NY Archbishop Dolan to Address Catholic-Jewish Relations at ADL Annual Meeting in NYC, National Security Advisor to VP Biden on the Middle East, and Elliott Abrams on the Arab Spring

WHO: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

WHAT: ADL Annual Meeting

WHERE: Grand Hyatt Hotel, 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal, New York City

WHEN: Thursday, November 3 - Friday, November 4, 2011

DETAILS: Hundreds of ADL leaders from across the country will gather for ADL's 2011 Annual Meeting in New York City.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WILL BE OPEN TO THE MEDIA:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

10:30 A.M., Ballroom B & C
Release of the New ADL Survey on Anti-Semitism in America
John Marttila, Marttila Strategies
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director

11:00 A.M., Ballroom B & C
Jewish-Catholic Relations: A Conversation
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Senior Rabbi, Park Avenue Synagogue
Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York and President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

12 NOON, Ballroom B & C
Hate on the Internet: A Call for Transparency and Leadership
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director

1:00 P.M., Ballroom D & E
Presentation of the ADL Jan Karski Courage to Care Award to
Count Janos Esterhazy (posthumously), for his efforts to save Polish and Slovakian Jews during the Holocaust
Acceptance by Giovanni Malfatti, his grandson

2:00 P.M., Ballroom D & E
Presentation of the William & Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award to
Thomas P. Galati, Assistant Chief and Commanding Officer, Intelligence Division, NYPD

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4

10:00 A.M., Ballroom B & C
Addressing Hate and Bigotry on College Campuses
Mark Yudof, President, University of California

10:30 A.M., Ballroom B & C
Reflections on a Hate Crime: The Legacy of Matthew Shepard
Judy Shepard, Mother of Matthew Shepard

11:00 A.M., Ballroom B & C
Advancing U.S. Interests in a Changing Middle East
Antony J. Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President

12:30 P.M., Ballroom B & C
Challenges and Opportunities in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

1:30 P.M., Ballroom D & E
Israel's Diplomacy Crisis: Struggles to Define and Defend a Nation
Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations

EDITORS NOTE: Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director will be available for interviews upon request. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact ADL Media Relations at [phone] or [e-mail].

Contact:	November 3-5
Todd Gutnick: [phone]	Grand Hyatt New York
Dana Stein: [phone]	Press Office: Wintergarden, [phone]
[e-mail]	Cell Phones: [phone], [phone]

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SOURCE Anti-Defamation League