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Oklahoma tornado: How you can help
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
A prayer for Oklahoma
Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened to the Torah reader chant descriptions of the smoking mountain, the thunderous…
Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
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Justin Timberlake and Coen brothers answer Jewish questions at Cannes
Using his preternatural smoothness, Justin Timberlake saved the Coen brothers from some serious awkwardness at a Cannes press conference for their folk singer film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Sunday. “Jewish…
Sean Penn lobbies for Charedi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country.
Mel Brooks’ top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes [VIDEO]
Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of Brooks’ best Jewish clips.
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Sarah Silverman sings about staying home in ‘Perfect Night’
For your listening pleasure, “Perfect Night,” in which Sarah Silverman recounts the benefits of skipping the club for the couch. Because this is a Silverman production you can expect references…
Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
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Report says Greece could ban anti-Semitic Golden Dawn party
A report released by the Council of Europe says that Greece could legally ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party, which has been linked to a number of violent, racist attacks.
Judaism’s Big Moment at the Oscars
Window into our minds?
A response to NYT article about racist Israel
This week from Israel
Italy releases guidelines for dealing with anti-Semitism at soccer matches
New guidelines issued by the Italian Interior Ministry govern how police may halt or interrupt a soccer match because of racist or anti-Semitic behavior by fans or on the pitch.
Religious groups urge understanding following Sikh Temple shooting
Religious groups are calling for tolerance after six people were killed in a shooting attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
Racism scandal dogs Australia’s only Jewish Olympic athlete
The only Jewish athlete on Australia's Olympic team unwittingly has been drawn into a racism scandal on the eve of the London Games.
Ethiopian-Israeli Jews, mistaken for African migrant workers, feel racism’s pain
When violent riots against African migrant workers erupted in south Tel Aviv recently, a mob attacked Hanania Wanda, a Jew of Ethiopian origin, mistaking him for a Sudanese migrant worker.
The odd connection between violence and race
Washington letter to go back on display
A 1790 letter by George Washington decrying bigotry to a synagogue in Rhode Island will go back on public display for the first time in a decade.
Meet the filmmakers of the French megahit “The Intouchables” [VIDEO]
Molotov cocktails thrown at African migrant residences in Tel Aviv
Unidentified attackers threw Molotov cocktails at several residences of African migrants in Tel Aviv.
20 years after the L.A. Riots
On April 29, 1992, the acquittal of four white Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American man, triggered riots in Los Angeles that resulted in more than 50 dead, thousands injured and some $1 billion in property damage.
Another Crime of Hate?
Sarkozy: Gunman in French shootings driven by racism [VIDEO]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the same gunman who shot dead a teacher and three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday was also responsible for the killing of three soldiers last week, apparently motivated by racism.
Siri-like Android app gives racist responses
Israeli school bus driver suspended for slurring Ethiopian children
An Israeli school bus driver was suspended for making racist statements to Ethiopian children.
Racism, Jesus & Christmas
Italian Jews pledge fight against racist violence
Italy’s Jews expressed solidarity with victims of recent racist attacks in Italy and pledged to fight against a new outbreak of racist violence.
Probe launched into Safed rabbi’s anti-Arab comments
Israel's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation on suspicion of incitement to racism against the chief rabbi of Safed.
Denounce violence in the name of religion, Vatican liaison says
The Vatican chief liaison to world Jewry voiced an urgent call from Pope Benedict XVI for all religious leaders to openly denounce violence in the name of religion.
The United Nations, Durban III and Israel [VIDEO]
UN, Durban iii and Israel
Scottish university student guilty of anti-Israel racism
A university student in Scotland was found guilty of racism after insulting a fellow student's Israeli flag, and he was expelled from St. Andrews University.
After anti-semitic vandalism, life goes on at Calabasas High
On Wednesday, April 27, just hours after three Calabasas High School students had been arrested in connection with the anti-Semitic and racist graffiti scrawled on their school’s campus late on Friday night, life at this well-groomed, suburban public school seemed to be back to almost normal.
ADL: Anti-Muslim sentiment ‘significant’
Anti-Muslim bigotry in the United States is "significant," according to the Anti-Defamation League. "A significant level of anti-Muslim bigotry has surfaced in a variety of public forums over the past year," said an ADL statement accompanying a letter and background information the ADL submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose civil rights committee was considering anti-Muslim activity on Tuesday.
D.C. interfaith summit denounces anti-Muslim bigotry
An interfaith summit of Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders denounced anti-Muslim bigotry.
KKK leader arrested hiding out in, of all places, Israel
About that shooting at the Holocaust Museum
Exclusive Durban II Blog - Day 4: Twisted Tongues
Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2 - DAY 3: Bring Popcorn and a Tissue
Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2 - DAY 3: Bring Popcorn and a Tissue
Diplomats Make End Run With Early Ratification of Final Durban Document
A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tirade against Israel triggered a walkout by the European delegation and generated headlines around the world, diplomats at the U.N. forum scrambled to ratify the conference’s final document on Tuesday -- three days before the parley’s close, when the document was scheduled to be adopted.
Day 2 of our Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2: Our Way or Norway
Ahmadinejad Accuses Israel of Genocide, Europeans Walk Out [VIDEO]
In a speech at the U.N.-sponsored anti-racism conferencein Geneva, the Iranian president first blamed the West for injustice, then went on the offensive against Israel, calling it the “racist perpetrators of genocide.”
Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2 - DAY 1: Arrival
‘Let’s be frank ...’
Bob Jones U. apologizes for racist past
‘When there’s life, there’s hate’: Q & A with ADL’s Abe Foxman
" . . . Hatred has been around since Cain and Abel. I'm not a philosopher; I'm not a sociologist. I don't pretend to be. But they used to say, 'Where there's life, there's bugs.' When there's life, there's hate . . ."
Obama or McCain: American Nazi Party suprises us
Now it all makes sense—Ahmadinejad is a secret Jew!
Ohio voters spew hate about Obama
Ahmadinejad spews same old hate at U.N.
In a U.N. address replete with classical anti-Semitic motifs, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Zionists are criminals and murderers, are "acquisitive" and "deceitful," and dominate global finance despite their "minuscule" number.
Rosh Hashanah means frank talk with family, not just apples and honey
It was 45 years ago today
But he’s a Muslim!
The Muslim issue is a way to talk about race without talking about race, and without having to squirm about saying that race is not an issue.
Being an African American candidate is different
An African American candidacy is different. Obama can't easily be the racial middleman as Clinton was. And being aggressive carries its own special dynamics.
South African Rabbi: Israel doesn’t deserve apartheid attack
The costliest word in show business . . . the 'N-word' [VIDEO]
Jamie Masada of the Laugh Factory on Sunset says Jesse Jackson owes $50 to the Museum of Tolerance for using the 'N-word' on TV
Fear of an Obama Planet grips some Americans
As soon as I saw The New Yorker cover spoofing right-wing fear mongering over Barack and Michelle Obama, my first thought was that my friend, Sanjay, in Mumbai, India, had a point about Americans and stupidity.
Ha’aretz calls Israel an ‘apartheid state’
Reversal of fortune: The Mexican immigrant shift
The immigration-reform debate has gripped the country and enflamed passions. Hate groups, along with mainstream media, have engaged in facile assumptions about Mexican immigration, often leading to racist stereotypes and opening the door to extremist ideology.
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.
White supremacist loses judicial race
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
Ziman and Lee: the reconciliation continues
In the eye of a racial storm
Feuding community leaders smooch and make up
Small Mac attack, Wright flap, too much tolerance
Letters to the Editor
Jews must never use the term ‘shvartza’
About a year ago I wrote a column about how the word "shvartza" must be retired forever. It is an insulting, offensive, and derogatory term that has no place in the mouths of people committed to ethics.
Rev. Wright’s outreach to Jews still unsettling for many
Barack Obama has sought to distance himself from his former pastor, calling Wright's rhetoric "offensive."
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