richards | July 19, 2017
The co-founder of Frances far-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, faces trial for inciting racial hatred over a swipe at a Jewish singer that was seen as anti-Semitic, judicial sources said Tuesday (18 July). Le Pen, 89, has a long history of lashing out at minorities. He already has several convictions for inciting racial hatred and Holocaust denial
simmons | July 19, 2017
In 1981, I accompanied the secretary-general of Israels Labor Party, Haim Bar-Lev, on a visit to Jerusalems Moroccan fruit market. Bar-Lev, a storied former Army chief of staff, was distributing flowers in an effort to show voters that the leaders of his once dominant party could relate to average people.
simmons | July 19, 2017
Participants of the Jewish Womens Archive oral history training workshop teamed with Jews in ALL Hues to learn how to conduct interviews. | Photo by Rachel Kurland Everyone has a voice and a story to share. And with the help of the Jewish Womens Archive (JWA), more influential Jewish women of color are contributing.
simmons | July 19, 2017
People living in India and other South Asian countries are particularly vulnerable to rare genetic diseases, according to a genomic analysis that may help detect and prevent population-specific disorders. Several diseases specific to South Asian populations had been identified in the past, but the genetic causes of the vast majority remained largely mysterious. The study, led by Harvard Medical School (HMS) in the US and the CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad, reveals that so-called founder events - in which a small number of ancestors give rise to many descendants - significantly contributed to high rates of population-specific, recessive diseases in the region
richards | July 19, 2017
The so-called alt-right rose to such prominence during the course of the 2016 presidential election, and was being mentioned in the media so frequently, that the Associated Press felt it necessary to issue guidelines on how to use the term.
simmons | July 19, 2017
US.President Donald Trump gestures as he gives a public speech at Krasinski Square in Warsaw, Poland July 6, 2017. (photo credit:REUTERS) NEW YORK The Anti-Defamation League delivered a petition with thousands of signatures to the US State Department on Wednesday, calling on President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to fill the vacant office of special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, as quickly as possible.
simmons | July 19, 2017
NEW YORK (EJP)---The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has welcomed a strong statement from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledging his countrys sin in failing to protect its Jews during World War II and vowing to guarantee the security of the Hungarian Jewish community. His statement came during a state visit by Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest.
richards | July 19, 2017
Sacramento Bee Former Sacramento man charged in state Capitol neo-Nazi riot also ... Sacramento Bee One of the suspects arrested in last year's riot at the state Capitol also is a well-known white supremacist in the Denver area who was arrested last week on ... Golden State Skinheads Arrested, Fear More to Come | Southern ...
admin | July 18, 2017
On Monday, Vice President Mike Pence delivers the keynote speech at the annual summit of Christians United For Israel signaling what some see as a new ideological shift for the White House. His speech marks a fundamental change in the language that the White House has historically employed to articulate the United States relationship with Israel, Dan Hummel a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, wrote in the Washington Post. That fundamental change is towards Christian Zionism, an ideology that bases its political support for Israel on the belief that the modern state of Israel is a manifestation of prophecies in the Bible and that the very fate of the United States is prophetically linked with Israel.
simmons | July 18, 2017
Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D N.Y.) on Monday slammed boycotts of Israel and called anti-Zionism a modern brand of anti-Semitism in aspeechon the Senate floor. Schumer praised French President Emmanuel Macron for identifying anti-Zionismthe denial of the Jewish peoples right to self-determinationas a reinvention of anti-Semitism over the weekend
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