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Born This Way Foundation Receives ADL’s Making a Difference Award

Lady Gaga Accepts Award with Inspiring Message for Students Working to Make Their Schools “No Place for Hate” New York, NY, May 21, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Making a Difference Award was presented today to Born This Way Foundation in recognition of its work championing positive social change. The nonprofit organization – co-founded by Lady Gaga and her

ADL “Terribly Disturbed” by Anti-Semitic Graffiti Discovered on a Brooklyn Jewish School

New York, NY, May 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over anti-Semitic graffiti discovered at The Mirrer Yeshiva in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The graffiti appeared on a flier posted outside of the school on the Jewish Sabbath, May 2, and according to reports, included the phrases “Hitler lives,” “Jews are on the take,” “Heil Hitler,” and

ADL Welcomes Senate Confirmation of Loretta Lynch

New York, NY, April 23, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s Senate confirmation of Loretta Lynch as United States Attorney General. Barry Curtiss-Lusher, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: We are pleased that the Senate has confirmed Loretta Lynch as Attorney General, and we congratulate her as she takes on

ADL Honors Archbishop of New York Cardinal Dolan for Promoting Jewish-Catholic Dialogue

New York, NY, March 23, 2015 … Citing his role as an “unambiguous champion of Jewish-Catholic relations,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, with the ADL Cardinal Bea Interfaith Award. The award was presented to Cardinal Dolan during the ADL New York Regional Office’s annual Interfaith Seder where Catholic and Jewish middle school