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ADL to The Island Now: Thinly Veiled Anti-Semitic Tropes and Conspiracy Theories Should Not be Published

New York, NY, January 18, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern about a newspaper’s decision to print an offensive letter replete with thinly veiled anti-Semitic tropes and conspiracy theories in several Long Island newspapers. The letter appeared in the December 16 editions of The Island Now, a collection of newspapers owned and published by Blank Slate Media.

CBS New York: Jewish Community Centers Targeted With Bomb Threats Across The East Coast

Watch the interview with ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein:  “These kinds of threats do affect communities,” said Evan Bernstein of the Anti-Defamation League. “Institutions need to do everything they can to protect themselves, look at their security measures, analyze their security, and take every single one of these threats as seriously as possible and bring it to law

ADL to N.Y. State Assemblyman Clifford Crouch: Retract Nazi Analogy

New York, NY, January 4, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today denounced remarks made by New York State Assemblyman Clifford Crouch who, in reaction to Governor Cuomo’s announcement of a task force on educating about minimum wage, equated the move to a “personal gestapo force.” ADL reached out to the Assemblyman’s office shortly following the alleged comments reported on

Menorah Desecration in Brooklyn Neighborhoods Serves as Shameful Reminder that Anti-Semitism Still Exists, ADL says

New York, NY, December 29, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the vandalism of two menorahs in Brooklyn during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. According to reports, menorahs in Prospect Heights and Park Slope were vandalized over the holiday weekend. The menorah in Prospect Heights was knocked to the ground, and the Park Slope menorah had