Jeannie Opdyke Smith, daughter of righteous gentile Irene Gut Opdyke,is the keynote speaker at two Anti-Defamation League events on May 20 for Houston area women and young adult professionals as part of the ADL’s Women’s Initiative and Young Leaders & Professionals programming. Jeannie’s mother, Irene Gut Opdyke, single-handedly saved the lives of 12 Jewish men, women and children by hiding them in the
On April 13, a gunman shot and killed two people in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas, and murdered another outside Village Shalom, a nearby senior living facility. The suspect in the killings, an avowed white supremacist and anti-Semite, was targeting Jews, but instead allegedly shot members of the Methodist and Catholic communities. “The
Houston, TX, February 26, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomes today’s federal court decision overturning Texas’ marriage ban. The Court held that Texas’ ban on marriage for same sex couples unconstitutionally deprives Texans of due process and equal protection under the law. ADL is pleased by the Court’s decision supporting the right of same-sex couples to marry
Houston, December 26, 2013–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) commends the Katy Police Department, Fulshear Police Department, Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI for acting quickly in an alleged racially motivated “knock-out” assault and sending a message that such crimes will not be tolerated. According to the Department of Justice, 27-year-old Conrad Alvin Barrett has been
(December 5, 2013)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has sent a letter to Houston Independent School District (HISD) Superintendent Dr. Terry Grier, asking him to change the name of Lamar High School’s mascot because it evokes a negative stereotype against Native Americans. ADL has called on professional sports teams to seriously consider moving away from the use of hurtful and offensive mascot
