New York, NY, January 13, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released a special civil rights edition of its biannual publication Curriculum Connections, titled “Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights: Relevancy for Today,” in honor of Dr. King’s birthday and available for free on ADL’s website.   The 38-page curriculum for grades 3–12 provides grade-specific lessons, resources and extension activities

New York, NY, January 14, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply saddened at the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a towering statesman and military veteran whose courageous leadership earned him the support and respect of a wide swath of the Israeli public and the international community. Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman,

New York, NY, January 9, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed outrage and disappointment over the one-sided roundtable discussion convened at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), which supported an academic boycott against Israel. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: We are outraged that a leading academic association has given its

New York, NY, January 9, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today reacted to the decision by France’s Council of State to uphold local government bans on the new show of Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, an anti-Semitic French comedian.             Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: Dieudonne is well aware of the laws in France, having been

New York, NY, January 9, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today reacted to remarks by Chinese recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao who, after his unsuccessful attempt to buy The New York Times, told a Chinese newspaper that he believes many American newspapers are Jewish-owned and has an “equally competent IQ and EQ” compared with Jews.             Chen, who recently dubbed