| | | April 27, 2006 | |
Special Edition: Highlights from ADL’s National Leadership Conference
Olmert: Israeli Elections Mandate for Disengagement
In an address to nearly 500 delegates gathered in Washington, D.C. for ADL’s Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Conference, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the strong show of support for his Kadima Party in the recent elections showed the consensus among Israelis for his proposal to disengage from parts of the West Bank. “I wanted the elections to be a referendum on the plan I presented,” he told ADL in a speech carried live via satellite from Jerusalem. Mr. Olmert struck a defiant tone on the threat of a nuclear Iran, telling ADL’s leaders, “We are capable of defending ourselves.”
In the News:
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| | Anti-Semitism In The Arab World
Cartoon of the Week | |
 Ad-Dustur, April 13, 2006 (Jordan)
The cartoon compares Ehud Olmert, Israel’s acting Prime Minister, to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. | | Click to Enlarge | - Intelligence Director: America Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Threat
Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte discussed the U.S. government’s efforts to detect and deter terrorist threats. Ambassador Negroponte said America is engaged in “an unprecedented war on terror” and that the intelligence community was working to improve coordination of resources and information sharing.
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In the News: The Washington Post
- Extremists Declare 'Open Season' on Immigrants: Hispanics Target of Incitement and Violence
Standing with Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President of the National Council of La Raza, a national Latino civil rights organization, ADL released a new report and Action Agenda on efforts by white supremacists and other extremists to exploit the immigration debate in America. As the public debate over immigration reform has taken center-stage, white supremacists and other racists have declared "open season" on immigrants and attempted to co-opt and exploit the issue by focusing their efforts -- and their anger -- on the minority group at the center of the controversy: Hispanics. More >>
In the News:
NY Jewish Week editorial, “Playing to the Bigots"
The Forward
- Online Educational Initiative Harnesses Technology to Fight Hate
A new groundbreaking online educational initiative to combat bias and promote respect was previewed during the Leadership Conference. The Online A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute will provide on-demand, Web-based training programs and services reaching into schools, homes, corporations, law enforcement agencies and other entities. More>>
- Six Million Remembered on Holocaust Day
Communities across the U.S. marked the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, with candle-lightings and memorial and prayer services in memory of the six million. At the Leadership Conference in Washington, ADL’s Courage to Care Award was presented to Sir Nicholas Winton (in absentia) for his role in saving the lives of 669 Czech children. In New York, survivors, their relatives and friends, and members of the diplomatic corps gathered at ADL’s Holocaust Memorial Wall for a candle-lighting ceremony and remarks from Ambassador Arye Mekel, the Israeli Consul General in New York.
- Poland Pulls Plug on “JC Superstar” at Former Nazi Camp
Polish government officials, responding to ADL’s concerns, pulled the plug on plans by a local theater troupe to stage the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Majdanek, near Lublin. More>>
- Arizona: ‘Bearing Witness’ Program Honored
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Arizona Regional Office and the Dioceses of Tucson and Phoenix were honored by the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors’ Association with its Shofar Zachor Award for the “inspirational achievements” of ADL’s Bearing Witness Program. Bearing Witness, the nationally acclaimed Holocaust education program developed by ADL in partnership with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, was locally adopted by the Diocese of Tucson in fall 2002, and expanded to include the Diocese of Phoenix in 2003.
- Connecticut: Law Bars Insurance Discrimination
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law a bill prohibiting discrimination in life insurance based on a person’s travel history or future travel plans. ADL Regional Director David Waren, who strongly advocated for the legislation, said the bills’s passage was “an important milestone in ceasing discrimination” against people traveling to Israel or other countries where the U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning. More>>
- Illinois: Religious Freedom Bill Becomes Law
A bill protecting the religious freedom of condominium owners was signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. ADL helped to draft the bill’s language after notifying state lawmakers of complaints that some Chicago condo associations had forced Jewish residents to remove their mezuzahs, the small case containing a verse from the Bible that Jews affix to their doorposts in accordance with Jewish tradition and law. The bill had unanimous support in both the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate. More>>
- Media Watch
Judt In NY Times: Wrong on Many Counts 4/19/06
There is cause for concern when academics like Tony Judt, a constant critic of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, suggest that condemnation of biased pseudo-scholarship amounts to stifling legitimate policy debate.
Bombing Shows True Colors of Hamas 4/18/06
Its immediate approval of the deadly terrorist bombing in Tel Aviv speaks volumes about what Hamas is all about.
Novak Ignores Realities About Israel’s Security 4/18/06
The ink had barely dried on Robert Novak's latest one-sided attack on the Israeli security barrier when news of a suicide bombing demonstrated the need for this security measure.
Editor's Note: The next edition of ADL Headlines will appear on May 11, 2006. | ©2006 Anti-Defamation League. All rights reserved.
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