Speaking to a crowd of 350 people at ADL’s annual Society of Fellows Luncheon, ADL National Director Abraham Foxman spoke about ADL’s concerns that anti-Semitism and other forms of hate are still a serious issue almost one hundred years after the founding of the Anti-Defamation League in 1913.

Citing recent examples from the Internet, Europe, Egypt and other parts of the world, Foxman expressed his view that although America and the rest of the world has come a long way since ADL was founded in 1913, anti-Semitism is nonetheless more virulent worldwide than any time since the end of World War II.  Mr. Foxman was introduced by Barry Curtiss-Lusher, who will become ADL’s National Chair next month.

The luncheon also honored Ruth and Warren Toltz with ADL’s Distinguished Community Service Award. ADL Regional Director Scott Levin spoke about the work ADL has done in the Mountain States Region with other community groups toward common goals, and Montview Math and Health Science Elementary School Principal Michelle Barone told about the impact ADL’s No Place for Hate® campaign has made in her school.  7News anchor Dayle Cedars, who has worked with Ruth and Warren Toltz on the “Coats for Colorado” project, emceed the event.