First Monday
Critical Regional, National and
International News from ADL
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August 2007
ADL
Mountain States Regional Office
303-830-7177
www.ADL.org
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2007 "Society of Fellows"
Donor Luncheon on Nov. 5
ADL to Honor Barry Curtiss-Lusher
ADL's 2007 "Society of Fellows" Donor
Luncheon will be on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The
annual event recognizes donors who have given $500 or more to support the
Mountain States Regional Office.
This year, Muslim activist Irshad Manji will discuss "The Trouble with Islam
Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith." ADL Board
member, National Executive Committee member, National Development Chair and
former Mountain States Board Chair Barry
Curtiss-Lusher also
will receive ADL's Distinguished Community Service Award for his
commitment to human rights and dignity, and his dedicated service to his
community, state and nation.
In 2005, Manji released the international bestseller, The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's
Call for Reform in Her Faith, an open letter to
the worldwide community about why her faith needs to come to terms with the
diversity of ideas, beliefs and people in the world, and why non-Muslims
have a pivotal role in helping them get there. She
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has since launched Project Ijtihad, an initiative to
develop the world's first leadership network for reform-minded
Muslims. In August, PBS aired the documentary "Faith Without
Fear" which followed Manji through her personal and spiritual journal
to reconcile her faith and love of freedom.
ADL's Annual Campaign Chairs are Board members Susan Brody, David Gabriel, and Laura Merage, and ADL's
Development Co-Chairs are Dan Calisher and
Andrea Shpall.
ADL donors who have given $500 or more in the 2007
campaign are invited to attend the lunch at no charge, and can bring a
guest for $50. To RSVP or for more information, contact Amy at 303-830-7177
ext. 220 or aheller@ADL.org.
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Curtiss-Lusher
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Join ADL in Fighting Hate in Boulder: Attend Safe Day on Sunday, Sept. 30th
In response to several recent hate crimes targeting people
of color and members of the LGBT community in Boulder, ADL is partnering with
Boulder Community United and other organizations to put on a Safe Day.
Safe Day represents a
call to action for all community members and groups to make a commitment to
insure that Boulder is a welcoming, diverse, and safe city. Safe Day will take place at the Boulder Bandshell, at Canyon and
Broadway, from 2-5 pm on Sunday, September 30th. There
will be a variety of educational, motivational, and entertaining activities,
followed by a free, vegetarian community dinner.
Please consider supporting, volunteering
for, and attending Safe Day. Contact ADL's Boulder
Community Coordinator Amy M. Stein at
303-449-2607 or astein@ADL.org
for more information.
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ADL's International Affairs
Committee Presents ...
The World on Wednesdays
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ADL's International Affairs Committee kicks off
the 2007-2008 program year with a program on October 3 featuring University of Wyoming Professor Seth Ward discussing "The Complexity of Islamic Extremism: What
Jews Need to Know," in ADL's Conference Center from
noon to 1:30 pm.
Reservations are required. Participants can bring their
own lunch or order an optional Kosher box lunch for $14 in advance. Please
RSVP to Michele at 303-830-7177 ext. 210 or mross@ADL.org,
and let her know if you want to order a lunch.
Additional World on Wednesday events will be held on
December 5, February 6, and April 2.
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The International Affairs Committee is co-chaired by ADL
Board members Ken Feiler and A. Craig
Fleishman.
We hope you will join us for the World on
Wednesdays!
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Join us for...
ADL BOULDER COMMUNITY BUILDER Awards Luncheon
Monday, October 15, 2007 • $54 per
person
900
Walnut Street • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
► Honorary Co-Chairs: Congressman Mark Udall
Mayor Mark Ruzzin
• CU President Hank Brown •
Linda Loewenstein, JCC Executive Director
► ADL Boulder Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Jim Brantz • Sara-Jane Cohen
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Bohannan
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HONORING
Boulder
City Council Members
Robin Bohannan • Andy
Schultheiss
Both
were instrumental in the passing of Boulder's historic
Hate Crimes Ordinance earlier
this year.
Please
join us as we honor Robin and Andy for their commitment to fighting hatred
and bigotry in Boulder.
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Schultheiss
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AND
Lifetime
Achievement Honoree
Herta Hess Kahn
for 60
years of service to ADL.
Tom Martinez, a
former member of the white supremacist group The Order and a former knight
of the Ku Klux Klan, will deliver the keynote address, "To Hate and
Back." He will share his riveting story, including how he became an
FBI informant and an ally in the battle against the white supremacist,
neo-Nazi, and anti-government movement.
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Current sponsors include Allied Jewish Federation, IPS, the
Jared Polis Foundation, and Sloat & Nicholson, PC Attorneys at Law, and sponsorships
are still available.
For more information, please contact:
Amy M. Stein, Boulder Community Coordinator
• 303-449-2607 • astein@adl.org
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YOUNG LEADERSHIP CIRCLE PRESENTS:
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"I Was a White
Supremacist"
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Inside the Neo-Nazi Movement
Tom Martinez
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
7:00 pm
Cost: $18
The program will be followed by a
dessert and coffee reception
RSVPS are REQUIRED
by Tuesday, October 9th
Brittany at
jaramillob@adl.org
or 303-830-7177 ext. 214
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Made possible by the
generous support of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company.
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2008 Robert B. Sturm Youth Leadership Mission to Visit Yad Vashem
Applications available Sept. 7th, Due Sept. 28th
In honor of the 55th anniversary of Yad Vashem,
the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, ADL's 2008 Robert B. Sturm Youth Leadership Mission will take 20 Colorado and Nebraska sophomores and junior high school students to Israel for a week this spring.
For the past nine years, local businessman Robert B. Sturm
has underwritten ADL's mission that helps motivate high school students
to fight prejudice in their lives, schools and communities by applying the
lessons of the Holocaust to modern-day issues of bigotry.
During the March 31-April 6, 2008 trip, participants will
tour and study at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes'
Remembrance Authority that documents the history of the Jewish people during
the Holocaust and preserves the memory and story of each of the six million
victims in its archives, library, school, and museums to impart the lessons
of the Holocaust for generations to come. The students also will tour Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and meet with Israeli elected officials.
After returning, the students will participate in a
year-long program to collectively develop a project that teaches their peers
the value of diversity and the consequences of hate.
Applications for the 2008 Mission are now available and
are due back on Sept. 28th. For an application or additional
information, contact Debbie at 303-830-7177 ext. 212 or dcole@ADL.org.
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ADL Mourns the Passing of Two Board
Members
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Rabbi
Goldberger
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It is with great sadness that ADL mourns the passing of
two long-time, dedicated Board members, Dr. Enrique Feldman and Rabbi Daniel Goldberger.
Dr. Feldman was a passionate defender of the Jewish
people and Israel. He not only served on ADL's Regional Board, but
also served as an ADL National Commissioner. ADL's new Conference Center is dedicated in his honor.
Rabbi Goldberger was a beloved rabbi, friend to many and
a community leader. He served on ADL's Board for many years and will
be remembered for his many wonderful qualities, including his commitment to
social justice, human rights, and the Jewish people.
May their memories serve as a
blessing.
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Dr. Feldman
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Golfer's T-Up to Raise Money for ADL
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L-R: Lucky golfers Mike Anderson, Michael Pollack, Leslie Levy and
Scott Westerman were chosen
for this year's $100,000 Shoot Out sponsored by First Western Trust
Bank.
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One hundred golfers raised money for ADL's
programs and services in Colorado and Wyoming on Aug. 27, during the fourth
annual T-Up 4 ADL ...Join the drive for diversity! Benefit Golf
Tournament at the Inverness Hotel and Golf Club. Tournament co-chairs were
ADL Board members Gary Rand, Stuart
Rifkin, and Allan Weiss,
and committee members were Eden Cohen,
Nancy Harrison, and Brian
Stein.
The 2007
men's first-place winners were (L-R)
Stuart Rifkin, Bruce Rifkin, John Gart and Eric Woody.
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The men's second-place winners
were (L-R) Sam Zaitz, Brooks Andrisen,
David Goldberg, and Ted
Halaby.
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ADL's Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey (right) gave (L-R) Joanna Weseloh, Jessie Shogan, Leslie Levy, and
Nancy Harrison their awards for
taking first place in this year's women's division.
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ADL's Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey (right) is with three
of the 2007 women's second-place winners, (L-R) Rocky Mountain News
Columnist Penny Parker, Cindi McCutchen, and ADL Board member Sheryl Goodman.
Not pictured: ADL Board member Lezlie
Goldberg.
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Where there's a WILL
there's a way to INSURE
the future of ADL.
For more
information about planned giving visit www.liveonlegacy.org.
Have you made ADL part of your estate plan? If not, please
call 303-830-7177 ext. 213 for more information. If so, please let us know!
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Community Events
2007 Jewish Community Study Update
According to initial results of the 2007 Jewish Community
Study, the Metro Denver/Boulder Jewish population has risen by 29% in the
past 10 years, and 81,500 Jewish individuals now live in 45,400 households
across the seven-county area of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver,
Douglas and Jefferson.
Metro Denver/Boulder is now the 18th largest
Jewish community in the U.S., and is similar in size to established Jewish
centers such as Baltimore and Cleveland as well as the growing western U.S. Jewish areas of Phoenix and San Diego.
Since 1997, the geographic changes in the Metro
Denver/Boulder area also have been dramatic, especially in South Metro Denver
where the number of Jewish households has increased 130%. North and East
Metro Denver, which includes Stapleton, Commerce City, Brighton, Northglenn, and Thornton, had a minimal number of Jewish residents in 1997, but now have
2,900 households, representing 6% of the total population.
While Denver is still the largest Jewish area, in 1981 it
accounted for 67% of all Denver/Boulder Jewish households, but that percentage
declined to 41% in 1997, and again in 2007 to 31%.
Growth in North and West Metro Denver and in Boulder continues: changes between 1981 and 1997 were 314% and 650% in those two
sub-areas, and changes between 1997 and 2007 were 22% in both of those
areas. Aurora still accounts for 9% of all Jewish households in the
Metro Denver/Boulder area, as it did in 1997.
Additional information from the interviews, including
findings related to issues such as poverty, human services, Israel, philanthropy, and Jewish connections in the seven-county area, will be presented in
a series of community meetings in November. Formal and grassroots Jewish
organizations also will receive support on how best to utilize the
Study's results.
The 2007 Metro Denver/Boulder Jewish Community Study is
being managed by Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado and is primarily funded
through a grant from the Rose Community Foundation, Ukeles Associates has
The study is being co-chaired by Nancy Gart and ADL's Board Chair Rob Klugman. For more information, visit www.jewishcolorado.org/2007study.
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DCPA Presents "The Diary of Anne
Frank"
This fall, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is
presenting "The Diary of Anne Frank," the poignant chronicle of
a Jewish family's claustrophobic years in hiding in an Amsterdam attic, and their ultimate betrayal and execution by the occupying Germans.
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Brilliant, witty and wise beyond her years, Anne Frank wrote unsparingly of the
foibles and the heroism of herself and the people around her and of her own
fragile coming of age. Her diary is an enduring testament of hope amide
unthinkable cruelty and despair - "in spite of everything, I
believe people are truly good at heart."
Evening and matinee performances are available November
19-December 15 in the Space Theatre. For tickets and more information, call
303-893-4100 or visit www.denvercenter.org.
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* September 30 - Boulder Safe Day
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* October 15 - Boulder Community Builder
Awards Luncheon
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* November 5 - Society of Fellows Donor
Luncheon
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Mark
your calendar now for these exciting 2007 ADL events:
September
30, 2007 - Boulder Safe Day
Make a commitment along with other Boulder residents,
community members and groups to insure that Boulder is a welcoming, diverse, and safe city for all
with a variety of educational, motivational, and entertaining activities from
2 to 5 p.m. at the Boulder Bandshell, Canyon and Broadway. For more
information, including supporting and volunteering, contact Amy at 303-449-2607 or astein@ADL.org.
October 15, 2007 -
ADL's Boulder Community Builder Awards Luncheon
Honorees: Robin Bohannan and Andy Schultheiss
Special Honoree: Herta Hess Kahn will
receive ADL's Lifetime Achievement Award
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:30
p.m.
Tickets: $54
Info: Amy at 303-449-2607 or astein@ADL.org.
November
5, 2007- ADL's 2007 Society of Fellows Donor Luncheon
What: ADL recognizes
donors of $500 or more for their support of the Mountain States Regional
Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Irshad Manji, Muslim activist, "The Trouble with Islam Today: A
Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith"
Special Honoree: Barry Curtiss-Lusher will receive
ADL's Distinguished Community Service Award
Info: Amy at
303-830-7177 ext. 220 or aheller@ADL.org.
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National and International News
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The
Deadliest Lies: Now in Bookstores
Abraham H. Foxman's new
book, The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby
and the Myth of Jewish Control (Palgrave Macmillan)
debunks the persistent anti-Semitic canards that the American Jewish community
stifles free speech, has divided loyalties and is responsible for pushing the
U.S. into war in Iraq. The book explains how Professors Stephen Walt and John J. Mearsheimer, former President Jimmy Carter and others have lent an
alarming veneer of credibility to these false accusations. More
In the News:
National Public Radio
The Jewish Week
Ynetnews.com
Statement on Armenian Genocide
We have never negated but have always described the painful events of
1915-1918 perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians as
massacres and atrocities. On reflection, we have come to share the view of Henry Morgenthau Sr. that the
consequences of those actions were indeed tantamount to genocide. More
Related:
Efforts to
Reconcile Turkey and Armenia Urged
Rosh Hashanah
Statement: Reflections on 5768
Glen S. Lewy, ADL National Chair
and Abraham H. Foxman, National
Director reflect on the year that has passed and that which lays ahead for
the Jewish people, the state of Israel and the world. More
CNN Program Misinformed Viewers
ADL was deeply troubled by various aspects of a CNN special on Jewish
religious extremists - most notably the inclusion of a discussion on
American Jewish advocacy for Israel, which it said "had no place in a
discussion of religious fundamentalism." More
In the News:
Forward
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Anti-Semitism on Rise in Argentina
Jewish community leaders from Argentina reported a disturbing rise in
anti-Semitic attacks and other incidents against the Argentinean Jewish
community, with an increase of more than 40 percent in 2006. The leaders,
representing the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas de Argentina (DAIA),
presented the findings of their Report on Anti-Semitism in Argentina 2006
at a briefing at ADL National Headquarters. More
In the News:
The Jewish Week
The New York Sun
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Israel to Grant
Citizenship to Darfur Refugees
ADL welcomed the decision by Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit to grant citizenship to
hundreds of Darfur refugees. ADL called on the international community to do
more and join Israel in efforts to deal humanely with the refugees. More
ADL's A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE®
Institute provides a list of children's books intended for educators, parents
and other caregivers of early childhood and elementary aged children.
Featured Books for September
This month ADL features three
books that explore what it means to be multiracial and help children develop
the skills and confidence to challenge ethnic and racial bias.
Hope
Isabell Monk,
Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator)
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After
someone asks whether she's "mixed," second-grader Hope, a biracial
child, wonders what that means. Her great aunt assures her that as the
child of a white father and an African-American mother, she represents
"generations of faith mixed with lots of love." As she listens to
Aunt Poogee recount her family's history and the story behind her name,
Hope learns to feel proud of her biracial heritage and how to handle
questions about her racial status in the future. Grade Level: K to 3.
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Cooper's Lesson
Sun Yung Shin, Kim Cogan (Illustrator, Translator)
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This is a story,
written in English and Korean, about identity and an intergenerational
friendship, between Cooper, who has a Korean mother and a white, American
father and a Korean shopkeeper. With his mixed heritage, Cooper doesn't
know where he fits in because when he goes to the Korean grocery, he is
overwhelmed by a language of which he knows very little. Thinking the
owner, Mr. Lee is laughing at him, Cooper shoplifts a brush in retaliation
and is caught. While working off his debt, he learns that Mr. Lee's life in
the United States has been difficult because of the language barrier, and the
man also listens to Cooper's frustrations, and the two come to a better
understanding of their own and one another's problems. Grade Level: 3-5
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Growing Up Biracial:
Trevor's Story
Bethany Kandel, Carol Halebian (Photographer)
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Ten-year-old Trevor
Sage-el describes his life at home and at school, his feelings about being
the son of a white mother and a black father, and what he likes and does
not like about being biracial. "Sometimes people ask me, 'What are
you?'," observes Trevor. "I usually answer, 'Human.' I have
friends of all colors. I don't want to have to choose between black and
white. I'm both, and I like it." Grade Level: 2-6.
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For the complete list of ADL's A WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE® Institute's recommended multicultural and anti-bias books
for children, click here.
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