2000s continued
As antisemitism resurges in Western Europe, ADL conducts six public opinion surveys of key European countries to assess attitudes toward Jews. ADL shares the findings with government leaders in these countries and urges those whose populations hold strong antisemitic views to publicly condemn anti-Jewish sentiments and enact educational and other measure to counteract these trends.
ADL begins working with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to address the growing threat of antisemitism and hate crime in countries across Europe and the former Soviet Union. ADL presents resources and recommendations to the OSCE on such topics as best practices to confront antisemitism, anti-bias education, hate crime data collection, combating youth violence, hate on the Internet and Holocaust education.
ADL testifies numerous times before Congress calling for strong U.S. engagement in the fight against global antisemitism. ADL recommendations contribute to the establishment of a Special Envoy for Anti-Semitism at the U.S. State Department, with a mandate to gather information on antisemitic incidents worldwide. ADL promotes U.S. engagement in fighting antisemitism in Europe through the OSCE.
ADL joins with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education and Yad Vashem to launch Echoes and Reflections, a comprehensive multimedia program for teaching about the Holocaust in U.S. schools.