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IN STAPLETON, COMING TOGETHER AFTER HATE GRAFFITI

Over these past few weeks, scores of complaints and reports of intimidation have been forwarded to the Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League.  ADL is not only closely following them, but is also providing support to the targets of intimidation and their communities, as well as being a resource to law enforcement. Following the appearance of Nazi-themed graffiti at the

Anti-Semitic Incidents Nearly Double in Colorado in 2015

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.

Racism in America is systemic, writes ADL Regional Director Scott L. Levin

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