On May 19, 2014, ADL New York joined Senator Chuck Schumer, U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke and New York Council Member Jumanee Williams at a press conference calling for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee to grant landmark status to Jackie Robinson’s former home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The press conference, spearheaded by Council Member Williams, was held in front
ADL New York’s Outreach Network, a division of the Next Generation Philanthropy Community, joined Dr. Prabhjot Singh on May 14, 2014 for an intimate conversation discussing his work with ADL, commonalities between the Sikh and Jewish communities, and anti-Sikh bias in the United States and abroad. Dr. Singh was a victim of a violent hate crime and spoke about
Dr. Ari Babaknia, a Jewish Iranian-born doctor who authored the first history books about the Holocaust in Farsi visited ADL Headquarters on May 1st to discuss his work. Dr. Babaknia spent 15 years researching his 4 volume work in a critical effort to educate Farsi speakers – particularly in Iran – about the Holocaust and other genocides of the last
Names: Evan Farber & Andrew Levinson Communities: Upper East Side/ New Rochelle Occupations: Attorney at Reed Smith /VP Business Affairs at The Corcoran Group ADL Roles: Chairs, Interfaith & Intergroup Committee at ADL New York 1. How did you get involved with ADL? Evan: I was invited to several Lawyers Division briefings by a friend
On April 8, 2014, 30 members of ADL New York Region’s Lawyers Division gathered for an intimate conversation with Judge (ret.) Edna Kaplan Hagler, Vice President of the District Court of Tel Aviv from 2006-2009. Juan Reyes of Seyfarth & Shaw generously sponsored this event, titled America, Israel and The Law: Approaches to Democracy and Justice at his Manhattan office.
