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
Following several recent events around the country and the world, many of us have become more concerned about security in our houses of worship and our community institutions. That’s why this morning, ADL convened along with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Director of Faith Based and Clergy Initiatives for Brooklyn Pastor Gil Monrose an Interfaith Security Awareness Seminar at
ADL New York Region leadership had the privilege of hosting Tzipi Livni – ציפי לבני for a private meeting at the Yale Club in Manhattan on January 18th. We are so grateful for the opportunity to have an in-depth discussion about the current Israeli political climate and US-Israel relationship.
ADL’s Regional Director Evan Bernstein and Assistant Regional Director Melanie Robbins attended the signing of the TRICAMEX agreement between the Consul Generals of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. ADL is proud to partner with the Consulate of Mexico and other Latin American countries to support the Latin American communities of New York. ADL is a unique partner in the
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO, and Cornell William Brooks, President of the NAACP, have published a joint op-ed in the Washington Post in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In the op-ed, they discuss why on this day, after an extraordinarily divisive election, it is more important that ever for two of the nation’s most venerable civil rights organizations to
