First regional decrease since October 7, 2023; K-12 incidents remain a growing concern BOSTON, May 6, 2026, … ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, issued today, recorded a total of 400 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism in 2025 within the New England region (covering Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont). While this marks the first regional decrease since October 7, 2023, the total remains nearly…
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As my first day as the newly appointed regional director for Anti-Defamation League New England was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, my first official act was to attend a meaningful ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial, hosted by the German and Israeli embassies. It was very powerful to hear each consul general speak about the millions murdered at the hands of the Nazis, and their countries’ dedication to ensuring that this will never happen again. This was a fitting…
The Massachusetts Teachers Association continues to face heat for its “antisemitic list of resources” that were highlighted during a recent State House hearing, including a poster of dollar bills folded into a Star of David. Groups and elected officials are calling for the teachers union’s leaders to pull the plug on these “vile antisemitic” educational resources after MTA President Max Page was grilled during last week’s meeting of the…
A 34-year-old man who reportedly had a cache of guns and a Nazi flag in his home has been arrested after allegedly posting threats to rape Jewish women and inciting others to shoot people outside synagogues. Beverly man Matthew Scouras, who was busted following a tip from the feds, is accused of making “frightening and disturbing threats targeting the Jewish community.” The FBI National Threat Operations Center last week alerted Beverly Police about a resident posting several…
Boston, MA, January 30, 2025…ADL (The Anti-Defamation League) held a panel conversation on preventing and responding to antisemitism in K-12 schools featuring the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Andrea Joy Campbell, Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Mary Murrane, and Becky Shuster, Principal of Home Ground Consulting, LLC. The event took place at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse and was attended by 200 supporters from across Massachusetts. The…
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety & Security’s 2023 report on hate crimes identified a 70 percent increase in incidents of anti-Jewish crime from 2022 to 2023. More were reported in 2023, 119, than in any of the previous eight years, according to past hate crime reports, and marked the third straight year in which Jews and Jewish organizations were targeted more frequently than the year before. The state posts its yearly hate crime reports going back to 2015, and…