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Category Archives: ADL
Really Inspiring Stuff
This I can tell you with confidence. When a Jewish leader begins his (OR HER!!!) position with, “Jews know what it means to […]” you can be sure it’s going to be a top quality statement from an inspirational, non-partisan … Continue reading
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Four Reasons the ADL’s Twitter Report Embarrasses #NeverTrump Pundits
From The Loebricator: The ADL released it’s report titled “Antisemitic Targeting of Journalists During the 2016 Presidential Campaign” which essentially defuses the exaggerated rhetoric from explicitly anti-Trump operatives like Ben Shapiro, Bethany Mandel and other Jewish conservative political pundits. Here’s … Continue reading
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ADL Declares ‘Pepe the Frog’ as Official Hate Symbol
I feel safer already! Glad to see the Jewish Establishment tackling the issues that really matter. I am sure the Israeli flag is a hate symbol to opponents of the Jewish state and the Cross is a symbol of hate … Continue reading
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Triggered! ADL calls on Trump Jr. to retract ‘gas chamber’ comment
Jewish Journal: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling on Donald J. Trump, Jr., the oldest son of the Republican presidential nominee, to retract an inappropriate Nazi reference he made in an interview on Wednesday. “The media has been her number … Continue reading
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‘Love Has No Labels’
As I watched Monday Night Football, I was continually assaulted by ads promoting the diversity message “Love has no labels.” What the heck is going on? I Googled the ads and found this on the ADL website: The Ad Council’s … Continue reading
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ADL Criticizes ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill That Would Make Police Shootings a Hate Crime
You rarely find Jews in any movement that seeks to enhance the rights of the majority at the expense of minorities but you frequently find Jews in movements that seek to enhance the rights of minorities at the expense of … Continue reading
@thelateempire: ‘Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11’
Who was behind the push to destabilize Syria? People like Yossi Klein Halevi who wrote in the Los Angeles Times April 15, 2003: Next, Turn the Screws on Syria The anti-terror effort must go on. Pressure all the jihadist regimes. … Continue reading
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ADL: ‘With #HeterosexualPrideDay trending, let’s reflect on why #Pride for LGBT is so important’
Strangely, neither the ADL nor the Museum of Tolerance and other such Jewish institutions push for gay marriage in Israel. One would think love is love, after all. ADL: June is LGBT Pride Month. To understand the LGBT movement, it’s … Continue reading
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ADL Diversity!
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Anti-Defamation League Chief Faces Challenge Trying To Renew Civil Rights Activism
Comments: * Here’s one to file under “It’s Always 1963!”: yesterday’s Morning Edition thumbsucker “Anti-Defamation League Chief Faces Challenge Trying To Renew Civil Rights Activism. Earnest Minnesota boomer Tom Gjelten is flummoxed by his discovery of emerging tensions between two … Continue reading
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