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

  Sampling of Select Incidents Across N.Y State in 2017: Manhattan: Swastika spray-painted on a synagogue’s front doors (October); Swastikas drawn on subway car doors (December); A swastika was carved into seat on a subway car (August); A Jewish woman’s mezuzah was ripped from her doorpost, smashed and strewn across the floor (May and October); A woman discovered a Star

On January 12th, 2018 schools in the Greater Capital District of Upstate New York attended the 14th annual Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP) conference; hosted by Siena College and facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. All together 240 students and 40 Educators from 30 schools were in attendance. The STOP conference is held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This month we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important moral voices of the civil rights movement. We must remember Dr. King’s work every day, but especially today, as we witness a rising tide of hate and normalization of racism and bigotry. We know that tackling the hard issues at home takes partners from all faiths

On December 26, 2017 at City Hall, ADL New York Associate Director Melanie Robbins spoke at an interfaith press conference in support of our partner Sheikh Musa Drammeh, co-founder of the Islamic Leadership School and Muslim Community Report. At the conference, Sheikh called on leadership and especially the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) to formally adopt the #stemdup initiative (a