A new national survey shows that Holocaust education in high school reflects gains not only in historical knowledge but also manifests in cultivating more empathetic, tolerant, and engaged students. The results also indicate that exposure to Holocaust survivor testimony is strongly associated with numerous positive outcomes in early adulthood including higher critical thinking skills and a greater sense of

What do Pharaoh, Martin Luther and Robert Bowers have in common? To understand modern-day antisemitism and its resurgence, including Holocaust denial, extremism and other manifestations, it is critical to first explore the beginnings of antisemitism itself. Through an interactive analysis of antisemitic thought and writing throughout history, we will learn how very specific trends, themes and stereotypes lead straight from

  Although this school year has looked very different for many students in our region, ADL’s No Place for Hate Student Art Contest received a greater number of submissions  than the year before. More than 140 pieces of art were submitted as students shared their hopes, their compassion, their strength and most importantly a desire to create a community that

  In 1941, a dedicated group of community leaders – led by Col. Melvin Schlesinger and including such notables as Lou Isaacson, A.B. Hirschfeld, Max Goldberg, and Emmett Heitler – started a regional office of the Anti-Defamation League in Denver. Some say it was the first regional office ever organized outside of Chicago, where ADL was founded in 1913, and

With antisemitism and anti-Israel bias at their highest levels in recent memory, ADL is responding by equipping students with constructive and effective tools to stand up to these challenges in high schools, on college campuses, at summer camps and more with its signature Words to Action program. Thanks to a generous grant from Rose Community Foundation and others, ADL reached