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
Name: Lawrence W. Bahr Community: Chappaqua, New York Occupation: Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley 1. How did you get involved with ADL? I first got involved shortly after 9/11. I wanted to see how I could make a difference in the battle against hate and prejudice. ADL was exactly what I was looking for- an organization that went beyond fundraising to directly affect
February 6, 2014: ADL NY invited former Neo-Nazi skinhead and author Frank Meeink to speak to the Next Generation Philanthropy Community Outreach Network about his experience from racist skinhead to educator. By the age of 13, Frank had already become a skinhead and by 18, he had gained a leadership position as a Neo-Nazi recruiter. With a history of violence
