U of T’s anti-racism office bans comedy poster

Advertising was playing with the stereotypes The Black-Jew Dialogues aim to shatter

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Germany marks 70 years since Wannsee Conference, where Nazis coordinated Jewish genocide

BERLIN (AP) — The German president has marked the 70th anniversary of a conference in which plans were coordinated for the genocide of European Jews with the message that Germany must never forget its responsibility for the Holocaust.

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Jewish Family Service selected as finalist to win $25,000 gift card

Jewish Family Service's Project Build! program, based in West Bloomfield Township, has been selected as a finalist for Aprons in Action, The Home Depot Foundation’s unique Facebook voting program, and now has the opportunity to win a $25,000 gift card from The Home Depot. The organization with the most votes will win the $25,000 prize, and be in the running for the grand prize of $250,000 at the …

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Egypt Brothers mix pragmatism, ideology on Israel

The Muslim Brotherhood is trying to maneuver its way between its fierce anti-Israel ideology and the realities of governing as it ascends to leadership in Egypt for the first time in its history and faces the key question of how to deal with the country's peace treaty with the Jewish state.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Abbas Meets Archbishop of Canterbury

LONDON, January 17, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday met in London with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Reverend David Arnott.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Newspapers Review: Al-Ayyam Daily Highlights Palestinian-Israeli Meeting

RAMALLAH, January 14, 2012 (WAFA) – Palestinian reports on a new exploratory meeting between Palestinians and Israelis with the Quartet representatives in Jordan on Saturday was the front page highlight of Saturday’s issue of the Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam.

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Supervisors Meet with SPLC Attorney

Officials with the Southern Poverty Law Center visited supervisors at their work session Thursday to talk about juvenile detention.

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Hamas, Fatah see differing causes for reconciliation delay

Gaza's Hamas leader on Thursday blamed Israeli interference and unspecified “external pressures” for a delay in implementing reconciliation with the rival Fatah movement.

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Watchdog: Israel settlement building up 20 percent

An Israeli monitoring group says Israel stepped up settlement building in the West Bank last year — a sticking point in the deadlock in peace talks with the Palestinians.

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Morris Rant – Holocaust, Dissidents, Anti-Zionists – Video


03-01-2012 13:22 A people comb the earth, brainwashed with the holocaust, persecuting dissidents, promoting the wayward, and hide behind the anti-zionists. .

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Israel to redraw prisoner swap strategy

After several lopsided prisoner exchanges with the Palestinians, Israel’s Def. Minister says a change in strategy is necessary

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Punished for Palestine: ‘UNESCO will survive US cuts’ – Video


01-11-2011 03:39 Palestine has, for the first time ever, received recognition by a UN body – its cultural arm has accepted it as a fully-fledged member. But this decision comes at a price for UNESCO – with the US cutting its funding to the organisation, which represents almost a quarter of its budget. Ramzy Baroud, editor at the palestinechronicle.com , thinks Washington’s move is unfair, but says UNESCO will survive

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ANN ARBOR: SCHOOLS: Teaching Tolerance: Katy LaCroix, Logan Elementary School teacher, awarded for culturally …

Katy LaCroix, a literacy specialist who teaches fourth and fifth grade at Ann Arbor’s Logan Elementary School, was one of 5 teachers honored with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching.”

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Translation in Diaspora: the Hebrew AmadĂ­s de Gaula | David A …

It was a natural favorite for Sephardic Jews who, while living in Constantinople, Salonika, or elsewhere, spoke Spanish and still identified strongly with the vernacular culture of their land of origin. Its reception by Sephardic …

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Nabi Saleh's Balloon Release for Gaza | The Electronic Intifada

My friend Amra Amra informed me that the Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights were planning on commemorating the third year since the massacre on Gaza , which Israel dubbed as Operation Cast Lead, by releasing balloons with the …

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Video: Major Attack by Israel on Gaza being Prepared | Pakalert Press

Israeli Defense Forces have confirmed they are preparing a possible large-scale attack on Gaza . The development has parallels with the Israeli Operation Cast Lead, which claimed about 1400 Palestinian lives back in 2008, …

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Arab League to strengthen Syria mission, official says – This Just In …

Arab League monitors remain in Syria , and more are on the way, a top official with the Arab body said, despite a call by an Arab League advisor to pull the observers out.

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Campbell County man sees Iraq tour cut short with final troop pullout …

Jeremy Mixon, 31, was among the last of Virginia National Guard troops to come back from Iraq last month with the final pullout of American soldiers.

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Israel Matzav: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again …

According to Petra, Jordan's official news agency, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh will host a joint meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian officials, along with the representatives of the Quartet, followed by a second …

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Berlin wants 'concrete' nuke action from Iran – The Local

Germany has called for “concrete and verifiable” action from Iran over its nuclear drive, after Tehran signalled it was willing to resume negotiations with the international community.

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Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel » Blog Archive » The Banalization of …

Holocaust Revisionism is a good example of how anti-Semites have tried to attack Jewish memory. If we fail to respond vigorously with the facts about what really happened, the world will forget. This past weekend, the Jewish world witnessed …

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Jewish Life in Six Words: Write Your Memoir! « CultureShuk

SMITH Magazine is teaming up with the Jewish cultural mavens of Reboot to bring you “Six Words on the Jewish Life.” From identity and mother issues to unfettered love of carbs and inner conflict over Israel—and the sheer …

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This Day … In Jewish History: This Day, January 1, In Jewish History

January 1 In Jewish History 630: Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main supporters among the Jewish tribes” of Arabia

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Iran Nuclear Program: Country Proposes New Nuclear Talks With …

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has proposed a new round of talks about its controversial nuclear program with the six world powers, the country's top nuclear negotiator said Saturday.

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Iran Proposes New Nuclear Talks with World Powers – World – CBN …

Iran has proposed a new round of talks about its controversial nuclear program with the six world powers, the country's top nuclear negotiator said Saturday.

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