New York, NY, December 8, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply troubled over the “searing attack” on the home of New York Giants fullback Nikita Whitlock. Whitlock’s New Jersey home was reportedly burglarized and vandalized with anti-Semitic and racist graffiti, including swastikas, “KKK” and the words “Go back to Africa” and “f****** n*****.” “What took
New York, NY, December 5, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply disturbed by the attack of a Muslim NYPD officer and her son in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. According to reports, on December 3, Officer Aml Elsokary, who wears a hijab and was off duty at the time of the incident, was accosted
New York, NY, December 2, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today praised New York University (NYU) President Andrew Hamilton for his remarks in which he forcefully rejected the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign as a movement which seeks to undermine Israel’s existence as a Jewish state. In an interview with NYU Local, President Hamilton said, “To restrict in any way the
New York, NY, November 19, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply disturbed by anti-Semitic graffiti discovered on a playground in the Brooklyn. According to reports, on November 18, playground equipment in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights was spray-painted with two swastikas and the words “Go Trump.” “We are deeply disturbed by yet another highly
New York, NY, November 15, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has conducted several anti-bias and bullying prevention trainings at a Jewish high school on Long Island, making these activities the first-ever to be conducted at a Yeshiva. Students from North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, a prominent private school in Great Neck, NY, were privy to a two-day training
