More than 100 years after ADL was founded, we are bearing witness to a rise of hatred and anti-Semitism unmatched in recent decades. ADL, along with our community of supporters and partners, recognizes the necessity of our work in preventing this bias and injustice from becoming normalized. This year, under the banner of a newly unified New York/New Jersey Region,

A recent article by Columbia Professor Joseph Massad claims that describing Israel as a Jewish state is itself anti-Semitic, and that a method for preventing anti-Semitism is to sever the association between the State of Israel and Diaspora Jewry. In response to the article, ADL New York / New Jersey Regional Director Evan Bernstein issued the following statement:  ADL considers

ADL New York / New Jersey is excited to open registration for the 2018-2019 No Place For Hate® program! The program provides a framework that empowers schools to create and sustain a respectful and inclusive learning environment. Last year, over 207 schools in the New York / New Jersey Region and over 1,700 schools nationwide successfully completed the program. Now is

When we empower the next generation of leaders to promote inclusion and respect today, they become the inspirational change agents of tomorrow. In our annual No Place for Hate® Recognition Ceremonies, held this May in New York City and Albany, we proudly celebrated students and educators from 207 schools who committed to those values through working together to combat bias

On March 11, 2018, Consul General of Mexico in New York Ambassador Diego Gomez Pickering and ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein traveled to Mexico for a week of meetings and interviews with community leaders and organizations in Mexico. The mission of the trip was to share locally news of the work ADL and the Government of Mexico have initiated