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Shereen Bhalla, who previously worked at the Hindu American Foundation, is the Anti-Defamation League's new director of education for Northern California, Utah and Hawaii.
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ADL’s new hire brings her Hindu perspective to org’s civil rights mission

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023January 4, 2024

Shereen Bhalla, who started May 1 as director of education for the Anti-Defamation League’s office covering Northern California, Utah and Hawaii, knew she’d have to talk about swastikas. Formerly in […]

Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
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ADL event about California hate bill affirms Hindu-Jewish solidarity on swastikas

by Dan Pine August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
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New state hate crime bill differentiates Hindu swastika from Nazi emblem

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 27, 2022November 12, 2023

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