ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein joined Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. The meeting, which was organized to debrief New York Jewish community leaders about Governor Cuomo’s recent trip to Israel, was also an opportunity for the Governor to highlight his strong support for Israel. Governor Cuomo reinforced the relevance

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) provides a snapshot of the dramatic upsurge in violence and hatred against Jews around the world during and related to Israel’s recent military operation to stop Hamas rockets and dismantle tunnels in Gaza.  Violence against Jews and Jewish institutions increased significantly during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in July and August. In Casablanca, Morocco, a

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has reported disturbing anti-NYPD graffiti in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that equated the NYPD with Nazis. According to police, the graffiti was spray-painted onto a police car and discovered early in the morning on August 26th. It included a swastika and the slogan “NAZIS=NYPD.” NYPD, and particularly NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force, has responded swiftly

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds Mayor Bill de Blasio’s commitment to combating bias and anti-Semitism, as he expressed to the Queens Jewish community on August 25. It is imperative that New York City’s leaders speak out when anti-Semitism rears its ugly head. Mayor de Blasio must be lauded for his unwavering commitment to fighting anti-Semitism and bias, and for NYPD’s

ADL New York hosted its annual conference, ‘The Bettina (z’l) and Erwin Pearl Bearing Witness Summer Institute: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Contemporary Issues,’ on July 28-31, 2014. Bearing Witness is designed exclusively for Catholic school educators—teachers and principals—to learn about the long history of Catholic-Jewish relations and cutting edge methods in Holocaust education for 21st century audiences. Bearing Witness was