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...discussion after his presentation, Schmertz denied charges published by B'nai B'rith's Anti Defamation League (ADL) that his corporation discriminates against Jews in its hiring and employment practices...
...case, which challenges the constitutionality of racial quotas, and perhaps even the concept of affirmative action, has generated widespread concern and interest from such disparate groups as the Congressional Black Caucus and the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith (ADL...
...some, such as Isadore Vack, civil rights director of the ADL, "quotas and other preference systems represent reverse discrimination, with whites as the victims." The ADL supports "the traditional color-blind admissions methods based on individual merits," Vack said last week...
...ADL, too, is primarily concerned with the issue of race, not affirmative action. "The only issue presented by this case," the ADL brief contends, "is whether the state University of California can utilize race as a determinative factor in the admission and exclusion of candidates for its medical school at Davis...
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL). An arm of B'nai B'rith, it was founded in 1913 to fight antiSemitism, mainly through continual monitoring and publicizing of evidence suggesting such sentiment. With a budget of $7.4 million and a staff of 300 people, it issues periodic public reports on trends in prejudice against Jews and tries to counteract such trends through community projects and legal action...