ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein spoke earlier today with Scott Pelley of CBS Evening News regarding the arrest made in the series of bomb threats to Jewish institutions. “Even though now there may be some relief, it’s not a time for institutions to ratchet back on their security protocols,” said Bernstein. Read ADL’s full statement.       

New York, NY, March 23, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed shock and outrage over the apparent racist killing of an African American man in New York City. According to reports, on March, 20, James Jackson from Baltimore drove to New York City deliberately to attack black men before using a sword to fatally stab Timothy Caughman, who

New York, NY, March 8, 2017… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned a violent attack on a Hispanic man that took place last week on a southbound J train in Brooklyn, NY. According to reports, a 27-year-old man from Guatemala was riding the subway on March 1 when a fellow passenger began to accost him, allegedly hurling racist and anti-Hispanic epithets,

New York, NY, March 2, 2017… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Rochester, NY.  At least 16 headstones were toppled in the Waad Hakolel Cemetery in Rochester, also known as the Stone Road Cemetery, which has been in use by the local Jewish community since the 1920s. In response to this crime, ADL

New York, NY, February 23, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today thanked New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his strong response in the face of the recent wave of anti-Semitic incidents across the state, including a rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City and bomb threats directed against Jewish Community Centers and ADL. In his remarks earlier