Scott Levin, Mountain States Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League, spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner on Colorado Public Radio about hateful and anti-Semitic rhetoric that has included posts in a Facebook chat group and an uptick in anti-Semitic language on Twitter.
Responding to a recent letter to the editor of the Intermountain Jewish News that disparaged the Anti-Defamation League for failing to support an amendment of hate crimes laws to include police officers, ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin asserts that members of law enforcement are already protected by laws in every state that enhance penalties for crimes committed
The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Colorado nearly doubled in 2015 from the previous year, according to new data released by the Anti-Defamation League. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents recorded 18 incidents in Colorado in 2015 compared to 10 incidents in 2014. The increase reverses a declining trend in the number of incidents reported during the last decade.
In a Letter to the Editor of the Intermountain Jewish News published on February 26, Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin responded to an earlier column by the paper’s editor criticizing the Black Lives Matter Movement. Levin wrote: Rabbi Hillel Goldberg’s Feb. 19 “View From Denver,” criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, asks, “Am I missing
The Intermountain Jewish News reported on December 3 that a swastika was spray-painted on the tailgate of a pickup truck in southeast Denver. The owner of the truck, who wishes to remain anonymous, discovered the vandalism on Sunday night, Nov. 29, in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Quebec and Yale. The Anti-Defamation League is encouraging increased awareness and
