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Gratitude on Yom HaShoah

Guest blog by Sue Parker Gerson, Senior Associate Director, ADL Mountain States Region   It may seem strange to entitle a blog post “Gratitude on Yom HaShoah” when we are anything but thankful for the horror that was the Holocaust, including the decimation of civil liberties that paved its way, the loss of 6 million Jewish and 5 million other

ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2021

Antisemitic incidents reported to ADL reached an all-time high of 2,717 in the United States last year – an average of more than seven incidents per day and a 34 percent increase year over year, including assaults, harassment and vandalism. This is the highest number on record since ADL began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.

Proclamation – 2022 Holocaust Remembrance Week

The ADL Mountain States Region thanks Governor Jared Polis for his proclamation declaring April 24-30, 2022 as Holocaust Remembrance Week in Colorado. View the proclamation here. The full text of the proclamation follows. PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a tragic genocide where approximately six million Jews and five million other persons were systematically killed by the

What’s new in ADL EDU?

ADL’s April Education resources for educators, students, and parents feature content for teaching and learning about the Holocaust, our new Book of the Month, and a new theme collection for Arab American Heritage Month. Check them out here! ADL’s April Book of the Month Red, White, and Whole, for ages 8-12, features a girl who feels torn between two worlds:

Join an ADL Webinar About the “Great Replacement Theory”: The Anti-Immigrant Movement Goes Mainstream

Registration is open for our next ADL Central Division Speaker Series Webinar: The “Great Replacement Theory”: The Anti-Immigrant Movement Goes Mainstream, being held on Tuesday, April 19 at 11:30 am MT. Register here. Once largely relegated to white supremacist rhetoric, the “Great Replacement” theory has made its way into mainstream consciousness in the past several years. This conspiracy theory is