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ADL calls on CCNY Interim President to Amend Statement

May 17, 2017 Interim President Vincent Boudreau Office of the President The City College of New York The Howard E. Wille Building, Room 300 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Dear Interim President Boudreau: We write in regard to your May 12th statement concerning the altercation during a recent event at City College of New York (CCNY) featuring Ambassador Dani

ADL Summit Inspires Young Leaders to Take #ActionToImpact

More than 500 ADL leaders and Jewish activists from across the country gathered for ADL’s annual Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., where government officials, policy experts, journalists, opinion makers and other public figures addressed the participants on some of the most critical issues on the League’s agenda. See highlights from this year’s summit below! Video recordings of

ADL New York Hosts Annual Interfaith Seder with Catholic, Muslim and Jewish Students

On Thursday, April 6th ADL New York Region welcomed students from the Islamic Cultural Center School, St. Margaret of Cortona School, Schechter Manhattan and Abraham Joshua Heschel School for an interfaith Seder in celebration of the upcoming Passover holiday. This annual program is an opportunity for students to experience a traditional Passover Seder while also learning about Catholic and Muslim

ADL Praises Law Enforcement at Press Conference for Efforts in Arrest of Juan Thompson, 31, for Connections with ADL Bomb Threat

The ADL welcomed the arrest of a St. Louis man on Friday, March 3rd in connection with a bomb threat against its headquarters in New York and threats against at least eight other Jewish institutions across the United States. According to a complaint unsealed this morning in Manhattan federal court, Juan Thompson, 31, of St. Louis, Missouri, is alleged to