Press Releases

ADL Statement in Support of the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act

    Denver, CO, March 6, 2017 . . . At a press conference today on the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol, Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin issued the following statement in support of the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act (barring the State of Colorado’s participation in a Federal registration and/or internment program):  

ADL APPLAUDS SUPREME COURT RULING IN JURY RACIAL BIAS CASE AS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE INTEGRITY OF JURY SYSTEM  

    Denver, CO, March 6, 2017 . . . The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, which held that the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury requires that courts be allowed to consider evidence that a conviction was tainted by a juror’s racial bias. “When racial prejudice infects our jury

Anti-Defamation League Deeply Concerned About Reports of Anti-Semitism at West Jefferson Middle School

Denver, CO, February 8, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League is concerned about reports regarding an  eighth-grade student at West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer, CO who has filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Education after she said the school and Jefferson County Public Schools refused to do anything about anti-Semitic bullying. The student said

ADL Issues Security Advisory to Jewish Institutions After Boulder Jewish Community Center Receives Bomb Threat

    Denver, CO, January 31, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a security advisory to Jewish institutions today following a series of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country, including Colorado. The Boulder Jewish Community Center was evacuated shortly after 9:30 a.m. today after receiving a phoned-in bomb threat.  The Boulder JCC is home to a