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
New York, NY, January 8, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to hold the El Palestino Club soccer team accountable for violating FIFA regulations and its Code of Ethics during a soccer game on January 4, when its players replaced their standard uniform with jerseys imprinted with the outline of what
New York, NY, January 8, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call for changes to New York State law related to discrimination and bullying in schools in the wake of reports of wide spread anti-Semitic harassment and violence in the Pine Bush School District. ADL said that that the Governor’s proposal, if enacted, “will go a
January 6, 2014 Letters to the Editor New York Post To the Editor: While there has been much focus on the Post’s insensitive headline, “Who Didn’t Want Him Dead?” surrounding the murder of Menachem Stark, we are equally troubled by the opening of the Jan. 5 article, “The millionaire Hasidic slumlord.” There was time enough in the piece to describe
New York, NY, December 27, 2013 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today commended CUNY Interim Chancellor William P. Kelly’s statement rejecting the decision made by the American Studies Association (ASA) to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Interim Chancellor Kelly reiterated The City University of New York’s proud affiliations with Israeli universities and scholars, and expressed CUNY’s rejection of “any effort to
