New York, NY, April 24, 2017 … Anti-Semitic incidents in New York State held steady in 2016, but surged in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents. Preliminary data for the first quarter of 2017 indicates a striking rise in anti-Semitic acts with a total of 97 anti-Jewish incidents logged in
New York, NY, April 16, 2017… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply concerned about the recent distribution of anti-Semitic fliers in Brooklyn. According to police and media reports, an unidentified man driving a motorcycle through Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday night, April 13, tossed multiple fliers replete with swastikas and anti-Semitic cartoons. Williamsburg is a heavily Jewish neighborhood, inhabited
New York, NY, April 3, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the decision by the CiTi BOCES program in Oswego County to remove an inappropriate classroom lesson plan that asked students to write an essay arguing for or against the Nazi perspective on the “Final Solution,” the term used for a plan to eliminate the Jewish people
New York, NY, March 30, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has partnered with The Hillel Community Day School and a local Rochester-based advocacy group “ROC4Israel” to hold a full day of community programs and events to address the spread of anti-Semitism and hate that has afflicted Rochester and several communities across the state. On March 16, Middle School students
ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein spoke earlier today with Scott Pelley of CBS Evening News regarding the arrest made in the series of bomb threats to Jewish institutions. “Even though now there may be some relief, it’s not a time for institutions to ratchet back on their security protocols,” said Bernstein. Read ADL’s full statement.
