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How You Can Help ADL

The Anti-Defamation League has been so fortunate over the past week to have received many offers of support during this challenging time, ranging from volunteer assistance to monetary donations. We are so grateful for this outpouring in our Mountain States Region and across the nation. ADL is deeply committed to the mission of combating anti-Semitism and seeking justice and fair

Mountain States Spotlight with Shelli Graff Angel

ADL Regional Board Member Shelli Graff Angel shares her passion for justice, excellent writing, and the work of the Anti-Defamation League.   How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? I became involved in the Anti-Defamation League about five years ago when I met Sara-Jane Cohen, an ADL Regional Board Member from Boulder.  I had

WHY IS DECEMBER STILL A DILEMMA?

  The Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Regional Office has sent more than 200 letters to Colorado and Wyoming superintendents and legal counsels of public school districts with quick reference guides on how best to handle the upcoming “December Dilemma,” when many different religious holidays are observed and it can be difficult for public schools to know the best way to

A Yom Kippur Message from the Regional Director

  With Kol Nidre, tonight marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the pinnacle of the Jewish High Holidays and the holiest of days for the Jewish people. For those of us who observe the holiday, we will spend the day praying and fasting, as we contemplate not only how we can better ourselves, but also how we can better the