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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

ADL WELCOMES LEGISLATIVE STAFFERS TO INSIDER BRIEFING

The Mountain States Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League was fortunate to welcome representatives from the offices of Members of Congress Diana DeGette and Jared Polis, and Senator Mark Udall, during a recent visit from Washington, DC by ADL’s Assistant Director of Government and National Affairs, Mindy Reinstein. Ms. Reinstein and the representatives of these Congressional offices shared information about

An Open Letter to Public Officials Regarding the December Holidays

  As we approach the winter holiday season, many local governments face difficult questions about the placement of religious displays on public property.  Acknowledging the December holidays is important in many communities.  However, the inclusion of religious content in December holiday displays on public property can be divisive, and it can also raise Constitutional questions.  It is important for government