Southwest

Siblings Macey Reasoner Stokes and Barrett H. Reasoner to Receive the 2025 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

For the first time ever, siblings will receive ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award.  ADL’s Southwest Region will recognize Macey Reasoner Stokes of Baker Botts L.L.P., and her brother Barrett H. Reasoner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, with the award at the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award Luncheon April 1, 2025 at the Hilton Americas Houston, 1600 Lamar

El Pasoans Gather to Remember Walmart Shooting, Move Forward with Purpose

A diverse audience of El Pasoans gathered at their city’s Plaza Theatre August 1 to remember the victims of a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart on August 3, 2019 that left 23 dead and 22 wounded. “Remembering August 3: Memory, Trauma & Extremism,” brought people from all walks of life, each one affected by what happened on that

Three Educators Receive 2024 Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award

ADL Southwest recognized three Houston-area educators with the 2024 Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award at its May 22 board meeting. Recipients included Tanglewood Middle School Theater Director Nikki Andrews, Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School Counselor Donna Bolden, and Rhodes School for the Performing Arts Counselor LaTonya White.  They were selected based on their years of service as a

Antisemitic Incidents Increase 45% in Southern Region of Texas in 2023

Driven in part by a massive spike in antisemitic incidents after the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza, the Jewish community in south Texas and the United States experienced an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents. ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the 2023 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents today and the data is staggering. ADL Southwest recorded

Colleges are Failing to Fight Antisemitism on Their Campuses

In a time of incredible volatility on college campuses, ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report CardTM is a new comprehensive tool that evaluates antisemitism on college and university campuses. Find out how schools are responding to and combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students.