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Jonathan Greenblatt

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Chief executive officer and national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

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DI has documented statements by Jonathan Greenblatt on Antisemitism, Israel, and Media, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jonathan Greenblatt

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Jonathan Greenblatt

Role at the time: CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Condemned

Statement summary

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt welcomed Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour and said demonizing Jews and Israelis should not be rewarded.

“Glad to see Macklemore off Ed Sheeran’s tour. For years, Macklemore has pushed antisemitic tropes and demonized Israel and Israelis. Now he certainly has the 1A right to speak out and express his views, but demonizing Jews and Israelis shouldn’t be rewarded.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Jonathan Greenblatt welcomes Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tourComplete X post and timestamp
Why we used this label

Greenblatt expressly approves the tour removal and describes Macklemore’s conduct as antisemitic and as demonizing Jews and Israelis, which is a direct condemnation.

Read statementMacklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour
Portrait of Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt

Role at the time: CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Condemned

Statement summary

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt described Macklemore’s performance as demonizing Israel and Israelis, and urged stadium owners and venue management to demonstrate their values in deciding whom to platform.

“Macklemore demonized Israel and Israelis to a crowd of unsuspecting fans who came for music not propaganda. And while he may have the right to say what he wants, no matter how grotesque, businesses have every right to decide who they platform. We encourage stadium owners and venue management to demonstrate their values.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Jonathan Greenblatt urges venues to respond to Macklemore’s speechComplete X post and timestamp
Why we used this label

Greenblatt explicitly characterizes Macklemore’s speech as grotesque and calls for venue decision-makers to act, which is a direct condemnation of the conduct at issue.

Read statementMacklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour
Portrait of Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt

Role at the time: CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Condemned

Statement summary

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said Hasan Piker had appointed himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it.

“The Jewsplaining is extraordinary: Piker appoints himself an authority on antisemitism, lecturing Jews about what is and isn’t antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Hasan Piker shredded over vile suggestion that Jews were responsible for antisemitic attacks against them: 'Hack who thrives in hate'Paragraphs on the American Jewish Committee, beginning "The American Jewish Committee (AJC) also said on Monday"
Why we used this label

The case asks how people responded to Piker's August 20 remarks about American Jews and Israel, including whether they read them as a warning or as an implicit threat. Greenblatt criticized Piker for lecturing Jews about what is and is not antisemitic while blaming the Jewish community for the hatred directed against it. That criticizes the remarks directly, so we labeled it Condemned.

Read statementHasan Piker’s August 20 remarks and Larry Klayman’s lawsuit
Portrait of Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt

Role at the time: CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Condemned

Response to this claim

Ruffalo invoked antisemitic tropes in a dispute about a corporate transaction.

“The posts by Mark Ruffalo over the past 48 hours are cynical and sickening.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Jewish groups call for Paramount boycott over Mark Ruffalo comments
Why we used this label

He explicitly described the posts as sickening and antisemitic.

Read statementDid Mark Ruffalo’s Paramount–Warner criticism invoke antisemitic tropes?

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Case

Did Mark Ruffalo’s Paramount–Warner criticism invoke antisemitic tropes?

Relationship to this case: Speaker

Mark Ruffalo linked Oracle’s assistance to the Israeli military and Larry Ellison’s Paramount–Warner bid to Gaza, surveillance, media concentration, and oligarchic power. Paramount and Jewish groups cited antisemitic tropes; Ruffalo’s defenders said he targeted executives and corporate conduct, not Jews.

MediaAntisemitismUpdated