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David Forster, fighter against anti-Semitism, dies (JTA)
(JTA) — Arnold Forster, an attorney who fought against anti-Semitism and extremism, and advocated for civil rights and the State of Israel, has died.
March 9, 2010
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U.S. anti-Semitism envoy wants to bring non-Jews into the fight (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
President Obamaās special envoy on anti-Semitism wants to recruit non-Jews to make her case. Hannah Rosenthal outlined her goals in her new role during a recent address in Dallas to the annual plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the public policy umbrella she once led as president.
March 9, 2010
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U.S. anti-Semitism envoy wants to bring non-Jews into the fight (JTA)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Obama’s special envoy on anti-Semitism wants to recruit non-Jews to make her case.
March 8, 2010
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Ronan Tynan, Yankees Tenor Accused Of Anti-Semitism, Moving To Boston (The Huffington Post)
What’s Your Reaction? NEW YORK ā Irish tenor Ronan Tynan says he’s leaving New York for Boston because he hasn’t been able to find work in the months since a woman accused him of making an anti-Semitic remark.
March 8, 2010
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The Artist as Citizen: Pianist Evgeny Kissin Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism (Blogcritics.org)
I wholeheartedly applaud the civil courage and the integrity of artists who not only inspire through their mastery, but care to act as a “spark for thought”…
March 5, 2010
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Hefty new book may be definitive work on anti-Semitism (J Weekly)
Early on in āA Lethal Obsession,ā Robert Wistrich observes that anti-Semitism can flourish in conditions where Jews are a minimal presence or entirely absent. This phenomenon, dubbed āanti-Semitism without Jews,ā is one of the key reasons anti-Semitism is such a distinctive ā¦ what, exactly?
March 4, 2010
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Study of a āTrainā wreck: French film examines a case of philo-Semitism gone awry (J Weekly)
Life isnāt easy for Jeanne Fabre, the character at the center of the new French film āThe Girl on the Train.ā
March 4, 2010
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Surge in anti-semitic crimes after recording changed (Yorkshire Post)
CHANGES to recording procedures could partly explain a surge in the number of anti-Semitic crimes, Britain’s largest police force said today.
March 4, 2010
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Ministers urged over anti-semitism at universities (Independent)
Ministers were urged today to cut funds to universities that fail to tackle anti-semitism.
March 4, 2010
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Anti-Semitism Rising in France, Canada (Israel National News)
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March 2, 2010
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Survey Shows Canadian Jews Concerned over Rising Anti-Semitism (Israel National News)
Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) B’nai Brith Canada’s annual audit on anti-Semitic incidents reported 1,264 such incidents in 2009, representing an 11.4% increase over 2008, and a more than five-fold increase in incidents over the past decade.
March 1, 2010
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ZOA refutes UC Irvine deanās denial of anti-Semitism on campus (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Itās truly disappointing for a law school dean, Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine, to make so many false and misleading statements about anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing at UCI, UCIās abysmal response, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA).
February 26, 2010
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Reports of anti-Semitism up 11 per cent in Canada (CTV.ca)
Incidents of anti-Semitism in Canada are at an all-time high since B’nai Brith Canada began its annual audit 28 years ago, the group said Wednesday.
February 26, 2010
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Anti-Semitism Is Brought To Book (Totally Jewish)
In part one of our serialisation of Anthony Julius’s acclaimed new book, Trials of the Diaspora, the author identifies a silent anti-Semitism that has remained part of english society for centuries…
February 25, 2010
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Report highlights anti-Semitism in Alberta (CBC Calgary)
Alberta saw dozens of incidents of anti-Semitism last year, according to a new report by B’nai Brith.
February 24, 2010
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In Berlin, activists fight Muslims’ anti-Semitism (UPI)
By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Europe Correspondent BERLIN, Feb. 24 (UPI) — Young Muslims living in Germany are increasingly anti-Semitic. A group of activists from Berlin is trying to change that.
February 24, 2010
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Anti-Semitism reports rising: B’nai Brith (CBC Toronto)
B’nai Brith Canada says reports of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada are on the rise.
February 24, 2010
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Anti-Semitism on the rise: Report (Toronto Sun)
The annual B’Nai Brith audit on anti-Semitic incidents showed an increase of hate-related incidents across Canada in 2009.
February 24, 2010
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B’nai Brith Canada says reports of anti-Semitism up 11 % in Canada since ‘09 (Brandon Sun)
TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada says reports of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada are on the rise. According to the group’s League for Human Rights, there were 1,264 hate incidents reported in 2004, 11 per cent more than the previous year.
February 24, 2010
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Change For Ukraine, But Likely Not For Jews (The Jewish Week)
Moscow ā In a country where anxieties about anti-Semitism are never far from the surface, Viktor Yanukovichās victory in Ukraineās presidential election is being welcomed with caution by Ukrainian Jews.
February 23, 2010
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Jewish student groups oppose Irvine boycott call (JTA)
(JTA) — Five Jewish student groups at the University of California-Irvine do not agree with a call to boycott the university over campus anti-Semitism.
February 23, 2010
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Edelstein: Iran Exporting Radical Islam to Latin America (Israel National News)
Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Latin American Jewish leaders are meeting with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein Tuesday night in the wake of growing Iranian influence and anti-Semitism in the region.
February 23, 2010
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SJU Sponsors 40th Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Newswise)
The Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, an international conference dedicated to teaching, learning and remembering the lessons of the Holocaust while examining the churches’ struggle and failure to confront Nazi anti-Semitism and “the Final Solution,” will be held at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6-8. Co-founded in 1970 by [...]
February 18, 2010
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[opinion] Clearing the Air : The debate over Israel walks a fine line between legitimate opinion and bigotry … (Monterey County Weekly)
We recently commemorated the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The somber anniversary was marked by customary calls to combat anti-Semitism worldwide. Yet resisting bigotry is not as clear-cut as it might seem, at a time when the very definition of anti-Semitism is shifting and constantly questioned. Where some see the cancer of Jew-hatred, [...]
February 18, 2010
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Zionist group blacklists college for āanti-Semitismā (New Haven Register)
Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. ā The Zionist Organization of America on Tuesday asked potential students and donors to the University of California, Irvine, to look elsewhere after months of growing tension between Jewish and Muslim students.
February 18, 2010
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