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Category Archives: Simon Wiesenthal
SWC Officials Attend Israeli PM’s Speech to U.S. Congress; Existential Threat Extends Beyond Israel
Here’s the bit I love most: “The Prime Minister reminded the world that Iran is a master at ‘hide and cheat’ and that nuclear inspectors failed to stop North Korea from becoming a nuclear power and that inspectors alone will … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, R. Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Concern With The Victims Of Communism
I went to http://www.wiesenthal.com/ and put “Communism” in the search box and found 30 results. I then put in “Nazi” and got 1479 results. Only two of the results for “communism” contained the word in the headline. Those press releases … Continue reading
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Do 100 Million Gentile Victims Of Communism Deserve A Memorial?
Jewish groups can’t get enough Holocaust memorials, they can’t get enough mandatory Holocaust education, but they’re uninterested in memorials for the victims of communism. I suspect that has to do with the vital role that Jews played in the development … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Communism, Holocaust, Jews, R. Marvin Hier, Simon Wiesenthal
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Wiesenthal Center: Cancel Program Glorifying Hungarian Anti-Semitic Writer and World War II Nazi Collaborator
Simon Wiesenthal Center: The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling for the cancellation of a program that glorifies a notorious World War II‐era Hungarian writer and Nazi collaborator. Mark Weitzman, the Wiesenthal Center’s Director of Government Affairs said that the program—scheduled … Continue reading
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Simon Wiesenthal Center Ignores Jewish Racism
I don’t believe in the existence of such recently invented moral categories as “racism” and “bigotry” and “anti-Semitism.” Instead, I see a world where different groups have different interests and these interests often clash, and hence different groups often hate … Continue reading
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Jews & Censorship
Chaim Amalek writes: “Real Yidden do not favor anything that might interfere with how we teach Torah. How can we hate the first born sons of Egypt enough to be glad they all died in Exodus if our rebbes are … Continue reading
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Controversy over Wiesenthal Center’s honoring Tom Cruise as humanitarian
Michael Barger emails: Hi Luke! I don’t know if you have heard but the Wiesenthal Center in LA is honoring Tom Cruise with a swank Hollywood fund raising dinner on May 5 and will present its Humanitarian Award to Tom … Continue reading
Posted in Scientology, Simon Wiesenthal
Tagged catholic clergyman, david miscavige, deborah lipstadt, exposing scientology, nick xenophon, wiesenthal center
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Top Salaries At Simon Wiesenthal Center
Through Guidestar.org, I found this 2007 990 filing by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Here are its top five earners that year: * Rabbi Abraham Cooper, over $330,000 * Rabbi Meyer May, $285,000 * Marlene Hier, $270,000 * Richard Trank, over … Continue reading
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Tagged earners, liebe geft, rabbi abraham cooper, richard trank, simon wiesenthal center
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