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Incidents of anti-Semitism on the rise in New Mexico

A television story  featured yesterday on KOB, Albuquerque Channel 4, focused on the rise in anti-Semitic incidents in New Mexico. The story featured Marc Yellin, whose website and blog, ABQ Jew, was attacked last year with horrific threats and hate speech.  ADL’s report through September on anti-Semitic incidents was also prominently mentioned in the story.  

Incidents against Jews rise in N.M.

A recent article in the Santa Fe New Mexican discusses the Anti-Defamation League’s report noting an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents in New Mexico over the past year. ADL is working with community and law enforcement partners to respond. “Any increase in anti-Semitism is concerning, especially since this is the second year in a row that the number of incidents

FAKE NEWS AND THE JEWS

ADL Mountain States Region Board Chair James Kurtz-Phelan recently published an opinion piece in the Intermountain Jewish News about “fake news” and the Jews. As a people that have had a long and tortured history with real “fake news,” Jim implores us all to stand up for truth. The full op ed follows below.    “Fake News” is much in

ADL Regional Director Scott Levin interviewed by Westword about Anti-Semitic Incident Spike

December 6, 2017, Denver CO … Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin was interviewed for an article in Westword regarding the doubling of anti-Semitic incidents in the Mountain States Region in 2017 over the same period of time in 2016. “When President Trump talks about the rally in Charlottesville and says there are good people on both sides, it

ADL Regional Director Scott Levin speaks with Colorado Public Radio about the Masterpiece Cake Shop case

Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin was interviewed this morning on Colorado Public Radio for a news story about the Masterpiece Cake Shop case and the shop’s legal representation by the Alliance for Defending Freedom. The case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court today. “I have begrudging respect for them,” said Levin. He worries, though, that the shield of