In an interview on the YouTube program “Here I Am with Shai Davidai” on April 27, 2026, ADL Executive Director Jonathan Greenblatt spoke frankly about his background, views, and the main purpose of the ADL.
Shai Davidai, an Israeli citizen, was a business school assistant professor at Columbia University who was temporarily suspended in 2024 for his harassment and intimidation of students and others over their protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He later resigned.
A project of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Government of Israel listed Davidai as “one of the the Top Jewish & Pro Israel Influencers You Should Follow.”
Davidai and Greenblatt ignore the fact that Israel has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children, in the last three years alone in what numerous experts term genocide.
The clip of the interview is from the X account of Chris Menahan, publisher of the independent news site http://InformationLiberation.com. See the full interview here.
UPDATE:
Greenblatt reiterated this in another interview:
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt confirms the ADL only exists to “protect the Jewish people.”
Times of Israel: “You’re focusing on all of humanity and defending every single—you know—discrimination, etc.”
Greenblatt: “No! No! No, we’re not!”
“The only thing we’re working on is… https://t.co/KkaXVMxkpl pic.twitter.com/EYJxNbt2Mi
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) September 4, 2026
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