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ADL New York Region Honors Long Island Community Leaders at the First Annual Securing Justice Awards Dinner

On May 18, over 240 guests gathered at the Engineers Club in Roslyn to honor three outstanding Long Island community members for their support and dedication to ADL’s mission. Dr. Lorna Lewis received the Securing Justice Award for her incredible leadership as superintendent of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District. The Long Island Philanthropic Leadership Awards were given to two

ZBT, ΣAM, AEΦ and ΣΔT Join ADL to Combat Anti-Semitism on Campus

On Wednesday, April 13th, college students from across NYC gathered at ADL Headquarters to learn and discuss methods to individually and collectively address anti-Semitism on campus. This special program grew out of a national partnership with four traditionally Jewish Greek organizations, including ZBT, ΣAM, AEΦ and ΣΔT,  who wanted to ensure their students had the resources and support from ADL.

ADL New York Region Hosts 85 Catholic, Muslim and Jewish Students for a Special Interfaith Seder

With the themes of “We are all a Nation of Immigrants” and “Welcoming the Stranger,” ADL New York’s Interfaith Seder brought together 85 Catholic, Muslim and Jewish students to learn about each other’s holiday traditions, “break bread” together, and experience a traditional Passover Seder through hands-on activities. 75 middle-school students attended from the Epiphany School, Islamic Cultural Center School, and

ADL and Assemblyman Keith Wright Partner with Frederick Douglass Academy

As a leading provider of anti-bias education through the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, the Anti-Defamation League recognizes that attitudes and beliefs affect actions, and that each of us can have an impact on others, and ultimately on the world in which we live. Facilitators from ADL trained a group of sixteen high school students from the Frederick Douglass Academy to become ambassadors

ADL New York Brings Together Diverse Communities for Special Interfaith Panel at Winter Board Meeting

Interfaith/intergroup relations are fundamental and critical to ADL’s dual mission: To stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. These aims, by definition, can only be truly accomplished with the partnerships and mutual respect of other faith communities. That is why ADL’s New York Region was thrilled to host a notable panel