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Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, India, Jews, Social Justice, Hanukkah, West Bank, Gaza, Affirmative Action, Nigeria, China, Race, Rabbi Capers Funnye, Culture, South Africa, Africa, Chicago, Racism, Israel, San Francisco, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Michelle Obama, Judaism, Martin Luther King Jr., Mumbai, Barack Obama, Religion, Chanukah, Anti-Defamation League, Martin Luther King, Capers Funnye, Neocons, Religion and Politics, Neoconservatives, Diversity, World News

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

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In Their Own Words: Hate Crime Act Supporters Speak (Video)

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homophobia, Wade Henderson, Hate Crimes, Human Rights Campaign, Dennis Shepard, Judy Shepard, Brian Levin, Anti-Defamation League, Politics News

Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the long awaited hate crime bill. Here are short interviews with a variety of people who have fought for this legislation for years.

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Nazi-Democrat Analogies Leaves Jewish Groups Alarmed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Njdc, Jews Hitler, Anti-Defamation League, Holocaust Anaologies, Obama Hitler, Nazi Analogies, Hitler Analogies, Adl Nazi, Politics News

There is growing alarm among Jewish groups and anti-defamation activists over the increased use of Nazi analogies in the political arena after two mor...

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Anti-Jewish Statements Raise Concern After Honduras Coup

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Honduras Coup, Rumor, Israel, Honduras, Chavez, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Jewish, Consipracy Theory, Manuel Zelaya, Anti-Defamation League, Roberto Micheletti, Home News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Jewish civil rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouste...

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Why is Pat Buchanan Defending Hitler?

Aaron Keyak | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Pat Buchanan, Ethan Porter, Msnbc, Anti-Defamation League, Hitler, Worst Person in the World, National Jewish Democratic Council, Keith Olbermann, World War II, Media News

You might think that Buchanan would have stopped using this sort of unrepentant rhetoric as his career moved from a Republican firebrand to a to cable news commentator -- but you'd be wrong.

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US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Jews, U.S. Bishops, Covenant and Mission, Orthodox Judaism, Catholicism, Catholics, Statement on Salvation, American Jewish Committee, Roman Catholic, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Anti-Defamation League, Judaism, Pope, Home News

NEW YORK — Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman C...

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AIPAC's Proxy War on Obama

James Zogby | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, President Obama, Aipac, Anti-Defamation League, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News

Despite the harshness of the AIPAC and ADL attacks, and the hurt, no doubt, they have brought to Mary Robinson, I am convinced that this entire episode had less to do with her than it does with the President.

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ADL Sets Another Roadblock to Mid-East Peace

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: London, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, J Street, Jstreet, Takepart.com, Abraham Foxman, Avigdor Lieberman, Adl, Israel, Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, ABC and ADL Don't Represent Me, American Jews, g20, Binyamin Netanyahu, Anti-Defamation League, World News

Under his previous term, Netanyahu's extreme right-wing domestic and international policies left Israel starving for alternatives. Literally.

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The Jewish Reaction to the Pope's Welcoming Back Holocaust Denying Bishop: Disproportionate!

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

How is it that the view of some cranky powerless bishop evokes calls of a crisis in Catholic -Jewish relations, despite the revolutionary changes in Church teachings regarding Jews since Vatican II?

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

Harut Sassounian | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Adl, Olmert, Washington DC, Anti-Semitic, Congress, American-Jewish Organizations, Armenian Genocide, Britain, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, France, Synagogue, Gaza, Gul, Jacob Isaacson, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International, Israel, Crimes Against Humanity, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Spain, Abraham Foxaman, Anti-Defamation League, Czech Republic, Izmir, Logoglu, World News

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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Jewish Leaders Condemn Nazi Imagery At Gaza Rallies

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Protests, Holocaust Memorial, Holocaust, Jewish Leaders Holocaust, Jewish Leaders Nazi Imagery, Hamas, Europe Anti-Semitism, Attacks Jews Europe, Yad Vashem, Gaza Concentration Camp, Anti-Defamation League, Israel, Swastika, Star of David Swastika, World News

JERUSALEM — The use of Nazi imagery at recent anti-Israel demonstrations across Europe has fanned the flames of anti-Semitism and incited violen...

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Bernie Madoff: Lightning Rod for Anti-Semitism?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Bernard Madoff, Anti-Defamation League, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, Jewish, Shana Madoff, Media News

"The Bradley Effect", while a dispelled myth, made us look deeper into the dark corners of American culture. What will "The Madoff Effect" have?

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Beating of Jewish Soldier at Fort Benning Turns Allies Into Foes

Chris Rodda | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion and the Military, Anti-Semitism, Religion, Anti-Defamation League, Fort Benning, U.S. Army, Naacp, Sgt. Kresge, Adl, Jews in Green, Mikey Weinstein, Ethnic Slurs, Michael Handman, Discrimination, Neil Block, JAG Officers, Politics News

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation believes the prior harassment of Jewish soldier Handman, the subsequent reprimanding by drill sergeants, and Handman's beating were related.

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Arab Political Cartoons Portray Candidates In Pocket Of Israel

James Sanders | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Star of David, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Race in Politics, Anti-Defamation League, John McCain; Barack Obama, Jewish, Muslim, Israel, Political Cartoons, Home News

Notably, the cartoons pay almost no attention to the issues the U.S. candidates are debating with one another. The U.S. economy, McCain's age and Obama's experience never factor in to the discussion.

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Pastor Hagee Still Sells Controversial 2005 'God Sent Hitler' Sermon, Apologizes To ADL For Wrong Sermon

Bruce Wilson | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Holocaust, John Hagee, Christians United for Israel, Cufi, Joseph Lieberman, Adl, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Defamation League, Hagee Israel, John McCain Hagee, Politics News