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The ADL has lost sight of its mission and turned partisan

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) under CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, arguing that it has shifted from its original mission of combating antisemitism to engaging in partisan politics. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AdlCovid 19Critical Race TheoryAmerican JewsCommunityJonathan GreenblattPartisanSchool Board Meetings

Places mentioned

Durham, North Carolina, United States
"I am a stay-at-home mom in the leafy suburb of Durham, North Carolina."
Georgia, United States
"The ADL was founded in 1913 after the lynching of a Jewish man in Georgia."
Alabama, United States
"Last summer, the Mountain Brook School District, which is near Birmingham, Alabama, hired the ADL for training after an incident involving a swastika."
New York, United States
"But he far more rarely calls out Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who in February alleged offensively and without evidence that Israel puts Palestinian children in cages."

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