admin | February 27, 2020
King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Mike Hogan outed himself as gay when he wrote an affidavit arguing that a superior court judge was too biased to fairly hear the countys first date-rape case involving two men. It was 1985, when gay and lesbian professionals especially those working in government largely remained closeted for fear of losing their jobs and when misinformation surrounding the AIDS epidemic fueled anti-gay prejudice. In Seattle, it was also a time when gay men were regularly beaten for sport
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admin | February 27, 2020
Shortly before he killed 51 people, the gunman who perpetrated the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shooting posted a manifesto to the website 8chan in which he praised a fellow white supremacist the attacker who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. The attacks happened across the globe in Europe, Oceania and America.
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admin | February 27, 2020
This Anti-Defamation League (ADL) program, Addressing Bullying and Anti-Semitism, will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm at Congregation Bonai Shalom, 1527 Cherryvale Road, Boulder, and is co-sponsored by Boulder Hadassah and Bonai Shalom. After working as an educator in the public schools for 31 years, starting in New York City and retiring from the Aurora, Colorado public schools, Jerry is now a contracted facilitator/trainer for ADLs WORLD OF DIFFERENCE and Words to Action Initiatives. He is also a founding member and current chair of ADLs Boulder Steering Committee, is a co-chair on ADLs Education Committee and is a volunteer coach for the No Place for Hate schools in the Boulder Valley district.
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admin | February 27, 2020
Melissa Kraus, from the Anti-Defamation Leagues Boston chapter, presenting at the event hosted by Hillel.
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admin | February 27, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) Shortly before he killed 51 people, the gunman who perpetrated the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shooting posted a manifesto to the website 8chan in which he praised a fellow white supremacist the attacker who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011. A few weeks later, the Christchurch shooter was praised by another gunman the one who perpetrated the synagogue shooting in Poway, California.
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admin | February 25, 2020
New Jersey says white supremacist extremism is one of the states greatest terrorism threats higher than al Qaeda and the Islamic State and in doing so has positioned itself as a national leader in countering domestic terrorism inspired by racism, experts say.
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admin | February 25, 2020
Distribution of white supremacist propaganda hit an all-time high nationwide in 2019 and nearly quadrupled in Massachusetts the same year, according to the Anti-Defamation League There were nearly 30 incidents of white supremacy propaganda distributed in the Brockton-Taunton area between 2018 and 2019, according to the Anti-Defamation League. "Incidents in this area spiking doesn't surprise me," said Brian Frederick, a political science professor at Bridgewater State University. There seems to be a higher level of "cultural conservatism" in southeastern Massachusetts where hostile views against Jewish people and minority groups can thrive, he said
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admin | February 25, 2020
Good morning, NBC News readers. Harvey Weinstein's conviction marks a major shift in the #MeToo movement, coronavirus sends jitters through Wall Street and Washington, plus Democrats will face off in the last debate before Super Tuesday
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admin | February 25, 2020
WASHINGTON - Political figures and organizations both on the left and the right reacted on Monday to the latest round of escalation in which the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired over 100 rockets to Israel over 24 hours. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas shared a report about a rocket that hit the city of Sderot, landing next to a children's playground, tweeting: "This is wrong.
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admin | February 25, 2020
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- In the wake of bomb threats made against 18 Jewish Community Centers across New York State, one local temple leader is speaking out about a recent rise in anti-semitism. "I think the last couple of years anti-semitic threats have been a challenge to Jewish organizations of all kinds," said Rachel Coker, President of Temple Concord in Binghamton
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