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.
March 2014: ADL New York hosted a special panel with fantastic educators who all participated in ADL’s unique interfaith/intergroup initiatives during 2013. Panelists attended Bearing Witness, ADL’s annual conference on Holocaust education for Catholic school educators, and Building Bridges/Connecting Classrooms, a one-day seminar designed for Jewish and Muslim educators together to learn about presenting each other’s faiths in the classroom.
When reports surfaced that a Westchester fire chief had made anti-Semitic remarks about an elected official, ADL immediately took action. The controversy came to light in two separate sworn depositions taken earlier this year. According to one deponent, Fairview Fire Chief Anthony LoGiudice referred to Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner as a “… sucking Jew bastard” while another deponent alleged
