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Dems to Palin: Bring up Rev. Wright, we’ll bring up Rev. Muthee [VIDEO]
Sarah Palin is saying more attention should be paid to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor. Democrats counter that they are ready to fight back with their own barrage of guilt-by-association attacks.
Anti-Semites piling on as global economy plummets
Wall Street, Main Street, Jew Street
If only those nasty money changers and culture vultures in the seething cities below would just let them sow their wheat and do their books and raise their children up good.
Will Wall Street crisis spur anti-Semitism?
Will the crisis on Wall Street, where so many Jews work, spur hostility toward Jews? Some Jews certainly seem anxious about it.
Jews blamed for economic crisis
Iranian scholar says ‘Tom and Jerry’ part of Jewish conspiracy
Who you calling rebbetzin, why you dissing Palin, what college anti-Semitism?
" . . . I am just an average person that fits the person you describe in "Post-Palin Depression." I do not have a therapist, but I have been in depression for almost two weeks now . . . "
‘Family Guy’ attacked by Holocaust denier
Pope in Paris: ‘To be anti-Semitic is to be anti-Christian’ [VIDEO]
Jews and Christians should get to know each other better, Pope Benedict XVI said at a meeting with French Jewish leaders.
Sarah Palin’s favorite anti-Semite
More Jewish teens attacked in Paris, Adelson gives $30 million to Birthright
Three Jewish teenagers were attacked in the same Paris district where another Jewish teen was beaten severely in June.
The latest pledge consists of a $20 million contribution for 2009 and $10 million for 2010, said Michael Bohnen, president of the Adelson Foundation, in a news release Tuesday announcing the gift.
Free speech on campus
Campus hate—while down —is still a problem, wailin’ on Palin
" . . .If insulting community organizers, making snide remarks about Sen. Barack Obama's popularity and mocking the location of Obama's acceptance speech make her [Palin] presidential material, then America is in serious trouble . . ."
That campus anti-Semitism thing, you say it’s your birthday
" . . . Jews are an ethnic group, sharing an ancestry, a heritage, traditions, language, homeland and culture. Not protecting them from anti-Semitism on college campuses means that a national problem may go unaddressed, because colleges and universities need not answer for their conduct . . ."
McCain team: Palin rejects views of church’s Jews for Jesus speaker
Vice presidential pick Sarah Palin says she doesn't share the views of a Jews for Jesus leader who at her church suggested that violence against Israelis resulted from God's judgment against Jews who have failed to embrace Jesus.
USC Muslim group removes anti-Semitic passage from Web site
When Rabbi Aron Hier, director of campus outreach at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Reut Cohen of the Horowitz Freedom Center discovered the passage, they sent a letter to Alan Casden, a USC trustee and co-chair of the Wiesenthal Center's board, urging him to have the university remove that portion of the Hadith
Jewish dual loyalty and anti-Semitic witch hunts
Quiet war on campus: Israel remains under attack despite fewer public protests
While she worked bringing pro-Israel speakers and programs to campuses, Davoodi also built up quite a collection of fliers claiming Zionists are the new Nazis, that the 'Israel lobby' has hijacked American foreign policy and the Jewish state is built on a mounds of lies and Palestinian bones.
Say it ain’t Jew, Joe
Anti-semitism again rears its head in Tennessee election
Allosemitism (noun)—Jews as the perpetual ‘other’
How to define what is "Jewish" provides endless fodder for debate in post-Holocaust, post-communist Europe. Is there, as the concept of allosemitism implies, a "certain Jewish something" that sets Jews apart?
Temple Beth Haverim bankrupt, ADL condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents
Temple Beth Haverim, an Agoura Hills-based Conservative congregation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week in an effort to restructure its debts.
Steven Cohen and the Jews-hate-Jesus campaign
David Irving makes NY appearance, attacks Jews and defends Hitler
‘Why do people think Jews run Hollywood?’
Saudi textbooks: Faithful Muslims shoud hate Christians and Jews
Quran’s description of Jews as ‘apes’ and ‘swine’
John Ubele: another scary political candidate
Bin Laden the Jew and ‘Protocols’ of al Qaeda
Good friends and implacable foes
Three days at the biennial General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in San Jose reminded me of the classic line about mixed emotions, which is watching your new Jaguar go over the side of a cliff with the tax assessor strapped to the seat. The very good results of the convention mingled freely with the very bad.
Under Chavez, anti-Semitism way up in Venezuela
Joe Klein’s dual-loyalty assertion for Jews
Yes, Virginia, there is a Jewish media conspiracy
No more candles
As a result of universal silence and appeasement, Germany invaded Poland, overran Europe and North Africa and carried out its stated intention to kill millions of people.
Latest brutal attack on French youth reignites anger in Jewish community
Angry and frightened Jewish youth gathered in the 19th district of northern Paris on Monday evening to show support for a 17-year-old Jewish boy who was brutally beaten with metal bars while on his way to synagogue Saturday evening.
VIDEO: ‘Don’t Be A Sucker’—War Dept. tells Americans to fight hatred and fanaticism (1947)
Government 'public service' movie admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into "suckers."
"Let's forget about 'we' and 'they' -- let's think about us!" In the context of the emerging Cold War, this film appears paradoxical.
VIDEO: This just in—Saudis are Jews in disguise!
Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab: The Saudi regime is used by the Jews to avenge the defeat of the Qaynuqa Tribe by the Prophet Muhammad.
Chai five: Atlanta Jews thank David Duke
New Presbyterian statement irks Jewish groups, sparks divestment fears
Just days before they are due to consider a range of motions on the Middle East at their biennial convention, the Presbyterian Church USA has released a document on combating anti-Jewish ideas. But Jewish organizational leaders say the statement is "infused with the very bias" it purports to condemn.
Alpert JCC hosts community forum on CSLUB prof, ADL-hosted trip to D.C. unites diverse teens
Short news items from all around Southern California.
Israel @ 60: Confronting denial
Each year, in preparation for Israel's birthday, newspaper editors feel an uncontrolled urge, a divine calling in fact, to invite Arab writers to tell us why Israel should not exist.
Why a Jewish student chose against UC Irvine
Mock LA mayor: ‘when I say Jewish state, I am referring not just to Israel, but also to California’*
LAPD seeks tips in identifying synagogue vandals, releases surveillance video
Police are requesting the public's help in identifying the perpetrator of synagogue vandalism. On December 5, someone spraypainted a devil on the back wall of Congregation Beth Israel in Los Angeles. The vandalism was captured on video, and police believe a citizen will be able to identify the perpetrator.
Judge declares mistrial in Seattle Jewish Federation shooting case
A judge declared a mistrial in the case of the gunman who shot up the offices of this city's Jewish federation. The King County prosecutor vowed to retry Naveed Haq, 32, who claimed he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Pakistan Daily: Osama is Jewish and Al-Qaeda is a Jewish front
The genius of ‘Arrested Development’—R.I.P.
Judicial candidate advocates deporting non-whites
Racism colors judicial bid: Candidate Bill Johnson advocates deportation of ‘non-whites’
Because voters are notoriously uninformed about judicial races, the June 3 Los Angeles County election could see the election of a white-supremacist candidate who advocates restricting U.S. citizenship to non-Hispanic whites and deporting most non-whites, including anyone with more than one-eighth Semitic blood
Jewish Press: Obama’s ‘not some ogre’
Ziman and Lee: the reconciliation continues
ADL adds to literature on Kevin MacDonald
NY Wasps candidly share anti-Semitic attitudes
Monday morning editor
NY Jews protest attack on teen
More Ruth Wisse, Jews and Power
‘Zionist bigots like you, Mr. Greenberg’
VIDEO: A Good Joke
The professor the anti-Semites love
Kevin MacDonald had just completed the first in a series of books that would come to define him.MacDonald, 64, has been deemed America's "foremost anti-Semitic thinker" by civil rights experts.
Long Beach professor justifies anti-Semitism
Jew hatred grows as Jewish life does, too
It’s ‘alleged’ anti-Semitism: a-l-l-e-g-e-d
Rev. Lee blasted in Wall St. Journal
Rev. Wright is Mr. Wrong
Redux: ‘The true meaning of Passover’
Bad news for Jews: American accused of spying for Israel in ‘80s
E-mail charging anti-Semitism takes toll on Rev. Lee
"My entire reputation has been damaged," the Rev. Eric P. Lee said Monday, little more than a week after Jewish philanthropist Daphna Ziman sent an irate e-mail calling him an anti-Semite to her friends and members of the media
A Passover celebration with Jews and Rev. Lee
Americans think highest of Methodists and Jews
Ed Koch’s war against anti-Semitism
Two cheers for the Administration’s flawed anti-Semitism report
Last month, the State Department issued its report on contemporary global anti-Semitism. There's much to admire in it, albeit with a significant reservation.
Rev. Lee ‘unequivocally’ denounces anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism interrupts black frat event?
Jewish philanthropist accuses black pastor of anti-Semitism
An email from prominent Jewish philanthropist Daphna Ziman, who is known for her work with Los Angeles social causes, is circulating rapidly because of its accusations that a black pastor at an event where she was being honored made harshly anti-Semitic remarks in a keynote address.
How Tinseltown shaped the world’s view of the Holocaust
Hollywood movies and television have shaped the way most of the world perceives the Final Solution, narrator Gene Hackman observes at the beginning of "Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust." It is a statement that may not sit too well with generations of historians and authors, but the evidence validates the conclusion.
Briefs: Loyola hosts Jewish Studies conference, Jews at UC Irvine say they are safe
News briefs
Letter to Obama
If anybody will ever earn the respect of the warring parties of the Middle East and of the rest of the world, it will be a black American president with a Muslim name, a sense of universal fairness, and the courage to speak the truth as he sees it. As someone who is deeply pained by how the world continues to malign the state of Israel, I have the audacity to hope that such a change will be good for the Jews.
Hate in Translation
Book review of Matthais Kuntze's "Jihad and Jew Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11" (Telos Press, 2007).
Letter from London: ‘An English Tragedy’ is timely on stage
In an atmosphere of increasing British anti-Semitism and vitriolic anti-Israel rhetoric in the left-wing press here, the play we're about to see, "An English Tragedy," couldn't be more timely. Written by South African Jewish playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood ("The Pianist," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"), it is the story of John Amery, son of a Cabinet minister, who along with the infamous Lord Haw Haw made propaganda radio broadcasts for the Nazis that were beamed to England.
Welcome to South Korea— enjoy our gratuitously anti-Semitic comic books!
Sen. Obama, answer my questions on your past
I for one need to know the truth. I was born in Israel, and I love my homeland. I want to know that the person in the Oval Office cares about Israel's survival. Please tell us who you are, Sen. Obama; don't let your enemies, or your friends, define you.
Obama ties to ‘separatist’ pastor raise big questions
Democratic presidential front-runner Obama survived a malicious viral e-mail campaign that he was a Muslim. But can the populist candidacy of the Illinois senator survive the truthful revelations about his 20-year relationship with his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, the "black separatist" Christian pastor?
Obama’s record on Israel repudiates critics
Those of us who care deeply about Israel have a profound stake in who serves as president of the United States. Israel has a great friend in Obama. And it does a disservice to Israel and to the U.S.-Israel relationship to allow those with a hostile political agenda to continue to assassinate the character of Obama, whose election as president would not only revitalize America's image in the world and elevate America's standing once again in the community of nations, but also would insure Israel of a steadfast and committed friend in the White House.
Online Antisemitism 2.0. “Social Antisemitism” on the “Social Web”
Weekend disturbance
State: Global anti-Semitism rising
What Israel means to me
Israel is a free society. The rights of the minority, of the oppressed, indeed, of the criminally foolish are protected. Mr. Chomsky would be as free in Israel to pronounce this nonsense as he is in the United States. Were he to move to the Arab world, he would be persecuted as a Jew (as, indeed, he might be in France). And were he, God forbid, persecuted, Israel would offer him a home, under the Right of Return. That is what Israel means to me.
Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. and California down in 2007, ADL reports
Continuing its downward trend, the number of anti-Semitic incidents statewide and nationwide dropped last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) annual audit.
Tommie Harris’ anti-Semitic joke
The Nazi in the hot tub
It turns out there is something eternal and topical about the ancient wedding ritual of breaking the glass at the wedding, of the Jewish reality being forever black and white, of the Nazi in the hot tub.
‘The Nazi in the hot tub’
City and Feds offer $95,000 reward for information on Valley firebombings
Los Angeles and Jewish officials announced today that the reward for information about last week's firebombing attacks on The New JCC at Milken and the West Valley residence of a Jewish family has been increased to $95,000.
Anti-Semitism: ‘Jealousy born of envy’
Putin files: Anti-Semitism never dies in Russia
Villaraigosa condemns Molotov cocktail attack on Milken JCC
Community briefs dealing with the firebombing of the Milken JCC.
Report says UCI is a hostile place for Jewish students
A 34-page report by an independent task force on anti-Semitism at University of California, Irvine (UCI), details anti-Semitic allegations. During the past few years, the Orange County campus has been the subject of news reports and protests because of the pro-Palestinian campaign of its Muslim Student Union (MSU). Anti-Israel, and at times anti-Jewish, rantings are often spewed by radical speakers these students have invited for campus events dubbed "Zio-Nazis," "The UC Intifada: How You Can Help Palestine" and "From Auschwitz to Gaza: The Politics of Genocide," the last of which was held this month.
Independence creates uncertainty for Kosovo’s Jews
There are some 50 Jews left in Kosovo. Belonging to three families, or clans, they all live in the city of Prizren, a rare gem of ancient architecture amid a landscape devastated by war, poverty and communist-era concrete.
UC Irvine student: ‘Israel will be wiped off the face of the earth’
Molotov cocktail thrown at Valley Jewish center
‘Dictator’s cut’
Memphis congressional race gets ugly
Finkelstein welcomed to LA by Jewish Defense League
Video from Vilna
Scary costumes: Jews on parade
‘The Path to the Final Solution’
Fighting anti-Semitism online
Obama swears he’s no anti-Semite
‘Hitler Suite’ a popular pick in Belgrade
Rabbi Cooper; Enough with the Spinka; Tuskeegee Airmen
Readers respond to The Jewish Journal articles.
Gandhi grandson resigns after criticism of anti-Semitic article
The president of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence at the University of Rochester resigned Thursday amid criticism of a short opinion piece he wrote for The Washington Post online titled "Jewish Identity Can't Depend on Violence."
Gandhi’s grandson resigns after accusing Jews of ‘culture of violence’
No longer searching for Bobby Fischer
Jews respond to Obama smear
Powerful Jewish women are verboten at Ms. Magazine
Anti-Semitism on rise in Europe
Ron Paul won’t return neo-Nazi donation
Firsthand accounts bring WWII London ‘Blitz’ to life
There is no shortage of books, historical and fictional, on the bombing of London during World War II. Peter Stansky's new book, "The First Day of the Blitz," combines history, political commentary and firsthand testimony in a compelling account.
J’accuse
Philippe Karsenty is not sure exactly when he snapped. He does recall a certain morning in Paris when one of the employees in his software firm walked into his office, and, instead of talking business, brought up something rather unexpected: "What did you do yesterday in Gaza? When will you Jews stop murdering Arab children?" the employee asked.
Briefs: The fence is the line, gas cuts for Gaza
Haim Ramon indicated that Israel's West Bank security barrier will be the future Israel-Palestine border. Israel's deputy prime minister, speaking Monday night at the Israel Policy Forum's annual gala in New York, said Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in dispute over just 5.5 percent of the West Bank.
KCRW’s gift—five days of ‘Only in America’ Jewish history
For a certain nostalgic segment of the Jewish community, Chanukah wasn't official until KCRW-FM general manager Ruth Seymour narrated her lively "Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools" program at this time of the year. This noble tradition has now come to an end, but KCRW (89.9) has come up with a worthy replacement in "Only in America," which will air over five days in one-hour segments, Dec. 3-7 at 2 p.m.
‘Hook-nosed, bloodstained Jews out to trick peaceful Arabs at Annapolis summit’
Hamsters as symbols of anti-Semitism?
Vatican ambassador on Israel: ‘Better when there were no diplomatic relations’
FBI says hate crimes are up, but not so much
‘Crappy-tipping Jews’ cartoon
Cafe Hillel marks new tactic to reach out to young people—in Odessa
Kiril Alexandrovich's Cafe Hillel, which was expected to open last week, is the first effort in Odessa at co-branding undertaken by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. The partnership aims to transform Jewish youth organizing in the former Soviet Union, leaving behind the club model and heading out into the cities, where young Jews work and play.
White Houses demands Belarus chief retract anti-Semitic remarks; Sarkozy and Israel
News briefs.
Blaming Jews for killing Jesus
Letter from France: French first lady vanishes
French newspapers have been investigating the whereabouts of French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy because she has vanished from TV screens and media events. The spouse of President Nicolas Sarkozy has apparently disappeared from public life -- or at least from her husband's public life -- days before the launch of a special commission to investigate the "Libyan deal" signed between France and Libya for the liberation of Bulgarian nurses, in which Cecilia Sarkozy supposedly played a major role.
TV: Iran’s ‘Zero Degree Turn’ flips facts on Holocaust
A popular Persian-language drama on Iranian state-run television dealing with the Holocaust contains anti-Semitic and anti-Israel themes, Los Angeles Iranian Jewish activists have revealed. News publications, including The Wall Street Journal, have hailed the new show, "Zero Degree Turn," as sympathetic to the plight of Jews during the Shoah, but Jewish experts fluent in Persian have analyzed the program more closely and have come to a different conclusion.
Jewish power dominates ‘Vanity Fair 100’
Briefs: Sukkah at UC Davis vandalized; Poll: Israelis want united Jerusalem
News briefs.
Dawkins’ Jew slander has hurt atheists
Dawkins: Jews ‘monopolize American foreign policy’
Elmau & Dachau: A Muslim’s Testimony
I am a Muslim intellectual woman who teaches Judaism and Islam, a Muslim who seeks dialogue with Jews, a Muslim who sympathizes with Jews and understands the need for the state of Israel.
A love song for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
No Jews allowed: Judenrein U.S. program
Latino pastors celebrate Sukkot and Israel in Westwood
About 200 Latino evangelical Christians were guests for a Sukkot meal and Israeli flag ceremony hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Israeli consulate. The event was designed to strengthen relations between Jews and a specific segment of the Latino community -- evangelicals.
Latinos who love Israel, maybe Jews too
Nixon’s Jewish paranoia
U.S. Navy Nazi sympathizers?
Anti-Semitic Patriot Dames
The saga of Shankster Gangster
Letter from France: Battle against anti-Semitism enters new phase with increased legal action and harsher penalties
French Jews were relieved to learn of the arrest and conviction of Nizar Ouedrani, a man who assaulted a young Jew wearing a kippah in Paris last July, as the victim was walking toward a synagogue. The incident is one among dozens, but for the first time, Jewish leaders noted, the court opted for a severe sentence.
Record anti-Semitism weighs heavily on British Jews
With anti-Semitism in Britain at record levels, life is changing in subtle and not-so-subtle ways for the country's Jews.
Israeli neo-Nazis
Anti-Semitism and homophobia—kissing cousins
Why Christians should love Israel
European anti-Semitism
Lamenting Jewish ‘exceptionalism’
Britons aren’t Islamophobic but Semitophobic
Two Orthodox students shot with pellet gun;
LAPD labels attack a 'hate crime'
Two Orthodox Jews were shot with a pellet gun Thursday night at Alta Vista Boulevard and Waring Avenue in the Melrose area in an incident that Los Angeles police have labeled a hate crime. No one had been apprehended as of Friday afternoon.
Is anti-Semitism (in moderation, of course) good for the Jews?
Is anti-Semitism good for American Jews? Yes; in moderate doses it may be the antidote to assimilation and declining support for Israel among American Jews, argues UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh.
Stop the presses: Jews have Jewish names!
E-mail gives Jews the ‘Heebie Jeebies’
Harry Potterstein?
As I, along with millions of others, sped through "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," I found myself picking up on more than a few new spells and the ingenuity of J.K. Rowling's enthralling writing (don't worry -- it's safe to read on. No spoilers here).
Briefs: Condi tries to strike Mideast balance, Chelsea Clinton gets Shabbat-experienced
News Briefs.
Summer reading—Goldberg’s ‘Prisoners’
Gawker: Jews will do anything for a dollar
Holocaust denial or alter kaker row?
Ain’t anti-Semitism great?
Why the Jews freed the murderer
Anti-Semitism in a familiar place: Poland
If it’s racist, it ain’t anti-Semitic
New reports expose rampant anti-Semitic attacks in Western Europe
Anti-Semitism in Western Europe apparently is out of control.
Falwell for Israel
Another anti-Semitic incident in Sherman Oaks
Jews too powerful, talk too much about Holocaust
‘Is Christianity Good for the World?’
Mickey’s anti-Semitic outburst
Jews laud Boris Yeltsin’s legacy
Russian Jewish leaders agree that the community should remember Boris Yeltsin, who died Monday at age 76, primarily as the man who ended decades of state-sanctioned anti-Semitism in Russia.
Israelis fear anti-Semitism imported from Russia
n recent years, sporadic acts of anti-Semitism have hit Israel, most of them carried out by disaffected immigrant youths from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Although the youths came to Israel under the Law of Return, they are among those who identify not as Jews but as ethnic Russians. Under Israel's Law of Return, a cornerstone of Israel's identity as a haven for all Jews, anyone with a Jewish parent or grandparent is permitted to immigrate and be granted citizenship.
Briefs: ‘Islamist Threat’ panel stirs emotions at UCLA; Goldhagen: Iraq conflict increased worldwide
Community briefs.
Jews and money
Venezuela’s Jews prosper but keep wary eye on future with Hugo Chavez
The floor of the small synagogue in the center of Coro, the oldest Jewish house of prayer in Venezuela, is covered in a thick layer of sand intended to recall the Children of Israel's time in the Sinai Desert. It is also, however, a symbol of the transience of Jewish settlement in South America.
Film director Verhoeven defies Dutch Shoah myth in ‘Black Book’ thriller
"Black Book" is a first-class thriller, pitting the Dutch resistance against the Nazi occupiers in the waning months of World War II, and it holds plenty of unexpected plot twists.
The lost Jewish athletes
Briefs: West Bank withdrawals coming, Peres says; Israel wants U.S. to stay the course on P.A.
Briefs
Experts explore effects of Ahmadinejad anti-Semitism
Community Briefs
Israel labor strike called off; U.S. Jews against Iraq war most strongly
Briefs: L.A. Koreans and Jews protest anti-Semitic cartoons published in South Korea; Police Chief Bratton warns terrorism will be threat for the rest of our lives
Briefs
Bay Area takes on ‘progressive’ anti-Semitism
While much attention has been paid to the so-called "new anti-Semitism," in which antipathy toward Jews is masked as rabid criticism of Israel, the Finding Our Voice conference represents the first organized effort by liberal Jews to fight back.
Olmert goes to China; Hezbollah is back; Euro righties caucus; Jews get blamed again
World News Briefs
Prager; CAIR; Gibson; The Boot!
letters to the editor
Borat, Seriously
Following the massive success of the movie "Borat," there is bound to be an equally massive deluge of punditry on what it all means.I defy you to watch the movie and not cramp up from laughter. And by all means, continue laughing when the pundits say "Borat" reveals something dark, ugly or frightening about America. Taking "Borat" seriously is seriously ridiculous.
Pharmacy under attack after anti-Semitism charges
The notion may sound unlikely, but a widely circulated e-mail bearing the subject heading "Druggist won't do business with 'Jews or Jew Doctors'" sparked concern and outrage in recent weeks as it landed in hundreds of computer mailboxes across the country. After all, the source -- a Jewish woman in Florida -- appeared to be without hostile intent, and the allegation, targeting the Wilshire Roxbury Medical Pharmacy at 436 North Roxbury Drive, allegedly had been vetted.First, to put rumors to rest, the charge is definitely false. The pharmacist/owner, who preferred not to have his name published, is Jewish, as is his assistant. They cater to Jewish customers as well as Jewish doctors.
Local Couple Secures Pope’s Personal Blessing of Crucifix for Ailing Catholic Friend
Civic activists and philanthropists Faith and Jonathan Cookler recently returned from an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Leadership Mission led by Abraham Foxman, ADL national director, to meet with political, religious and community leaders in Rome, Paris (where Foxman was presented with the Legion of Honor by President Jacques Chirac) and Berlin.
European anti-Semitism up since Hezbollah war
Israel's recent war with Hezbollah resulted in a new wave of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe -- almost all in Western Europe, a new report finds.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the G.A.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the General Assembly
Israeli police want to charge Katsav for rape; U.S. funding Hamas opponents
News Updates.
Controversial Muslim leader Hathout gets award despite opposition
At a meeting that featured catcalls, standing ovations and the ejection of a disruptive audience member, Los Angeles' County Human Relations Commission voted again Monday to give an award to Dr. Maher Hathout, a local Muslim leader whose harsh rhetoric on Israel generated accusations of anti-Semitism and extremism.
Area synagogues weigh benefits, pitfalls of High Holidays security
Throughout Southern California, congregations will spend untold thousands on armed guards, private patrols and high-tech security cameras to protect from real or imagined threats.
Ex-Iran President’s U.S. Visit Is Slap in the Face
The issuance of a U.S. visa to Mohammad Khatami, former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran until he was succeeded by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Khatami's presence this week on
U.S. soil, is an insult to the American people, a slap in the face to Iran's pro-democracy movement, a mockery of the immigration and anti-terrorism laws and a continuation of the schizophrenic nonpolicy of the U.S. State Department.
Conspiracy Theories Continue to Blame Jews and Israel Five Years After 9/11
As the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, approaches, the date has become synonymous with the image of wanton destruction. And in addition to the massive loss caused by the attacks, they spawned another form of unrelenting damage -- a host of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories implicating the Jews and Israel in the bloodshed.
What I Really Asked Mel Gibson
Can an alcoholic who was poisoned with his father's anti-Semitism use a moment of naked exposure to confront his bigotry? Can he ever hope to cleanse himself of this deeply-seated hatred or is he forever doomed?
Fighting Fire With Satire
The anti-Semitic fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks so appalled alternative journalists Joshua Neuman and David Deutsch that they went scurrying to their keyboards. "The Big Book of Jewish Conspiracies," published in April 2005 by St. Martin's Griffin, is a compendium of Jewish conspiracies through the ages as seen through the eyes of, say, Woody Allen or Mel Brooks.
High Holiday Invite Continues the Passion of Mel
Mel Gibson has easily disposed of his legal problems, but whether, when and how he will personally appear before a Jewish audience is very much up in the air. When the actor-director was stopped on suspicion of drunk driving by a Jewish sheriff's deputy in the early hours of July 28, Gibson began cursing the "F*****g Jews ... responsible for all the wars in the world."
Circuit
Circuit News; GOP in the Library With A Tribute; The Great Statesmen; Fond of the New Rabbi; All About Ethics.
Lowcountry Leisure—Southern Escape Steeped in History
So you've seen "Big Fish," "Forrest Gump" and "Driving Miss Daisy," and now you think you know what the South is all about -- old mansions, moss-draped oaks, steamy swamps. Think again.
The South is a vibrant tapestry of culture, and its Jewish communities are important threads. Atlanta, Miami and Nashville are thriving tourism destinations, but Charleston, S.C., featuring luxuriant gardens, long porches and rocking chairs filled with laughing guests sipping sweet tea, is also flush with Jewish history that dates back to the 17th century.
Local Christian Leaders Maintain Support for Israel
Even in the face of recent international criticism of Israel's war tactics, American Christians, especially Evangelicals, have remained steadfast in support of Jews and the Jewish state. Whereas vicious anti-Zionist attacks in much of Europe and the Arab world have lately bled into rank anti-Semitism, even those American Christians critical of Israel's recent actions have gone to great lengths to stress their support for the nation's right to exist.
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VideoJew’s VideoGuide to L.A. #2—Driving from here to there
VideoJew Jay Firestone is back with the second 'volume' in his VideoGuide to L.A. This week -- driving around town
