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ADL supports bills advancing fair treatment, Holocaust education in Colorado legislature

As the midpoint of the 2020 Colorado legislative session approaches, the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region has actively supported bills that enhance anti-discrimination laws in Colorado and has opposed bills that sought to curtail Coloradans’ civil rights. ADL joined coalition partners and community advocates in opposing a slate of six anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the Colorado legislature. One of the

38th Annual ADL Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program Featured Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein and his daughter Dr. Jill Klein

  On May 2, nearly 1,600 guests joined ADL for its 38th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, one of the largest such events in the United States. This year’s program, at Temple Emanuel in Denver, featured a conversation between Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein and his daughter, Dr. Jill Klein, a professor specializing in resiliency. In the spring of 1944, when

Learning from the Past to Shape the Future – ADL’s 2019 Student Essay Winners Make the Connection

Seven skilled student writers rose to the top of 275 essays submitted from Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming to ADL’s 2019 student Essay Contest A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice. Twenty-four judges were challenged to choose six winning essays and for the first time, they had a tie in one of the winning positions, because there were

Author Dr. Jill Klein to Interview her Father, Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein, at ADL’s 38th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program on May 2

Tickets are going fast for ADL’s 38th annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program on May 2.  The program will take place at Temple Emanuel in Denver at 6 pm and features Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein in conversation with his daughter, author Dr. Jill Klein.  Gene’s experience is captured in Jill’s book We Got The Water that tells the story of Gene and his family before, during

Join ADL for the 38th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program and Meet Survivor Gene Klein

ADL’s 38th annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program will take place this year on May 2 at Temple Emanuel in Denver at 6 pm.  The program will feature Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein in conversation with his daughter, author Dr. Jill Klein.  Gene’s experience is captured in Jill’s book We Got The Water that tells the story of Gene and his family