The ADL Latino-Jewish Roundtable was formed to address both elements of our Latino programming goals: by bringing leadership of the communities together, it aims to encourage understanding and decrease bias, while also forming a powerful coalition that can work together on common issues and ADL priority items such as immigration reform and general anti-bias work in the greater community. Comprised of ADL lay-leaders, Latino community leaders, and active members of the Latino, Jewish, and Latino-Jewish communities, the group’s mission statement reads:

The Roundtable will work to bring together Latino and Jewish leaders from a wide variety of networks in New York to discuss important issues facing both communities. It aims to foster a discussion forum for Latino and Jewish populations to create and advance partnerships and address issues of mutual concern. These connections will act as an important means with which to fight hate, discrimination and intolerance, locally and globally.

Roundtable members include leadership of major Latino advocacy groups as well as individuals active in their communities on a grassroots level. At each meeting and between meetings through a mailing listserv, members have the opportunity to share updates about their work and organizations, providing them with a valuable reason to remain consistently engaged. Members are also offered the opportunity to present and hear in-depth backgrounders on issues of common importance at meetings; past topics have ranged from anti-immigrant extremism in the US to the state of anti-Semitism in Latin America.

To nominate yourself or someone else to be a member of the New York Roundtable, contact us here with the subject: Latino-Jewish Roundtable.