Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO, and Cornell William Brooks, President of the NAACP, have published a joint op-ed in the Washington Post in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In the op-ed, they discuss why on this day, after an extraordinarily divisive election, it is more important that ever for two of the nation’s most venerable civil rights organizations to
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On November 17, 2016 ADL New York Region held its signature Lawyers Division event, the Human Relations Award Dinner, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The evening was a huge success, and we sincerely thank Board Chair Andy Frackman and the ADL New York Lawyers Division for all their help and leadership with this special event. We proudly honored Daniel J.
ADL New York Region’s Assistant Director Michael Arlen joined lawmakers, advocates and elected officials on the steps of City Hall on November 16th to call on President Obama to stop the deportation of DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) enrollees via pardon power. We issued following statement: ADL has long advocated for the passage of meaningful comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path
On October 27, 2016 ADL New York Region hosted its annual Middle East Conference with a packed house at ADL National Headquarters in New York City. The event, entitled “The Press and Israel: How Accurately is Israel Portrayed in the Global Media” featured an engaging panel of noted journalists, including Ethan Bronner of Bloomberg News, J.J. Goldberg of the Forward, and
