On Thursday, May 22, 2014, ADL took part in a panel discussion called “#Impact Now: The Influence of Social Media,” which took place at a conference organized by the Nassau County chapter of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization. A researcher from ADL’s national Research Center presented on how the internet and social media are increasingly used as a weapon against
Wednesday, May 21, 2014: Nearly 500 students and educators from 76 schools in New York and New Jersey were designated as “No Place For Hate®” during a ceremony at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the amazing work they did to fight hate and bias. Schools become certified as ‘No Place For Hate’ by using ADL’s resources
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
