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Jewish Community Statement About Scapegoating by University of Denver Professor

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region (ADL), along with several other Jewish community organizations, released a statement last week condemning remarks by University of Denver Professor Nader Hashemi, the Director of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies’ Center for Middle East Studies, who recently made the fanciful, speculative and dangerous statement that an operative from Mossad, the national intelligence

ADL Expresses Grief and Concern Regarding Potentially Linked Murders of Muslim Men in Albuquerque  

Denver, CO, August 5, 2022 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States Region expressed grief and deep concern over reports that three separate murders of Muslim men in Albuquerque could be related, according to multiple media reports and law enforcement officials.     “We are outraged and appalled by reports that three murders of Albuquerque Muslim men may be related

Buffalo Shooter Kills 10; Espouses Racist and Antisemitic Beliefs

JEWISHcolorado, ADL Condemn Horrific Attack   (DENVER) – JEWISHcolorado, the ADL Mountain States Region, and the Jewish Community Relations Council stand with the community of Buffalo, New York where ten people have been murdered and three others injured at a grocery store in what authorities are calling an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.” According to news reports, 13 people

ADL Audit Finds Antisemitic Incidents Reached All-Time High in 2021

                       ADL AUDIT FINDS ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS REACHED ALL-TIME HIGH IN 2021   Incidents targeting Jews in CO, NM, WY surged 49 percent to highest level reported in more than a decade; incidents nationwide increased 34 percent year over year   Denver, CO, April 26, 2022 … Antisemitic incidents in the Mountain States Region surged in 2021 mirroring a nationwide trend

ADL Condemns Tina Peters’ Offensive “Gestapo” Remarks

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Denver, CO, March 16, 2022 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned as deeply offensive remarks made by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to a Colorado Springs reporter that referred to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold as a “Soros operative Gestapo.” According to television station KRDO, Peters responded to legislation introduced in the Colorado Legislature to prohibit anyone