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2 AANNNNUUAALL RREEPPOORRTT 0 0 5 2 Contents 3 Letter from the National Chair and the National Director 4 ADL Protects 0 ‘We Must All Do Everything in Our Power to EradicateThis Modern-Day Scourge’ Defending Security and Liberty, in America and Around the World 10 ADL Investigates ‘Superb Investigative Efforts That Broke the Complacent Bubble’ Shining a Light on the Dark Corners of Bigotry and Extremism 16 ADL Educates ‘One Person Can Make a Difference’ Teaching Children, and Adults, to Say ‘No’ to Hate0 22 ADL Media: Moving Dynamically Into the 21st Century 26 2005 Highlights of ADL Regional Office Actions and Programs 29 Looking Ahead to 2006 30 ADL 2004 Financial Information 31 Officers of the ADL National Commission 32 Members of the ADL National Commission 5 35 Honorary Life Members of the ADL National Commission 37 Associate ADL National Commissioners 39 ADL Committee Chairs ADL Staff / Annual Report Staff Photo credits pp. 6-7, 12-13, 18-19: Frank Ishman Mission Statement The Anti-Defamation League A leader in the development of was founded in 1913 “to stop the materials, programs and services, defamation of the Jewish people and to ADL builds bridges of communication, secure justice and fair treatment to all.” understanding and respect among Now the nation’s premier civil rights/ diverse groups in the United States and human relations agency fighting anti- around the world, carrying out our mis- Semitism and all forms of bigotry, ADL sion through a network of Regional and defends democratic ideals and protects Satellite Offices in the United States, civil rights for all. as well as offices abroad. Visit us at www.adl.org. 2 or ct e air Dir Ch al National n Nation r ma se ox al F B. B m H. a a ar h b a ar br B A Protect, Investigate, Educate. ADL’s Annual Report presents an op- terrorists aboard the cruise ship Achille portunity for people, many of whom are Lauro in 1985. Their words about the familiar with the organization’s mission impact of their work against terrorism but not with how we carry it out, to with ADL for 20 years are inspiring. understand us better. Tiyi Schippers was moved on her own In the pages ahead, we describe the to take action in response to the activi- three basic ways we go about our work: ties of the neo-Nazi National Socialist we protect, we investigate, we educate. movement in her home town of Cadillac, These activities reflect the seriousness Michigan. Her link to ADL gave orga- of our mission — to fight hatred, to nizational heft and experience to the change the way people deal with hate moral courage of an individual. — and the effectiveness of our methods. And Rachel Shepard, a New Orleans We believe we have impact on many teenager who experienced the trag- levels, locally, nationally, internationally, edy of Hurricane Katrina, was able to in the Jewish community and beyond. see beyond recent events through her There is nothing we do, however, that participation in ADL’s National Youth is more important than the impact we Mission to Washington, DC. Learning have on individual lives. It is a powerful about the Holocaust, she found herself incentive to try to change the world; it reinforced in her belief that one person is most satisfying to affect the life of a can make a difference — whether it in- single person. volves coping with a natural disaster or standing up against hatred and bigotry. As you read on, you will encounter four individuals among the very many who These, and other stories, reassure us have been powerfully influenced by as to the value of what we are doing. their associations with ADL: Lisa and Ilsa Klinghoffer have been connected to ADL ever since their father, Leon, was murdered by Palestinian 3 ADL PROTECTS Helping Americans to live in safety and security, and protecting our nation’s core democratic principles, have always been vital parts of ADL’s mission. We work with counterterrorism experts and law enforcement, and provide the resources and information to help people cope with real and potential threats and to do everything possible to guard against them. ‘We Must All Do Everything in Our Power to Eradicate This Modern-Day Scourge’ In 1985, the lives of Ilsa and Lisa Klinghoffer were aware of the new reality of terrorism, were deter- changed forever when the cruise ship Achille Lauro, mined to alert the rest of the world. After Marilyn’s on which their parents, Leon and Marilyn, were death, her daughters carried on her work through traveling in the Mediterranean, was hijacked in an the Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer Memorial Founda- operation masterminded by Palestinian leader Abu tion, which became formally affiliated with ADL in Abbas and his gunmen. Wheelchair-bound Leon the fall of 1986. Klinghoffer was shot to death, his body dumped ADL honored Ilsa and Lisa Klinghoffer for overboard. the work of the Foundation at the 2005 National Marilyn Klinghoffer, together with her Commission Meeting in New York City. Following daughters Ilsa and Lisa, having been made brutally are excerpts from remarks at the gathering: L isa Klinghoffer: “The Terrorism for most people here in the Leon’s cold-blooded, calculated murder ship, the ship. The ship United States is a news event or an put a face on terrorism and showed the has been hijacked!” abstract, unimaginable concept. But for world what terrorists do: They murder With those few words, the nightmare our family, terrorism is a deadly reality. and maim without cause or remorse. began for our family. The expression We have had to live with the fact of our “life can turn on a dime” never seemed father’s murder every day for the past During these past 20 years we have more appropriate or rang so true! With 20 years. But the murder of Leon Kling- tried to make our lives more meaning- one event that happened thousands of hoffer is more than a personal tragedy. ful. We have tried to make a difference, miles away in the middle of the Mediter- His murder — the completely senseless to make a better world in our parents’ ranean, our family was thrust into the act of murderous thugs acting on the or- honor and in their memory. We do so world of politics and into history. ders of other murderous thugs — reso- following our mother, Marilyn’s, lead, so nates throughout the civilized world. For that Leon’s murder will not be in vain, to make something positive come out of our loss. Ilsa Klinghoffer: Our family is so proud to be here with you today to commemo- rate this 20th anniversary. We cherish our relationship with our ADL family and with the work that we accomplish together. With the help of ADL, the activities of the Marilyn and Leon Klinghoffer Memo- rial Foundation of the Anti-Defamation 6 Lisa Klinghoffer Ilsa Klinghoffer League include, among other things: gave the award to retired Congress- sive and helpless in the face of contin- man Lee Hamilton of Indiana on behalf ued acts of terrorism all over the world. •Lobbying in Washington, DC, for the of the 9/11 Commission. Other award- We must all do everything in our power passage of significant anti-terrorism ees include former Secretary of State to eradicate this modern-day scourge. legislation George Schultz, and the Joint Terrorism And with the continued support of Task Force for its role in investigating ADL, my sister and I will continue to •Sponsorship of ADL’s acclaimed the February 1993 bombing of the World do our part. publication, Terrorism Update, which Trade Center. examines trends in terrorism and anti- There is still so much work to do and terrorism In 2003, we were especially pleased to we are committed to working alongside give the award to FBI counterterrorism ADL in the ongoing effort to rid the •Sponsorship of scholarly conferences investigator Kevin Donovan. We are globe of terrorists and terrorism. With on terrorism grateful to have worked so closely over your help, we will succeed. the years with the FBI, which works •Sponsorship of a lecture tour on ter- with all families who have been victims rorism that brings Israeli academic and of terrorism and has established a Ter- law enforcement experts on terrorism rorism Victims Assistance Unit. to the U.S. to share their expertise with law enforcement, political and commu- The Foundation helps us to make some nity leaders kind of sense out of the brutal murder of our father. With the help of ADL, we We are also very proud to be able have had the opportunity to make a to present the Klinghoffer Award in difference in so many ways — to help recognition of those who exercise the people and to perhaps encourage peace will to combat terrorism. Last year, we in our world. We must not remain pas- 7 Defending Security and Liberty, in America and Around the World Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. with ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman. Threat to Religious Freedom on world leaders to demand that Mr. denounced by ADL leaders as “a direct In a major speech to ADL’s National Ahmadinejad unequivocally retract his assault on academic freedom.” AUT Commission Meeting in New York City, threat and to “move quickly to sever all delegates later voted to rescind the National Director Abraham H. Foxman ties with Iran” if he did not. The agency boycott decision. warned of a serious threat to Ameri- also called for United Nations Sec- cans’ religious freedom from groups retary General Kofi Annan to cancel New Tool in the Fight Against Terror whose “goal is to implement their Chris- his forthcoming trip to Tehran, which ADL launched a new online Terrorist tian worldview” and “to Christianize he ultimately did. After a later speech Symbols Database, which helps law America.” To illustrate the attitudes that in which Mr. Ahmadinejad denied the enforcement, government agencies, and could make many Americans receptive Holocaust, ADL officials called on the others who track international terrorists to these efforts, Mr. Foxman cited a poll UN Security Council to impose puni- such as Al Qaeda, the Al Aksa Martyrs taken for ADL by The Marttila Commu- tive measures — including sanctions Brigades and the Palestine Liberation nications Group, American Attitudes — against Iran, and ran a full-page ad in Front. Modeled on the League’s suc- Toward Religion in the Public Square, The International Herald Tribune calling cessful Hate on Display online database in which 57 percent of respondents for European Union members to ban Mr. of symbols, logos and tattoos used by believed that “Christianity is under at- Ahmadinejad from entering their coun- extremist groups, the new database is tack in the U.S.” — but only 46 percent tries, and to “stand up to Iran’s message available at www.adl.org/terrorism/ believed that the courts should protect of hate.” symbols. church-state separation. ADL ran a full-page ad on religious freedom in The Quick Response Helps End Defending Church-State New York Times the day before Thanks- Anti-Israel Boycott Separation giving, as well as online banner ads on Thousands of people responded to an In response to recent challenges to the issue — our first foray into online ADL Action Alert, part of a new rapid- church-state separation in America, advertising. response system for ADL supporters, ADL released the Religious Freedom by signing a petition opposing a boycott Resource Kit, an educational tool which Iran’s Leader ‘Beyond the Bounds of against two Israeli universities by examines current issues relating to Civilized Society’ the British Association of University Americans’ right to freedom of religion. When Iranian President Mahmoud Teachers (AUT), and the petition was The kit, for parents, educators, com- Ahmadinejad called for Israel to “be hand-delivered to AUT Headquarters in munity leaders, government officials wiped off the map,” ADL condemned London. The boycott, which would have and the media, contains seven new and his remarks as “beyond the bounds of caused British universities to cut all updated publications including Religion civilized society.” ADL ran ads in The ties with the Israeli schools, had been in the Public Schools and the newest, New York Times and The Hill calling Intelligent Design: It’s Not Science. The 8 Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, receives ADL’s America’s Democratic Legacy Award from ADL National Chair Barbara B. Balser, right, and Mr. Foxman. kit is available through ADL Regional Survey of American Attitudes Toward Offices and online at www.adl.org/ Israel and the Middle East,” conducted religious_freedom. by The Marttila Communications Group, showed that 67% of Americans be- Working with Law Enforcement lieved the Gaza withdrawal was “a bold ADL’s many activities to help federal, step toward peace,” and that 74% of state and local law enforcement and Americans thought Israel was serious security professionals in the fight about reaching a peace agreement with against terrorists and violent extremists the Palestinians, while 64% thought the include the agency’s Advanced Training Palestinians were serious. ADL’s cam- School (ATS) anti-terrorism program, paign ran in The New York Times and the which has trained over 270 senior-level Capitol Hill publications Roll Call and law enforcement personnel to date, our The Hill — as well as on CNN and Fox Law Enforcement Agency Research News in New York and Washington, DC. Network (LEARN) Web pages, and the mailing of ADL’s security manual and ADL to UN: Treat Israel Fairly DVD, Protecting Your Jewish Institution: Officials of ADL and other Jewish Security Strategies for Today’s Danger- organizations urged that “a fundamen- groups would not fill the vacuum left by ous World, to thousands of Jewish tal sea-change” in the United Na- Israel’s departure and incite residents institutions. ADL Regional Offices also tions policies toward Israel be part of against Israel. helped local police identify and investi- proposed reforms to the organization gate hate crimes. when they met with more than 30 heads Balancing Freedom and Security of state and foreign ministers attending After researching and analyzing the Strong Support for Israel’s Gaza the opening of the 60th session of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, ADL supported Withdrawal UN General Assembly in New York in the measure as a suitable balance be- As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon September. tween national security and individual came to the U.S. to meet with Presi- rights. As Congress began reauthoriz- dent Bush and the U.S. Congress in Wide-Ranging Talk with Palestinian ing provisions of the Act in 2005, ADL April, ADL launched an ad campaign Leader urged Congress and the Bush Admin- highlighting poll results showing that One month before Israel’s historic with- istration to include additional oversight a majority of Americans supported his drawal from Gaza, a delegation of ADL and accountability safeguards. Gaza Strip withdrawal plan. Our “2005 leaders met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his office in Ramal- lah, urging him to ensure that terrorist 9 ADL INVESTIGATES Investigation — of hate crimes, bias incidents, extremism, anti-Semitic activity and hatred on the Internet — is a vital part of ADL’s mission. The agency tracks extremists and hatemongers, gathering data and sharing information with law enforcement, the media and the public. Our goal: to stop hatred and extremism before they can strike, or spread.