New York, NY, November 19, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed an arrest in the assault of a Jewish man from Israel at the Marcy Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. According to reports, the victim was attacked on November 17 by three assailants who called him a “dirty bloody Jew” and a “f—ing Jew,” spit at him,
The Anti-Defamation League is forming a local advisory committee in Westchester County to help expand its education programs and initiatives in the community.
The launch of the league’s new committee was announced Oct. 21 at the Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, with a roster of speakers that included U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, and Reginald Richardson, the principal of New Rochelle High School.
On November 11, 2014, ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein told CBS2 News why the Anti-Defamation League is disturbed by the Nazi and Holocaust imagery in popular artist Nicki Minaj’s new music video “Only”. Watch the video clip here.
New York, NY, November 7, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed a federal judge’s ruling to allow students’ case to go forward against the Pine Bush Central School District. The lawsuit raised allegations that several Jewish students suffered egregious anti-Semitic discrimination at the hands of a number of other students and were unable to get school officials to
Los Angeles, CA, November 6, 2014 … An exhaustive, nationwide search for the next national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is now complete. The unanimous choice of the 16-member succession committee is Jonathan A. Greenblatt, a social entrepreneur, government official and corporate executive with extensive experience in building socially conscious businesses and creating innovative public-private partnerships. The decision is
