Press Releases

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN MOUNTAIN STATES REGION CONTINUE TO CLIMB

  Reports of anti-Jewish harassment, vandalism and assault increase by 34 percent from 2016 to 2017 in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming; Number of incidents nearly triples since 2015 Denver, CO, February 27, 2018 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region – Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming – has increased for three years

ADL REPORT: WHITE SUPREMACIST MURDERS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN 2017

  Violence in Charlottesville and at other events across U.S. contributed to spike in far-right violence, surpassing murders by Islamic extremists last year; Three incidents documented in Mountain States Region. Denver, CO, January 17, 2018… The number of white supremacist murders in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, far surpassing murders committed by

ADL Calls for Action After New FBI Data Shows Rise in Hate Crimes Nationwide

Denver, CO, November 13, 2017 …The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region expressed concern that, for the second year in a row, the FBI’s annual hate crimes report documents an increase in hate crimes nationwide. Regionally, while the number of reported incidents in Colorado remained flat, both New Mexico and Wyoming experienced increases. The FBI’s 2016 Hate Crime Statistics Act report

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS CONTINUE TO SURGE IN 2017

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS CONTINUE TO SURGE IN 2017  100 percent increase in incidents in Colorado since 2016, including targeting of Jewish individuals, synagogues, schools New Mexico experiences a slight increase during the same period Denver, CO, November 2, 2017 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Colorado doubled in the first 9 months of 2017 compared to the same period