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Category Archives: Simon Wiesenthal
Decoding The Simon Wiesenthal Center
ChatGPT says: Here’s an Alliance Theory–style decode of the Simon Wiesenthal Center — not just as an advocacy organization, but as a coalition-building and boundary-enforcement institution within broader elite and institutional networks. *1. What the Simon Wiesenthal Center actually does … 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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So Who Were The Men & Institutions Who Pushed For America To Go To War In Syria?
As the Twitter user #thelatempire notes: “Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11.” So who pushed for this disaster? 9/3/13 Urgent Rosh Hashanah message from Rabbi Marvin Hier, SWC Dean and Founder Dear SWC Supporter, As … Continue reading
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Museum of Tolerance gives up its New York lease
New York Post: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which lost out on a $500,000 government grant due to its connection to a corruption scandal, is giving up its lease on the Midtown Museum of Tolerance next month, The Post has learned. … Continue reading
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Will Germany challenge migrant newcomers’ anti-Jewish/Israel animus?
By ABRAHAM COOPER, HAROLD BRACKMAN 06/02/2016: Wiesenthal Center officials will soon visit Berlin to raise an additional concern: what steps are being taken to deconstruct extreme anti-Jewish prejudices and anti-Israel animus which pervade Arab and Muslim societies and that many … Continue reading
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JEWISH GROUPS LAUD CANADA POST DECISION TO STOP DELIVERY OF PRO-NAZI PAPER
The Canadian Jewish News: Jewish groups are pleased with the decision by Canada Post to stop delivering an east-end Toronto publication that has been slammed as anti-Semitic, pro-Nazi and homophobic. Judy Foote, the federal minister responsible for Canada Post, issued … Continue reading
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Knick fans Stewart Rahr and Jona Rechnitz make a big score for charities
New York Daily News May 10, 2013: With the game winding down and the Knicks losing, Rechnitz asked for a consolation prize — $100,000 from Rahr if the Knicks lost, to give to charity. Stewart [Rahr] “looked at me and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Jews, Los Angeles, New York, Orthodoxy, Shlomo Rechnitz, Simon Wiesenthal, Yeshiva
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Simon Wiesenthal Center Seems Awfully Quiet When Jews Says Things That Would Get Non-Jews Destroyed
According to its website, Wiesenthal.com: “The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context. The Center confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with … 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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Facebook won’t let me link to this story on VDARE.com: Real Arson Hate Crime At A Mosque–Black Muslim Charged
I dig how Facebook tells me that this link is “unsafe.” How kind of them to look out for me like that and keep me from reading material that is “unsafe.” I appreciate how they keep Facebook a safe space … Continue reading
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