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Category Archives: Simon Wiesenthal
The “None is Too Many” guilt trip does not apply to the Syrian refugee crisis
In the following essay, a Canadian Jew calls out the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the organized Jewish community for using the Holocaust as a battering ram to force Canada to take in more Muslim immigrants. How many Jews and non-Jews … Continue reading
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New York City Mayoral Forum on Cultural Sensitivity andTolerance
They sure have a diverse array of speakers! Such a multiplicity of opinions! The Simon Wiesenthal Center – Museum of Tolerance invites you to Invitation Only Event Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 at 6:00pm Introductory Remarks by: Rabbi Steven Burg, Eastern … Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s 1999 Tour Of The Museum Of Tolerance
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post writes: Donald Trump is the monster the GOP created …Buchanan at the time [1999] had been talking about criminals entering illegally from Mexico. He said other politicians were afraid that “if they speak out … Continue reading
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DA VANCE AND RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER ANNOUNCE THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER’S REPORT ON DIGITAL TERRORISM AND HATE
From ManhattanDA.org: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., joined Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Richard Eaton, Simon Wiesenthal Center Senior Researcher, today to release the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2014 Report on Digital Terrorism … Continue reading
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Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2008 Presidential Questionaire
Link: In November 1947, the United Nations voted to endorse the creation of the Jewish State. Today, some say that Israel should give up its unique Jewish character in order pursue peace. As President, would you continue America’s historic support … Continue reading
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Simon Wiesenthal Center will monitor the PS as one of ten parties for spreading xenophobia and anti-Semitism
This pro-migrant site writes: After being named one of the nine scariest parties to be elected to the European parliament by Huffington Post, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the global Jewish human rights organization that challenges anti-Semitism, issued a statement where … Continue reading
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Max Blumenthal: How the Israel Lobby Protected Ukrainian Neo-Nazis
Max Blumenthal, a journalist of the left who opposes all ethno-nationalisms including the Israel expression, writes: AlterNet has learned that an amendment to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have forbidden US assistance, training and weapons to … Continue reading
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Mondoweiss: The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s perverted stance on ‘tolerance’
From Mondoweiss in 2010: Why does the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) have nothing to say about the rabbinical edict circulating in Israel—currently signed by more than four dozen rabbis—forbidding the sale or rental of homes to non-Jews? Or, why has … 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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