“New Yorkers, of any religion, race or ethnicity must be able to walk the sidewalks of their own neighborhoods without fear of being targeted because of how they look or what they believe,” Evan Bernstein, ADL’s New York Regional Director, said in a statement. “While we are grateful that the victim was unharmed, the fear that results from incidents like
Council Members Rory I. Lancman and Elizabeth Crowley, the Anti-Defamation League and the Queens Jewish Community Council held a memorial in honor of Leo Frank, who was lynched 100 years ago following a false murder conviction from a trial that was marked by rampant anti-Semitism. “It is critically important to remember the past and understand the progress we have made.
On Monday, the ADL and Jewish leaders from around the city will gather at Old Mount Carmel Cemetery at 2 p.m. to mark the 100th anniversary of Frank’s death. Organizers say they’re hoping the service will serve as a reminder of what can happen when people make decisions based on hate.
The following letter was written in response to an article in the Times Herald-Record titled “Hasidic Growth Detrimental” which appeared on July 8th, 2015. To the Editor: Kate Payne’s outrageous and deeply disturbing letter traffics in hateful rhetoric against Jewish communities in upstate New York, made painfully clear through her letter’s horrific and inflammatory final words, “They’re killing us!” The
