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Category Archives: Museum of Tolerance
Wiesenthal Center isn’t withdrawing prize given to Harvey Weinstein
The Wiesenthal Center was funded by dirty money from the mortgage mess (Roland Arnall was co-founder). JTA — The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it hasn’t considered withdrawing an award given to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired by the … Continue reading
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Museum Of Tolerance Reviews
From Glassdoor: * Pros Most of the people you work with are very committed to promoting equality, tolerance, fairness, and social justice. Most of the museum staff are nice. Cons The museum is run by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), … Continue reading
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JJ: Hier and Hier: From yeshiva boy to global storyteller
If David Suissa is right and Marvin Hier is at heart a yeshiva boy, then I am more skeptical of yeshivas. I don’t believe David Suissa is right and therefore I don’t regard yeshivas as the enemy of Western civilization. … Continue reading
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Museum of Tolerance Holds Immigration Workshop
Link: “A 3rd grade student draws about hopes for her future as an FBI agent during an immigration workshop at the Museum of Tolerance on May 6, 2013 in New York City. Some eighty 2nd and 3rd graders, many of … Continue reading
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Talking about Immigration with Youth: Ethics, Equity and Empathy
* Link: Talking about Immigration with Youth: Ethics, Equity and Empathy By Linda S. Blanshay Director, Program Development, Museum of Tolerance This 2014, each of the participating sites in the National Dialogues on Immigration project will be contributing to our … Continue reading
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Love and Mercy
I’m watching this 2014 movie Love and Mercy about Brian Wilson. Half of it takes place in the 1960s and the California beaches seem so white. There’s not a Mexican in sight. Today you go to the Santa Monica beach … Continue reading
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MOT: Love Wins!
The Museum of Tolerance, run by Orthodox rabbis, celebrated today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states by posting on Facebook: “Love wins! #loveislove” How are the Orthodox rabbis who run the Museum of Tolerance allowed … Continue reading
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Museum Of Tolerance Educating Police About Implicit Bias
The Museum of Tolerance and the Simon Wiesenthal Center are getting into the Ferguson racket. LOS ANGELES (AP): When law enforcement officers from around the U.S. visit the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles for training these days, they are … Continue reading
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The Most Over-Paid Jewish Charity Chiefs
From The Forward, Dec. 15 2013: A new list of overpaid heads of Jewish organizations is made up of well-known names, each viewed by his board members as being exceptional, and each compensated exceptionally well. According to an independent analysis … Continue reading
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Simon Wiesenthal Center Salaries
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Susan Burden (CFO): ~$590,000 * Rabbi Marvin Hier (CEO): ~$790,000 * Rabbi Abraham Cooper (Associate Dean): ~$515,000 * Liebe Geft (Director): ~$387,000 … Continue reading
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