In 1941, a dedicated group of Colorado Jewish leaders – led by Col. Melvin Schlesinger and including such notables as Lou Isaacson, A.B. Hirschfeld, Max Goldberg, and Emmett Heitler – started a regional office of the Anti-Defamation League in Denver.  Some say it was the first regional office ever organized outside of Chicago, where ADL was founded in 1913, and

  The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is pleased to welcome Jessica Reaves to its office.  As the senior writer and communications specialist for ADL’s Center on Extremism, Jessica is a part of ADL’s national staff working out of the Denver office.   Before coming to Denver, Jessica worked in ADL’s Chicago office as the Midwest Investigative Researcher. In that

ADL Board Member and National Commissioner Craig Fleishman shares his passions for travel, the law, his family, and fighting for justice and fair treatment for all. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? In the late 1970s, Larry Atler, who was a very strong supporter of ADL and its principles, acquainted me with its

    Board members of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region took advantage of a seven-week summer recess by Congress to meet with members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on several critical issues.   ADL Mountain States Board members met with Senator Michael Bennet, Congressman Mike Coffman, Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Congressman Jared Polis. Board members also met with local and

  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) firmly believes that to create welcoming and respectful school and workplace environments, diligent efforts should be made to accommodate observance of the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and other religious practices with school or work responsibilities in a meaningful way. Accommodating students and employees who seek to take time off for