chief Joseph Carafelli participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
Leadership from the Massachusetts State Police are also known to have participated in 2011, 2014, and 2016 "counterterrorism seminars" in Israel, as part of all-expenses-paid delegations of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Chief of the Burlington Police Department Michael Kent participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2011 Chief of the Cambridge Fire Department Gerard E. Mahoney participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-defamation League (ADL) sponsors this and other similar all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, Kevin Maguire, who oversees the Tufts University Police Department, participated in an all-expenses-paid counterterrorism seminar in Israel, coordinated by the New England Chapter of the Anti-defamation League (ADL). A Tufts Daily article covering the trip quoted Tufts Executive Director of Public Relations Patrick Collins, who described Maguire's trip as an "opportunity for TUPD to learn how to be prepared in the event of a terror attack." Collins further stated: “The university and DPES are committed to learning how to prepare for, prevent and respond to all types of emergencies. Terror attacks in cities throughout the US, including Boston, and on college campuses, such as Ohio State University (OSU), have demonstrated the need for local and university police departments to prepare for potential terror attacks and to know how to prevent and respond to them."
The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Daniel Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in Boston participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel.” The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors this and other similar all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, John Gibbons, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, participated in an all-expenses-paid "counterterrorism seminar" in Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL sponsors this and other similar all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Tom Baker the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the US Secret Service's Boston Field Office participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2018, Chief of the Wayland Police Department Patrick Swanick participated in an all-expenses-paid “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL sponsors this and other similar all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
As WickedLocal reported at the time: "Police Chief Patrick Swanick packed his bags for an overseas trip...Swanick is flying to Israel. He’s one of 15 law enforcement personnel from New England that will spend a week learning cutting-edge security measures from the Israeli National Police and Palestinian police. The Anti-Defamation League's New England office in Boston organized the trip, and didn’t release the names of other participants, citing security reasons. 'It's timely, based on everything that’s happening in this country,' Swanick said of the all-expenses-paid trip by the ADL that comes after recent mass shootings at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, that claimed 12 lives, and at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue, where 11 worshipers were gunned down. Almost every year since 2008, the ADL has sent a New England contingent of police officers to Israel for specialized training, and Robert Trestan, ADL New England’s executive director, and who has tagged along on every one."
In 2011, a senior officer from the Newton Police Department participated in a "counterterrorism seminar" in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Deputy Chief of the Canton Police Department Helena Rafferty participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2008, Chief of the Canton Police Department Ken Berkowitz participated in a similar ADL-sponsored trip to Israel. Reflecting on his trip for a newspaper article, Berkowitz compared his job as Police Chief in Canton to that of an Israeli police chief, noting: “In addition to providing all the police services that we do, he had to deal with 568 rocket attacks in his town this year... Basically, Israel is surrounded by 55 million enemies.”
In 2016, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2017, the Sheriff from the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department participated in a "counterterrorism seminar" in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, the Chief of the Lynn Police Department Kevin Coppinger participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Joshua Margulies, Environmental Safety Officer at Mount Auburn Hospital (a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School), participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2014, Chief of the Wellesley Police Department Terrence Cunningham participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Lowell Police Department Superintendent William Taylor participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Sheriff Steven Tompkins of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department participated in the "Massachusetts Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Israel," as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Other Suffolk County Sheriff's Department officials also participated in a similar ADL-sponsored delegation in 2011. The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
In 2016, Chief of the Milton Police Department Richard Wells participated a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
A 2016 article in The Milton Times, republished by the ADL, described the trip Wells attended as part of a post-9/11 reorientation of suburban US police departments towards an increased focus on fighting "terrorism" through the consolidation of regional police power: "The main focus of Israeli police, according to Wells, is on terrorism prevention, while in the U.S. police forces tend to prioritize crime fighting. Learning from those who have terrorism top-of-mind is one of the rationales for this program, but the point is also to strengthen the relationships between regional law enforcement who may be working together in the future, according to the director of ADL in Boston, Robert Trestan."
Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas and Cambridge Police Lt. Stephen Ahearn are both known to have participated in a 2008 “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). (This trip became the subject of a Cambridge City Council hearing in 2011.) Cambridge Police Deputy Superintendent Paul Ames participated in the ADL's "Northeast Public Safety Executive Terrorism Training in Israel" in 2010. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors these and other similar expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
MBTA Transit Police officers Joseph O'Connor (Deputy Chief) and Lewis Best (Deputy) each participated in “counterterrorism seminars” in Israel, as part of all-expenses-paid delegations of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
Boston College's Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, which normalizes and celebrates Israel, lists The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New England as one of its partner organizations.
From fiscal years 2007-2020, Combined Jewish Philanthropies funneled $2,778,883 from its donors to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In 2022, CJP and the ADL cosponsored a speaker series organized by CJP's "Fighting Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Task Force."
In fiscal year 2019 alone, Fidelity Charitable funneled $3,284,819 from its donors to the Anti-Defamation League Foundation (ADL).
Founder of the Anti-Defamation League's "Center for Technology and Society" Brittan Heller currently works as a "Technology and Human Rights Fellow" at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.
In 2019, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted ADL Senior Vice President for National Affairs George Selim as part of an HKS panel titled "How We Win: Beating Extremism Abroad and in the US."
Co-Chair of the Harvard Kennedy School Fund Executive Council Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine is featured on the ADL's website, with a profile that describes Acuña-Sunshine as "a proud supporter of ADL," and further notes that "In 2018, she received The ADL Woman of Valor Award for her work on behalf of ADL in the New England region."
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine who holds postions at Harvard including "Overseer on the Harvard University Governing Boards," "Member and Former Co-Chair of the Harvard College Fund Executive Committee," and "Co-President of the Harvard Club of the Philippines," is featured on the ADL's website, with a profile that describes Acuña-Sunshine as "a proud supporter of ADL," and further notes that "In 2018, she received The ADL Woman of Valor Award for her work on behalf of ADL in the New England region."
In 2016, Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations field office in Boston participated in a “counterterrorism seminar” in Israel, as part of an all-expenses-paid delegation of US law enforcement to Israel sponsored by the New England chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The New England Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsors annual all-expenses-paid delegations to Israel for high-ranking New England police, ICE, FBI, and other security officials, where these officials meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies, with whom they train and exchange tactics including surveillance, racial profiling, crowd control, and the containment of protests.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is an Institutional Partner of The Israel Summit.
Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine have provided substantial financial support to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (see: here and here).
Based on available tax filings, the Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation has donated at least $14,950 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Kraft Family Philanthropies donated $351,000 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of New England from fiscal years 2003-2017.
The Lappin Foundation and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of New England have collaborated to put on events, such as this March 2022 event organized Lappin Foundation which featured ADL New England Director Robert Trestan as a speaker.
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine who is the co-Founder of the Collaborative Center for X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is featured on the ADL's website, with a profile that describes Acuña-Sunshine as "a proud supporter of ADL," and that further notes that "In 2018, she received The ADL Woman of Valor Award for her work on behalf of ADL in the New England region."
The Paul and Joanne Egerman Family Charitable Foundation donated $1,225,000 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from fiscal years 2001-2019. Joanne Egerman has also served on the board of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York.
The Ruderman Family foundation donated $151,770 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from fiscal years 2001-2019. In July 2021, The Ruderman Family Foundation and the ADL partnered to put on an event entitled "Understanding the Rise of Global Antisemitism and Extremism," which RFF and ADL stated would include "perspectives from the Israel and the United States."
The Klarman Family Foundation donated $3,652,600 to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from fiscal year 2001-2019.
The Susan and Barry Tatelman Foundation donated $659,500 to the Anti-Defamation League from Fiscal year 2005-2019.