Wiesenthal Center: Lviv mayor covers up anti-Semitism

Published on June 12, 2012

The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned a statement by the mayor of Lviv, Ukraine, in which he said that in his city "there has never been anti-Semitism and there will never be."

Simon Wiesenthal Center honors uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer

By Danielle Berrin
Published on May 24, 2012

Mormon church apologizes for proxy baptism of Wiesenthal’s parents

Published on February 14, 2012

The Mormon church has apologized for the posthumous baptism of the parents of Simon Wiesenthal. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last month submitted the names of Wiesenthal's parents for posthumous baptism, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Wiesenthal was a Holocaust survivor who died in 2005; his mother was killed in the Nazi death camp Belzec in 1942.

2011 top ten anti-Israel/anti-Semitic slurs

Published on December 13, 2011

For the last two years, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights NGO, has compiled a list of the top ten anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slurs.

Museum of Tolerance architects threaten to quit

Published on October 4, 2011

The architects of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem have threatened to quit two weeks before construction is set to begin.

Hitler’s 1919 letter on eradicating Jews going public

Published on June 7, 2011

A 1919 letter written by Adolf Hitler that purports to be the first time he presented his efforts to eradicate Germany's Jews will soon be available to the public. Starting in July, the letter will be exhibited at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. It has been accessible only to historian

Multifaith clergy dialogue in the name of peace

By Danielle Berrin
Published on May 21, 2008

New Wiesenthal documentary recounts Nazi hunter’s turbulent life

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 14, 2007

"I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal" runs for close to two hours, but the documentary is barely long enough to encompass the 96 years of the legendary Nazi hunter.

Mormons remove Wiesenthal from 'baptism' registry; Philanthropist funds series on composers suppressed by Nazis

Published on December 21, 2006

Community Briefs

Wiesenthal’s Work Beyond Words

By Norma Zager
Published on September 29, 2005

The exhibit's powerful collection of photographs, awards and artifacts is a virtual walk through history with Wiesenthal, seemingly, as your personal guide. There are his personal pencil sketches of the camp as well as photos and handwritten notes.

Community Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on September 29, 2005

Soulful 'Hatikvah' Ends Wiesenthal Farewell

It was an unscripted, final moment that may have best captured the Monday memorial at the Museum of Tolerance for Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who died last week at age 96.

The ceremony had been held outside. As long lines of mourners waited amidst rows of folded chairs to return into the museum, an elderly, white-haired man began singing Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah," in a loud, lone voice. A ripple of applause followed after Gedalia Arditti, a 77-year-old Greek Jew, belted out the song's last word -- "Yer-u-shal-a-yim!"

7 Days in The Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on September 15, 2005

Jews of the LBC rejoice as they finally get a film fest all their own. The first Long Beach Jewish Film Festival will be held today and tomorrow, thanks to the support of the Alpert JCC and the Cal State Long Beach Jewish studies program.

Going, Going, Gone

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 10, 2001

Online auctioneer eBay has promised to ban the sale of all items associated with Nazi Germany, hate groups and murderers, effective May 17.

Simon Wiesenthal to be Honored During Holocaust Remembrance

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 8, 1999

Famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who just turned 90, still leaves his modest home in Vienna several times a week to work at his Jewish Documentation Center, which is located in a nondescript, sparsely furnished, three-room office 100 yards from the former Gestapo headquarters.

The Sunflower

By William Cutter
Published on October 9, 1997

The story itself is a laconic autobiographical statement that not only describes Wiesenthal's experience as camp inmate, but joins that experience to an excruciating ethical question about forgiveness. Now that Simon Wiesenthal is a legend and an icon, his modest story seems larger, somehow, and the republication of the book is a kind of commandment to read it again.

Up Front A Museum of Tolerance &‘009;&‘009;in Israel

Published on June 12, 1997

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is fully committed to building a $50 million museum in Jerusalem -- despite skepticism expressed by some Holocaust scholars.