On July 29, 2015, ADL New York and Hofstra University Hillel hosted Words to Action: Empowering Jewish Students to Address Bias on Campus, an interactive workshop that provides students with effective responses to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias. Students from several colleges and universities attended the program, including Hofstra, Cornell, Skidmore, SUNY Buffalo and Brandeis. Discussions concentrated on defining anti-Semitism,

The 8th Annual Charlotte and Jacques Wolf Educators Conference on Echoes and Reflections was held July 13 – 17, 2015 in New York at the Anti-Defamation League National Headquarters. Twenty-three educators convened from across the United States for a week of in-depth training on integrating Echoes and Reflections resources into their classrooms. Participants learned from Holocaust and genocide experts, survivors

On Friday, July 3rd, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte met with Evan Bernstein, ADL New York Regional Director and Etzion Neuer, Director of Community Service & Policy. The meeting, held at Assemblymember Bichotte’s district office in Brooklyn, was a thoughtful discussion which touched on a broad range of issues including civil rights in New York and abroad, the Parental Choice in Education

How did you get involved in ADL? ADL-AWOD did trainings at my high school, Erasmus Hall Campus: High School for Business and Technology.  As a peer trainer, I was given the opportunity to teach various lessons on conflict resolution, diversity, etc. to students at my school, as well as at other school around NYC.  When the opportunity came to apply

On June 9, 2015, ADL New York Region held its Annual Meeting at the Jewish Theological Seminary to celebrate another year of critical work in the community. The meeting was an opportunity to honor outgoing 2014-2015 Board Chair Gregg Mashberg for his exemplary leadership and service to ADL, and welcome incoming Board Chair Andrew J. Frackman. The evening began with a