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Anti-Defamation League  

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  • The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in 1913 in response to a climate of anti-Semitism and racism that permeated American society of the time. The stated mission of the ADL is: “to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Anti-Defamation League]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Anti-Defamation_League

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