On August 10, 2014, nearly 30 educators from Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska attended a free full-day professional development event focusing on teaching the Holocaust in the classroom. The workshop was presented by visiting scholar  Ephraim Kaye, Director of International Seminars at The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel.

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) provides a snapshot of the dramatic upsurge in violence and hatred against Jews around the world during and related to Israel’s recent military operation to stop Hamas rockets and dismantle tunnels in Gaza.  Violence against Jews and Jewish institutions increased significantly during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in July and August. In Casablanca,

August 4, 2014   Dear Mayor Hancock:   On behalf of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), I write today to thank you for your compassionate response to the humanitarian situation along our nation’s border. We cannot turn a blind eye to the plight of thousands of children fleeing violence in their homelands. We support the City and County of Denver’s application

Mountain States ADL Board Member and Boulder community leader Audrey Fishman Franklin shares how growing up in the smallest city in the US shaped her world view and makes her the ideal ADL advocate.    How are you involved with ADL? I have been a Board Member since 1998, have served on the Education, Civil Rights and Membership Committees, and have

  Two Catholic school teachers from Colorado, just back from one of the Anti-Defamation League’s premiere educational programs, say they are better prepared and committed to incorporating lessons from the Holocaust in their social studies classrooms. Linda Digan, a middle school teacher at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Denver, and Fran Clay, a middle school teacher at Divine