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ADL Annual Supreme Court Review

As part of ADL’s Centennial celebration and the National Constitution Center’s 10th anniversary programming, ADL’s 14th annual Supreme Court Review was presented to a live audience in Philadelphia and webcasted live around the country, including the Mountain States ADL regional office in Denver, on July 2. Law school deans and legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky (UCI) and Frederick Lawrence (Brandeis), and

Boulder Council Rejects Nablus as a Sister City

After a long night of testimony and debate, the Boulder City Council rejected making the West Bank town of Nablus its eighth sister city by a vote of 7 to 2. Despite the attempt by the proponents of the sister city project to characterize the effort as a way to engage in person-to-person relationships with the people of Nablus, the

ADL Condemns KKK Recruitment in El Paso County

Denver, CO, June 5, 2013 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned the recent, hateful recruitment effort by the Ku Klux Klan in El Paso County and called upon all people to speak out against hate. According to law enforcement and media reports, the Ku Klux Klan, a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a history of members engaged in criminal

Get Involved With ADL’s Catholic Jewish Dialogue

ADL’s Catholic/Jewish Dialogue is accepting nominations and applications until July 19, 2013.  For more than 25 years, the Catholic/Jewish Dialogue has brought together Roman Catholics and Jews to talk and listen to one another, discuss differences and similarities and encourage understanding of and respect for each other’s beliefs.  The group meets 4-5 times per year, usually at noon on Mondays. The

ADL: Denver Gunman Suspected to Have Had Links to White Supremacist Prison Gang

The suspected gunman in the shooting death of the executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections reportedly had ties to a violent racist prison gang whose activities have been monitored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for many years. Authorities identified the suspected gunman as Evan Spencer Ebel, 28, a parolee who has reportedly held membership in the 211 Crew,