{"id":560734,"date":"2021-06-11T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560734"},"modified":"2021-06-11T11:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T15:06:32","slug":"a-member-of-the-anti-defamation-leagues-diversity-council-is-embroiled-in-an-anti-semitism-scandal-the-anti-semitism-watchdog-has-nothing-to-say-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-member-of-the-anti-defamation-leagues-diversity-council-is-embroiled-in-an-anti-semitism-scandal-the-anti-semitism-watchdog-has-nothing-to-say-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"A Member of the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s Diversity Council is Embroiled in an Anti-Semitism Scandal. The Anti-Semitism Watchdog Has Nothing to Say About It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-member-of-the-anti-defamation-leagues-diversity-council-is-embroiled-in-an-anti-semitism-scandal-the-anti-semitism-watchdog-has-nothing-to-say-about-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.658536585366\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/\">Latest News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Google sits on ADL&#8217;s corporate leadership council on diversity<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-scaled-e1623421812127.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-2048x1367.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-1400x934.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tADL director Jonathan Greenblatt  \/  Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alana-goodman\/\" title=\"Posts by Alana Goodman\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alana Goodman<\/a> \u2022 June 11, 2021 10:57 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"115.98391959799\">\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League, which bills itself as an anti-bigotry watchdog group, is curiously silent in the face of anti-Semitic remarks from an employee of a key member of its corporate diversity council.<\/p>\n<p>Google, which reassigned a top employee last week after a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/google-diversity-head-said-jews-have-insatiable-appetite-for-war\/\">report<\/a> on his anti-Semitic remarks, is among a handful of corporations that work with the ADL on diversity issues. &#8220;We thank these corporations and others who stand with us to help us build diversity,&#8221; a recent ADL report said, recognizing Google as a partner in its efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Google came under fire last week for the anti-Semitic remarks made by its then-diversity chief, Kamau Bobb, who said in a 2007 blog post that Jews have an &#8220;insatiable appetite for war.&#8221; Bobb is still working on Google\u2019s tech education initiatives, although he was removed from his diversity role after the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> reported on his comments.<\/p>\n<p>An ADL spokesman did not respond to repeated requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The ADL&#8217;s silence follows criticism that the group has taken a biased and partisan approach under director Jonathan Greenblatt, who joined the organization after serving as an aide to President Barack Obama. The group criticized Facebook\u2014which is not listed as a member of its corporate leadership council\u2014for its failure to permanently ban President Donald Trump from the platform due to his &#8220;hate and disinformation&#8221; posts and also vocally condemned Brett Kavanaugh&#8217;s Supreme Court nomination.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if Google has donated to the ADL. An ADL pamphlet advertising the corporate leadership council says that corporate leaders interested in joining\u00a0should contact its fundraising department.<\/p>\n<p>Bobb drew controversy earlier this month after the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> reported on a blog post he wrote about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which he described Jews as insatiably violent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself,&#8221; he wrote in a Nov. 30, 2007, post on his personal blog, where he was still actively publishing as recently as April 2021. &#8220;Self defense is undoubtedly an instinct, but I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering [of] others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bobb later said he was &#8220;deeply sorry&#8221; for the post, which he acknowledged &#8220;crudely&#8221; characterized Jews. Google followed up with a statement saying it &#8220;unequivocally condemn[ed]&#8221; Bobb\u2019s comments and said he would be removed from the diversity team but would remain with the company to work on science and education issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will no longer be part of our diversity team going forward and will focus on his STEM work,&#8221; said Google.<\/p>\n<p>The group has also been accused of engaging in partisan attacks\u2014such as its immediate condemnation of Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s Supreme Court nomination\u2014while downplaying or ignoring anti-Semitic remarks from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in the Jewish News Syndicate in 2018, Jonathan Tobin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/opinion\/whatever-happened-to-the-adl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.jns.org\/opinion\/whatever-happened-to-the-adl\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1623441349167000&#038;usg=AFQjCNErgKzHpmvkdra6Dfyu7izpi8bUZA\">described<\/a>\u00a0Greenblatt\u2019s opposition to Kavanaugh as &#8220;the act of a reckless partisan who doesn\u2019t even feel the need to maintain the pretense that the group he leads has a higher purpose than diving into the daily political scrum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the ADL\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/letters\/an-open-letter-to-the-companies-that-advertise-on-facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/letters\/an-open-letter-to-the-companies-that-advertise-on-facebook&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1623441349167000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFcyFwdyf5Xi5DTxrNozBvXcYoPhg\">launched<\/a> a campaign asking advertisers to boycott Facebook and claiming that &#8220;hate, extremism and misinformation still thrive on Facebook in sanctioned misinformation, conspiracy theories, and unmoderated hateful groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign coincided with the ADL\u2019s lobbying effort to get Facebook to ban Trump. Last week, Greenblatt issued a press release saying that Facebook\u2019s decision to extend Trump\u2019s suspension for two more years &#8220;simply doesn&#8217;t go far enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We and the\u00a0Stop Hate for Profit\u00a0coalition will push for this to be a permanent ban as we also expect them to take stronger action to combat the onslaught of antisemitic and racist content as well as all forms of hate on the platform,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/adl-statement-on-facebook-decision-to-ban-former-president-trump-for-an\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/adl-statement-on-facebook-decision-to-ban-former-president-trump-for-an&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1623441349167000&#038;usg=AFQjCNECilez8YBnETxW0_6PMJoPwgH8xQ\">said<\/a>\u00a0Greenblatt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Google sits on ADL&#8217;s corporate leadership council on diversity  ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt \/ Getty Images  Alana Goodman \u2022 June 11, 2021 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2280012,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jonathan-Greenblatt-ADL-736x491-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"A Member of the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s Diversity Council is Embroiled in an Anti-Semitism Scandal. 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