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Congratulations to Rob Klugman, Kathy Klugman and Jim Kurtz-Phelan!

All effective nonprofit organizations have at least one critical element in common: they are steered by astute, steadfast and highly committed organizational boards. At ADL, we are not only blessed with leadership that helps guide our own efforts, but many who make a point of serving the community as a whole by way of service to a variety of important

Tell Congress: Support the Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act

Since 1990, the FBI has been collecting and reporting hate crime data, required by the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 (HCSA). The FBI’s most recent data reveal an increase in reported incidents and an historically-high number of hate-motivated murders in 2019. These trends are particularly worrying because fewer law enforcement agencies provided data to the FBI in 2019 than

Proclamation – 2021 Holocaust Remembrance Week

The ADL Mountain States Region thanks Governor Jared Polis for his proclamation declaring April 4-10 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

Colorado Holocaust Survivors Speak Out

  Colorado Holocaust Survivors Speak Out This year, five Colorado Holocaust Survivors – Eric Cahn, Roslyn Kirkel, Peter Ney, Osi Sladek and Fanny Starr – answered the question: what do we still have to learn today from the lessons of the Holocaust? Listen to their message here.

Mountain States Spotlight with Holocaust Survivor Judith Altmann

The 2021 ADL Virtual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program features a keynote interview with Holocaust Survivor Judith Altmann. Register here. We recently spoke with Judy about her experiences during the Holocaust and her thoughts about how her experience shaped her.   ADL:   Please describe your life before the Holocaust. What was your childhood like? Judy Altmann: I had a wonderful