A racially, religiously and ethnically diverse group of fifteen high school students from New York City joined 106 student delegates from around the country at ADL’s 15th annual Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC November 17-20. The students explored modern and historic examples of bigotry and genocide and shared personal experiences with
ADL New York is set to honor three-time Tony Award winning producer Harriet Newman Leve (War Horse, La Cage Aux Folles), legendary lyricist Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, The Rothschilds) and up and coming producer Adam Blanshay (Kinky Boots, Bullets Over Broadway) in an evening commemorating the accomplishments of ADL through the songs of Broadway. Click here for
Name: Brother Thomas R. Leto, CFC Community: New Rochelle, NY Occupation: President, Iona Preparatory School ADL Role: Bearing Witness and Bearing Witness Advanced alumnus What is your earliest memory of ADL? I honestly do not recall my earliest memory of ADL. However, I do recall hearing about ADL and their work on radio and television newscasts and also through newspaper articles.
On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered what would become one of the most influential speeches in history, proclaiming to the world, “I have a dream.” Dr. King challenged America to imagine a day when “all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
Date: July 23, 2013 Maryam Farooq, a 2013 ADL Summer Intern, became the youngest person to be honored by President Barack Obama with the 5,000th “Point of Light” award because of her work with ADL’s No Place For Hate® initiative. In 2011, Maryam founded a school chapter of No Place for Hate at her middle school and was recognized for her work
