Jewish, Latino groups to unite in hate crime fight
By Associated Press  |   Sunday, June 28, 2009  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

BOSTON — A national Jewish organization and a Boston-based Latino group are planning a joint effort to fight hate crimes that target Latinos.

The Anti-Defamation League of New England and the Latino Professional Network on Tuesday will announce the creation the Latino/Jewish Roundtable. The committee will focus on solutions to combat "anti-immigrant rhetoric" aimed at U.S.-born Latinos and Latino immigrants.

The groups cited recent derogatory statements about Mexicans by Boston radio host Jay Severin and some of the reaction to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is Hispanic, as evidence of a need for the partnership.

The new partnership grew out of ADL’s recent "A Nation of Immigrants" Community Seder, and was organized with assistance from Boston law firm Prince, Lobel, Glovsky and Tye.