Top ADL civil rights lay leader quits, accusing group of being ‘useful idiot’ for Trump
Joe Berman, who chaired the ADL’s National Legal Affairs Committee from 2018 to 2022, pointed out the group’s failure to aggressively respond to antisemitism on the right.
Inset: Joe Berman resigned from the Anti-Defamation League in March 2025. (Courtesy Berman); Background: A view during the ADL Never Is Now Summit on March 3, 2025, in New York City.(photo credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League)ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
