Press Releases

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

ADL Condemns Antisemitic Flyers Distributed in Metro-Denver

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Denver, CO, January 24, 2022 …The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region condemns the distribution of antisemitic propaganda across the Metro-Denver area this weekend. ADL and local law enforcement agencies received numerous reports of flyers distributed in Arvada and Denver late Saturday into early Sunday morning. The flyers were reportedly placed in plastic baggies that also contained