ADL’s Southwest Region honored three Houston-area counselors with the Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award at its board meeting May 10.  The recipients were selected for the award based on their years of service as a No Place for Hate® Coordinator and the leadership they exemplify on their campuses. Two of the counselors receiving the award were from elementary schools: Callyncia

Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high last year with a total of 3,697 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism tracked by ADL’s Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. This represents the largest number of incidents against Jews in the U.S., recorded by ADL since 1979.

Over 100 people attended Power Forward: Women Changing the Game, a partnership of ADL Southwest’s Women’s Initiative and the Houston Rockets to commemorate International Women’s Day. The informative, inspirational event on March 7 at the Rockets/Nets game included a lively panel discussion before the game and the opportunity to enjoy the game from the Sire Spirits Social Club at the

This article is by Cheryl Lipshutz, 2023 Southwest Regional Board Chair and a longtime ADL Board Member. I went to see the play Parade on Broadway February 21, which was opening night of previews. I was seeing it with my daughter-in-law because it was an important story–the story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man whose false conviction and lynching inspired the

  “We pursue justice in this country, but I don’t think we can realistically say we caught it.” That was just one of the memorable and profound observations by CNN legal analyst and CNN Tonight host Laura Coates, as she spoke to an appreciative crowd of admirers at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church March 2. The event was created by former