“Knockout” Attacks Led to Increase in Assaults New York, NY, April 1, 2014 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents in New York State fell by 18 percent in 2013, according to newly issued statistics from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).  ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents counted a total of 203 incidents statewide in 2013 – a decrease from 248 incidents

New York, NY, March 26, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has honored former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly with the ADL Americanism Award in recognition of his lifetime of public service and his leadership at a time when New York and the country were confronted with terrorism and other security threats. “There are few people with 50 years

New York, NY, March 27, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized as “inadequate and defensive” a statement from the Fairview Board of Fire Commissioners, which was issued in response to allegations of anti-Semitic remarks by Fairview Fire Chief Anthony LoGiudice. When the comments made by Chief LoGiudice came to light, which were in reference to Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul

New York, NY, March 18, 2014 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment in the defeat of legislation in the New York State Senate that would have granted college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who met certain conditions. The New York DREAM Act, which passed in the State Assembly last month, was defeated by a vote of 30-29. The measure

A rabbi, educator and scholar who has led interreligious efforts on behalf of the Reform Judaism movement and has spearheaded Catholic-Jewish dialogue in Chicago has been appointed the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Director of Interfaith Affairs. Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D., who most recently served as a Senior Advisor on Interreligious Affairs for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, will