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ADL’s 33rd Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program to Feature Thomas Buergenthal, Holocaust Survivor and Accomplished Jurist

The Mountain States office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will host its 33rd Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program on May 1, 2014, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM in Denver, CO.   The 2014 featured speaker will be Thomas Buergenthal, a Holocaust survivor who went on to serve as the American Judge on the International Court of Justice and as a Judge

University and College Presidents Answer ADL’s Call to Reject Academic Boycott of Israel

On December 30, 2013, ADL Regional Director Scott L. Levin sent a letter to the presidents and chancellors of all major universities and colleges in Colorado and Wyoming requesting that they speak out against the resolution of the American Studies Association (ASA) calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.  This resolution is part of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

ADL Responds to Patty Limerick Regarding Academic Boycotts

In a recent letter to the Editor of the Denver Post, Mountain States ADL Director Scott Levin responds to Patty Limerick’s opinion piece concerning academic boycotts. The text of the letter follows.   Editor: Patty Limerick commendably rejects the resolution of the American Studies Association calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions (“Taking a stand on academic boycott,” Jan. 10). 

ADL Condemns Delta School Board Member’s Statements Requiring Castration of Transgender Students

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned as “deeply offensive, outrageous and unacceptable” remarks made by Delta School Board Member Kathy Svenson.  Svenson recently stated at a School Board meeting that she believed transgender children would need to be “castrated” in order to use school bathrooms and participate in school activities that fit their gender identity. Scott L. Levin, ADL Mountain