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ADL responds to cancellation of Matisyahu in Santa Fe

  ADL was deeply concerned about the abrupt cancellation of a sold-out concert with Jewish American singer Matisyahu on Feb. 14 at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. ADL’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL National, and the ADL Mountain States Region all issued statements.   “The cancellation of Matisyahu’s Santa Fe show is deeply troubling. Attempts to silence Jewish voices and Jewish

Legislative Advocacy in the ADL Mountain States Region

    The 2024 state-level budget sessions in New Mexico and Wyoming have concluded, but the ADL Mountain States Region is still tracking bills of interest in the Colorado General Assembly. A bill of particular note was House Bill 1169 introduced by Colorado State Rep. Elisabeth Epps. The bill would have repealed a law passed in 2016 that prohibits Colorado’s

Responding to CU Boulder’s Ethnic Studies Department “Revised Palestine Support Statement”

  Recently, many in the Jewish community have expressed concerns with the statement made by CU Boulder’s Department of Ethnic studies in support of Palestine. While several Jewish organizations and individuals made their objections known, ADL along with others reached out to the university leadership, and both CU Boulder President Todd Saliman and Chancellor Philip Distefano responded with their own

ADL Words to Action Reaches Record Number of Students in Mountain States Region

For a third year, the Mountain States Region of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) conducted an increased number of trainings for high school and college students in order to empower them to confront anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias on their campuses and in their own lives. Words to Action: Empowering Students to Address Anti-Semitism and Bias on Campus is an interactive education program