On April 7, 2019, ADL New York/New Jersey hosted its first annual “A Nation of Immigrants” Community Seder in Co-op City in the Bronx. The idea for a community Seder is based on the continued relevance John F. Kennedy’s 1958 book, A Nation of Immigrants. “Every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant

The world mourned with Christchurch after the March 15th mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques ended the lives of 50 worshippers. Immediately after the shooting, our Regional Director Evan Bernstein joined community and faith leaders at Makki Masjid Muslim Community Center to pay respect to shooting victims. Evan called for unity, saying “they are expecting us to break and

This month we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important moral voices of the civil rights movement. We must remember Dr. King’s work every day, but especially today, as we witness a rising tide of hate and normalization of racism and bigotry. We know that tackling the hard issues at home takes partners from all faiths

On December 26, 2017 at City Hall, ADL New York Associate Director Melanie Robbins spoke at an interfaith press conference in support of our partner Sheikh Musa Drammeh, co-founder of the Islamic Leadership School and Muslim Community Report. At the conference, Sheikh called on leadership and especially the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) to formally adopt the #stemdup initiative (a

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