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ADL Coordinates Seminar on Cyber Security

  A seminar on cyber security coordinated by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) brought together three information technology experts to talk about how individuals and organizations could protect their information. Presenters included Houston Police Department (HPD) Senior Officer John Johnson, Information Security Officer for HPD and a certified ethical hacker.   Officer Johnson summarized possible vulnerabilities, and demonstrated how easy it could

Children’s Book Author Kathryn Otoshi Speaks at Educator’s Breakfast

  Kathryn Otoshi, illustrator and author of the children’s books One, Zero, and the soon-to-be-released Two, gave a group of about 35 teachers and counselors insight into her writing and illustration process at an educators breakfast sponsored by ADL during Congregation Beth Yeshurun’s Young Authors Conference.  Otoshi first said that the theme all of her books essentially follow is: “Life

David Berg Receives 2014 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

More than 500 people streamed into a downtown Houston hotel ballroom to help the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honor attorney David Berg with ADL’s Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award. The Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award is given annually to an outstanding member of the legal community who exhibits an exceptional commitment to equality, justice, fairness, and community service, and David Berg

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo Answers Questions Before a Packed House

  Nearly a thousand people attended “An Evening with Daniel Cardinal DiNardo” January 14 at Congregation Beth Yeshurun and listened as the Cardinal answered questions from Rabbi David Rosen and Father Brendan Cahill about the new Pope, immigration, abortion, and other topics. The Cardinal charmed the audience with his humorous and candid responses to the questions posed by Rosen, Cahill

Lowenstein Lecture Series to Begin with Daniel Cardinal DiNardo

ADL’s new Lowenstein Lecture series begins January 14 with “A Conversation with Daniel Cardinal DiNardo,” at Congregation Beth Yeshurun. His eminence Cardinal DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will speak about Pope Francis, Catholic-Jewish relations, the 50TH anniversary of Nostra Aetate, and immigration at the inaugural Lowenstein Lecture. The lecture series is funded by a four-year grant from the Lewis