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.

“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.

The allegations contained in a lawsuit, filed in late 2012 by a national public interest law firm, Public Justice, assert that several Jewish students in the district suffered egregious anti-Semitic discrimination, harassment and bullying at the hands of a number of other students and were unable to get school officials to take appropriate action to protect them.

Steven Cole, founding member of the New York Region’s Next Generation Philanthropy (NGP), will serve as the inaugural honoree for the 7th annual Imagine Gala on November 6th. Imagine is the NGP capstone event of the Centennial, celebrating ADL’s 100 years of impact towards its mission of making a world without hate a reality. Steven serves as the Director of Legal

Latin King of Comedy Paul Rodriguez to perform to benefit ADL & Broadway: Side by Side Against Hate for 100 Years on Novmeber 25th!