2024 Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Awards Dinner
Join us at the 2024 Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Awards Dinner honoring Michael G. Ermer of Irell & Manella LLP, Hon. Kirk H. Nakamura (Ret.) of JAMS, and Nicole Whyte of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP. The dinner will be held Thursday, September 19th at 5:30PM at the Turnip Rose Promenade in Costa Mesa. Since 1993, the Anti-Defamation League has presented the Marcus M. KaufmanSergeant Si Kim, Sergeant Travis Arburua and members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department with ADL Orange County/Long Beach Regional Director Peter Levi
2024 Helene & Joseph Sherwood Family Prize for Combating Hate Law Enforcement Awards
In the face of record-breaking levels of hate and antisemitism across Southern California, ADL honored law enforcement professionals for modeling innovative ways to combat hate and extremism and make a positive impact on victims of hate or bias-motivated crimes and incidents. Departments and individuals across Southern California were honored on May 30, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center with ADL’sRemembering Their Stories Campaign
Join us in preserving the stories of Orange County’s Holocaust survivors and liberators for future generations and combating antisemitism. Your support is vital in completing the digitization of 154 oral histories and ensuring their accessibility for scholars and the public. In the mid-1990’s, ADL recorded interviews with the Holocaust survivors and liberators, and then entrusted these invaluable VHS tapes toUnprecedented, Historic Number of Antisemitic Incidents in 2023 in Southern California and United States
Orange County/Long Beach, CA, April 16, 2024 … ADL’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents issued this week found that in 2023, the Jewish community of Orange County/Long Beach experienced 88 recorded incidents (up 60 percent from 55 incidents in 2022), including 59 incidents of harassment (up 69 percent from 35 in 2022) and 27 incidents of vandalism of businesses, places of worship and schools (upADL Advocates
Join the fight against antisemitism and become an ADL Advocate for change with this four-month activist/volunteer developmoent program. Apply HereNEWS
O.C. supervisors end county partnership with anti-hate nonprofit amid Gaza War rift
By Gabriel San Román | Daily Pilot June 26, 2024, excerpt: A majority of Orange County supervisors decided against renewing a contract with Groundswell, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit that supports the work of the O.C. Human Relations Commission. The surprise move came during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting when elected officials approved a $9.5-billion budget for the next fiscal year.
Antisemitism festers in state’s ethnic studies course
By Thomas D. Elias | The Orange County Register September 11, 2023, excerpt: “In mid-September, the Anti-Defamation League and several other prominent Jewish-American organizations sued the Santa Ana district claiming it adopted its ethnic studies curriculum in an illegal, discriminatory manner. That’s why, as a letter to legislators from more than 1,000 Californians noted, ‘Jewish communities across our state have
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Coalition Files Lawsuit to Stop Antisemitic Content from Being Taught in Santa Ana Public Schools
Lawsuit Uncovers Antisemitic Intent Within Santa Ana Unified School District The Santa Ana USD Motion for Writ filed supports allegations that Santa Ana USD intentionally violated the Brown Act, California’s open meetings laws, to develop and approve antisemitic curriculum “under the radar.” Santa Ana, Calif., August 26, 2024… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under
2024 Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Awards Dinner Announcement
Join us at the 2024 Jurisprudence Awards Dinner honoring Michael G. Ermer of Irell & Manella LLP, Hon. Kirk H. Nakamura (Ret.) of JAMS, and Nicole Whyte of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP. The dinner will be held Thursday, September 19th at 5:30PM at the Turnip Rose Promenade in Costa Mesa. Since 1993, the Anti-Defamation League has