Anti Semitic

Police Launch Investigation Into Latest Anti-Semitic Crime In Brooklyn

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 12.23.2011

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The string of anti-Semitic crimes in Brooklyn continues. The New York City Police Department is now investigating an incident in which a swastika ...

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Anti-Semitism in KY Politics: Where's the Outrage?

Jonathan_Miller | Posted 09.04.2011

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Jonathan_Miller

Forgy's notion of an international conspiracy, joining Jewish financiers and entertainment moguls, is the modern blood libel: the pernicious fantasy spun by anti-Semites to demean, dehumanize and scapegoat the Jewish people.

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Choose Another People! Why KY GOP Figure's Anti-Semitic Taunts Will Backfire

Jonathan_Miller | Posted 08.19.2011

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Jonathan_Miller

I'm confident my own neighbors won't allow our political system to be corrupted by the kind of vile name-calling that was used for so many centuries against my ancestors.

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Superhero Or Villain: 'Foreskin Man' Called Anti-Semitic

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 08.18.2011

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SAN DIEGO — His fists clenched and muscles rippling beneath a tight blue suit, the yellow-caped character appears poised to take on evil-doers. ...

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Prominent Fashion People Circle the Wagons Around Galliano

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgrasian

What's interesting about all this is how the fashion world circled the wagons around Galliano once these incidents came to light. (Hey, we don't call it "fashism" here for nothing.)

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PHOTOS: Winona Ryder Recalls Horrifying Story Of Young, Drunk Mel Gibson

Posted 05.25.2011

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Winona Ryder, featured in the latest issue of GQ, talks about her long past in Hollywood -- and her horrifying run-in with Mel Gibson. She claims that...

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Happy Birthday Helen!

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

August 4 marks Helen Thomas' 90th birthday. May she celebrate it in good health and peace, surrounded by her countless loved ones. As a former colleague, I had the pleasure and privilege of observing Helen in action up close.

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Are Religious People More Racist?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Cubias

Researchers found that "religion is practiced largely within race" and as such, "religious in-group identity promotes general ethnocentrism." This study focused on white Protestants, but the researchers believe that their findings apply to other groups.

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Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharmine Narwani

I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.

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Not New Rules But New Questions

Etan Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Etan Thomas

How can anyone be in favor of a health care system in which the patients are treated according to the amount of coverage their insurance company provides?

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Udo Pastoers: German Far-Right Leader Charged With Incitement For Anti-Jewish Slur

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Germany's far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) chief in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Udo Pastoers, has been charged with inciting racial hatred for vi...

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Ilan Halimi Murder Trial Appeal Seeks Harsher Sentences

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a rare move, French prosecutors may appeal their own successful conviction of 14 gang members who were found guilty of the 2006 torture and murder ...

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Austrian Bed And Breakfest Denied Jewish Customers

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The owner of a bed and breakfast in the Austrian town of Serfaus refused earlier this month to book rooms to a family because they were Jews....

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Ilan Halimi, Murdered French Jew, Trial Begins With 27 Suspects

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — The presumed leader of a group of 27 young people charged with participating in the torture and killing of a young French Jew took his s...

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UN Durban II Draft Amended To Drop Israel Criticism

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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United Nations officials said Tuesday that Muslim-backed references to 'defamation of religion' and criticism of Israel have been dropped from a draft...

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German Muslims Show That Fear Of Rising Anti-Semitism Is Misplaced

Huffington Post Contributor | Mehmet Daimaguler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Berlin -- There is fear that anti-Semitism is rising among Europe's Muslims, transforming Europe into the new center of hate against Israel. But Europ...

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Major American-Jewish Organizations may no Longer Back Turkey in Congress

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harut Sassounian

American-Jewish organizations, which had for years supported Turkey's agenda on the Armenian Genocide in the U.S. Congress, were incensed by Turkish condemnations of Israel.

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Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Stabiner

If Westbrook Pegler were alive today, would he join in when we sing "God Bless America" in a ballpark, or would he mutter nasty asides about the religious beliefs of its esteemed composer?

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