The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s apology from Brooklyn Councilwoman-elect Laurie Cumbo for remarks she made in a December 3 open letter to her constituents in which she cited “Jewish success” as one of a number of factors that had triggered rising resentment among African-Americans in the Crown Heights community. In her apology, the incoming city councilwoman expressed remorse for
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the appointment of veteran law enforcement executive William J. Bratton as police commissioner of New York City.
Although we saw an overall national decline of anti-Semitic incidents last year, New York State as well as Brooklyn, saw an uptick which reminds us that we are still not immune to anti-Semitism.
Over 450 emerging leaders came together to raise over $65,000 to advance ADL’s mission to make a world without hate a reality.
“While we are strongly committed to the principles of academic freedom and free speech, we believe that official college sponsorship of a program featuring speakers who use vitriolic rhetoric to condemn Israel and who do not recognize the Jewish state’s right to exist is beyond the pale,” said Evan R. Bernstein, ADL New York Regional Director.
