Opinion
Greenblatt: Woke ideology significantly drives rising antisemitism and marginalization
“And I do think this crazy woke ideology that sees so many, again, segments of society has a lot to do with why Jews are being marginalized and attacked, but.”
Opinion
Greenblatt: Ta-Nehisi Coates's book on Israel is biased and distorts perspective
“I think what Ta-Nehisi has said about Israel and about the Jewish people is so objectionable. I think his book is full of bias and it's more notable, not for what it includes, Joe, But for what it excludes, which seems intended to distort and warp the reader's…”
Opinion
Greenblatt: Tlaib, Omar, MTG, and Carlson are all problematic on antisemitism
“There are members of the squad like Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Who are incredibly problematic. And there are people on the right, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, or some voices like Tucker Carlson, who I find extremely problematic as well.”
Insight
Greenblatt: Society must focus on merit and opportunity rather than equity
“This kind of rigid oppressor, oppressed ideology, I don't know how anyone who looks at it can't see how it's problematic. We need a society that's not about you know, crazy notions of equity. We need realistic notions of opportunity. We need to focus on, on me…”
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: ADL represents assaulted Jewish students at Pitt, Michigan, and OSU
“In the past month, since classes started, we tracked, I think we've got about half a dozen assaults, anti-Jewish assaults. We're representing students at Pitt, at Michigan, I think at Ohio State, who've been victimized and assaulted in just the past four to fi…”
Disclosure
Greenblatt: ADL warned 200 universities about student groups supporting foreign terror
“We reported to law and to law enforcement in October of last year that we saw things that indicated that many of these student groups were providing material support for a foreign terror organization. I wrote a letter to 200 university presidents on this.”
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: DNI reported Iran is funding and organizing campus protesters
“The Directorate of National Intelligence, the arm of the government that coordinates the FBI and the CIA and the NSA, they reported Iran is providing money And organizing capabilities to these protesters.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greenblatt: ADL has never taught or promoted Critical Race Theory
“We never pushed CRT. We don't teach CRT. We don't have a we don't do CRT.”
Insight
Greenblatt: Antisemitism is an old-versus-young issue, not left-versus-right
“I think the antisemitism issue is, is not so much a left right issue. I think it's an old young issue.”
Disclosure
Greenblatt: The ADL Will Not Support Repressive Quotas for Any Group
“This organization, ADL, is against quotas. This organization will not support the idea of quotas that repress Asian Americans or Jewish Americans or Black Americans. You can forget it.”
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: ADL Fielded Over 10,000 Antisemitic Incidents Post-October 7
“Like, Joe, in the last year alone, in the last 12 months since October the seventh, we fielded more than 10 A thousand incidents. That is triple the number of the prior 12 years.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greenblatt: ADL launched more litigation in the past year than in its first 110 years
“ADL, Joe, we have taken on more cases, done more litigation in the last year than we did in the first 110 years.”
Opinion
Greenblatt: There are no reformists in Iran's regime, only hardliners
“There is no such thing as reformists in the regime. Ok, there are only hardliners and ultra hardliners.”
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: ADL Facebook advertiser pause was prompted by white supremacists, not Trump
“Like we originally went after Facebook when there were white supremacists organizing through Facebook groups and we track Extremists. We saw them doing it. I brought up the company's attention. They didn't act. And that was why we said advertisers should pause…”
Insight
Greenblatt: Jewish success stems from literacy, education, and mutual aid
“For many different reasons, Jews have been stereotyped and scapegoated for thousands of years, marginalized in nearly every society, and they've succeeded because they're, we're a literate people, we're a civilization, and we're focused on helping each other o…”
Assertion Supported
Greenblatt: ADL Works with Jones Day, Davis Polk, and Latham & Watkins
“We're working with a whole bevy of law firms. Like, I mean, the biggest firms in the country like Jones Day and Davis Polk and Latham and Watkins and Arnold and Porter, the biggest firms are working with us.”
Disclosure
Greenblatt: Goal is running ADL as a high-performing, impact-driving organization
“What interests me, Joe is running not a Jewish nonprofit. But a best in class, high performing, impact driving, you know, margin earning organization. And that's what I'm trying to do here.”
Assertion Open · timeframe Oct 2024
Greenblatt: Google, Apollo, and J. Crew Joined ADL Workplace Pledge
“We created something called the Workplace Pledge Against Anti-Semitism. Google, WPP, Apollo, J. Crew, a bunch of gigantic companies and firms have joined that.”
Disclosure
Greenblatt: ADL Will Expand Campus Antisemitism Report Card to ~140 Schools
“I can tell you we're re, we're doing the next version in March. It'll expand to 135, 140 schools. So we're almost going to double it.”
Jonathan Greenblatt