Daily Archives: September 27, 2015

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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The Holocaust in American Life by Peter Novick

This looks like a fascinating book. Here are excerpts of some reviews: * Prize-winning historian Peter Novick illuminates the reasons Americans ignored the Holocaust for so long — how dwelling on German crimes interfered with Cold War mobilization; how American … Continue reading

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