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ADL’s 44th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program Highlights Hidden Child Survivor Pete Metzelaar

The 2025 Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program  took place on April 23 at Temple Emanuel in Denver, CO with over 1300 attendees in person and online. Colorado Governor Jared Polis offered his annual Message to Colorado, Rabbi Barry Gelman of The Denver Kehilla in Denver delivered the invocation, Cantor Elizabeth Sacks movingly chanted the El Rachamim memorial prayer and ADL Mountain

ADL Says CU Boulder Improves Response to Antisemitism While Other Colleges Struggle

DU and Colorado College appear on the ADL Campus Antisemitism Report Card for the first time.  Denver, March 3, 2025 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) gave 36% of schools, colleges, and universities an A or B in its 2025 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released today. The University of Colorado Boulder received a B, an improvement over the previous year. The

Welcome Back, ADL Mountain States Intern Talia Richland! 

The ADL Mountain States Region is thrilled to welcome back Talia Richland as a returning intern! After an impactful summer with us in 2024, Talia has been busy pursuing her passions in law, advocacy, and social justice. Since wrapping up her first internship with ADL, Talia returned to Boston to complete her undergraduate degrees at Northeastern University, graduating in December

Susan Rona Appointed ADL Mountain States Regional Director

Sheryl Feiler, Chair of the ADL Mountain States Regional Board, and I are pleased to announce that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has selected Susan Rona to succeed me as the new Regional Director for the ADL Mountain States Region. Susan is a seasoned leader with deep expertise in community engagement, nonprofit management, fundraising, and program development. Sheryl and our board

Over 200 Antisemitic Incidents Locally & 10,000 Antisemitic Incidents Recorded in the U.S. since Oct. 7, 2023, According to ADL Preliminary Data

Highest number of antisemitic incidents ever recorded by ADL in a one-year period. Denver, CO, October 7, 2024 … There have been more than 200 antisemitic incidents locally and 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, according to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) preliminary data. This is the highest number