New York, NY, December 19, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was shocked and appalled by a threatening letter that was mailed earlier this week to an elected official in Rockland County, New York. On December 15, Spring Valley legislator Aron Wieder, a traditional Orthodox Jew, received a letter containing a photograph that superimposed his face on
New York, NY, December 10, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored legal and community leaders Bradley J. Butwin, Chair of O’Melveny & Myers, and Pierre M. Gentin, Managing Director and Global Head of Litigation and Regulatory Investigations at Credit Suisse, with its 2014 ADL Human Relations Award for their commitment to diversity, civil rights and defense of democratic ideals.
Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation League’s New York regional director, called the attack “a call to action for Jewish institutions across the United States to realize that these kinds of incidents can be prevented” with proper security training. He said the ADL will send an “action alert” to ADL offices across the country urging tighter security “for the entire Jewish community.”
New York, NY, December 9, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed alarm and concern over the early morning stabbing of a yeshiva student from Israel inside a study hall at the Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The assailant was subsequently shot and killed by police. The incident appears to be an isolated event. Evan R. Bernstein,
New York, NY, December 4, 2014 … In response to a Staten Island grand jury’s failure to issue an indictment in the Eric Garner case, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said the decision “reminds us that the problems we face as a nation transcend Garner and Ferguson,” and that our nation “must all come together to address the persistence of
