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ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE'S N.E. DIRECTOR TO STEP DOWN
Jan 28, 2013, 6:52am EST Updated: Jan 28, 2013, 7:38am EST
Courtesy ADL
Derrek Shulman is resigning as the head of the regional Anti-Defamation
League. He took over after a 2007 controversy over the organization's
treatment of the Armenian genocide.
Mary Moore Reporter- Boston Business Journal
Derrek Shulman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) in New England, has announced he will resign from his position
effective January 31.
Shulman made his decision known to the ADL's board of directors in
a recent email, which cited the challenge in balancing "the demands
of a growing office with the interests of my young family.
"In his email, Shulman said he plans to "move onto the next challenge
and, especially, spend more quality time with my wife and children."
Shulman took over leadership of the regional ADL after a period of
instability for the organization. His predecessor, Andrew Tarsy,
was fired in August 2007 for opposing the national organization's
position on the Armenian genocide that started in 1915, which Tarsy
argued the ADL should acknowledge.
The ADL re-hired Tarsy a week after firing him, but he resigned from
the organization in December of that year. Meanwhile, at least two
well-known board members - Stewart Cohen, former chairman of the
Polaroid Corp., and Boston City Council member Mike Ross - resigned
from the ADL's New England board of directors in response to Tarsy's
firing.
At the time, the ADL issued a statement acknowledging that "the
painful events of 1915-1918 perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against
the Armenians" were "tantamount to genocide." The statement reiterated
the ADL's position opposing formal recognition of the Armenian genocide
by Congress.
Today, as Shulman put it, the ADL is on "a high note." For example,
he said, the organization has more than doubled its annual campaign
in less than five years.The annual campaign is now $4.43 million,
Shulman said in his email, making the New England region the second
largest of the ADL's 28 regions, up from fifth place.
In addition, the organization added more than 25 directors to its
board since 2008, including some from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
and Central Massachusetts.Among other achievements that Shulman noted:
In 2011, the organization hosted an event titled "The New
Anti-Semitism," featuring Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel at Faneuil Hall,
which drew 1,000 attendees.
In 2010, the organization built a coalition to support legislation
that later became the anti-bullying law in Massachusetts.
In 2009, the organization created the Latino-Jewish Roundtable,
to develop allies and understanding.
Clarification: An earlier version of this story noted that the ADL
has not changed its position against recognizing the Armenian genocide.
However, the ADL did issue a statement in 2007 calling it "tantamount
to genocide."
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/01/derrek-shulman.html?page=all
For more information on the ADL's continued denial of the Armenian
Genocide, visit:
www.noplacefordenial.com,
http://www.noplacefordenial.com/2007/08/press-kit-history-of-lobbying-against.html
http://npfdinfo.blogspot.com/ http://npfdnews.blogspot.com/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 28, 2013, 6:52am EST Updated: Jan 28, 2013, 7:38am EST
Courtesy ADL
Derrek Shulman is resigning as the head of the regional Anti-Defamation
League. He took over after a 2007 controversy over the organization's
treatment of the Armenian genocide.
Mary Moore Reporter- Boston Business Journal
Derrek Shulman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) in New England, has announced he will resign from his position
effective January 31.
Shulman made his decision known to the ADL's board of directors in
a recent email, which cited the challenge in balancing "the demands
of a growing office with the interests of my young family.
"In his email, Shulman said he plans to "move onto the next challenge
and, especially, spend more quality time with my wife and children."
Shulman took over leadership of the regional ADL after a period of
instability for the organization. His predecessor, Andrew Tarsy,
was fired in August 2007 for opposing the national organization's
position on the Armenian genocide that started in 1915, which Tarsy
argued the ADL should acknowledge.
The ADL re-hired Tarsy a week after firing him, but he resigned from
the organization in December of that year. Meanwhile, at least two
well-known board members - Stewart Cohen, former chairman of the
Polaroid Corp., and Boston City Council member Mike Ross - resigned
from the ADL's New England board of directors in response to Tarsy's
firing.
At the time, the ADL issued a statement acknowledging that "the
painful events of 1915-1918 perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against
the Armenians" were "tantamount to genocide." The statement reiterated
the ADL's position opposing formal recognition of the Armenian genocide
by Congress.
Today, as Shulman put it, the ADL is on "a high note." For example,
he said, the organization has more than doubled its annual campaign
in less than five years.The annual campaign is now $4.43 million,
Shulman said in his email, making the New England region the second
largest of the ADL's 28 regions, up from fifth place.
In addition, the organization added more than 25 directors to its
board since 2008, including some from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
and Central Massachusetts.Among other achievements that Shulman noted:
In 2011, the organization hosted an event titled "The New
Anti-Semitism," featuring Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel at Faneuil Hall,
which drew 1,000 attendees.
In 2010, the organization built a coalition to support legislation
that later became the anti-bullying law in Massachusetts.
In 2009, the organization created the Latino-Jewish Roundtable,
to develop allies and understanding.
Clarification: An earlier version of this story noted that the ADL
has not changed its position against recognizing the Armenian genocide.
However, the ADL did issue a statement in 2007 calling it "tantamount
to genocide."
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/01/derrek-shulman.html?page=all
For more information on the ADL's continued denial of the Armenian
Genocide, visit:
www.noplacefordenial.com,
http://www.noplacefordenial.com/2007/08/press-kit-history-of-lobbying-against.html
http://npfdinfo.blogspot.com/ http://npfdnews.blogspot.com/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress