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California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media, at a voting center in Sacramento, California, March 3, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Gabriela Bhaskar / File.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been called on by a broad coalition of education, civil rights and religious groups to veto a bill that would make ethnic studies courses a California State University (CSU) graduation requirement.

Referring to the field of Critical Ethnic Studies referenced in the AB 1460 legislation that is awaiting Newsoms signature, the groups in a letter to the governor organized by the AMCHA Initiative wrote, We are deeply concerned that without adequate safeguards, these courses could become vehicles for one-sided political advocacy and activism that will both subvert the academic mission of the university, and incite bigotry and harm against some CSU students.

In particular, the letter continued, we fear that the anti-Zionist orientation of Critical Ethnic Studies the version of ethnic studies likely to be taught in response to AB 1460 coupled with the willingness of many ethnic studies faculty to bring anti-Zionist advocacy and activism into their professional spaces, will foster a toxic climate for Jewish and pro-Israel students and foment harm against them.

While faculty have every right to engage in political advocacy and activism outside the university, recent studies suggest that many Critical Ethnic Studies faculty are bringing their extramural support for BDS and their anti-Zionist politics into their conference halls and classrooms, the letter further noted.

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AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin commented, This type of anti-Zionist political activism directly corresponds to a rise in anti-Semitic incidents on campus.

The letter concluded by, in addition to urging a veto of the bill, imploring Newsom to call on the CSU Chancellor and its Board of Trustees to institute robust safeguards against using CSU classrooms and other academic or educational spaces for politically-motivated advocacy and activism.

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When I met Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) founder and presidentSarah Sternin late 2019, I had my aliyah visa in hand and was the verge of completing a lifelong Zionists dream of returning to the Jewish home.

I had started my career with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and later took a job with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to recruit young engineers to Israel. I had delayed making the big leap to a life in Israel for years, and finally, the time had come.

Until Sarah handed me an EMET pamphlet.

I reviewed the organizations positions and realized that there was an organization in Washington, D.C., that shared my unapologetic love for the State of Israel and was bold enough to speak truth to power. I put off aliyah once again, joining EMET as its director of development.

Yet with the coronavirus pandemic putting my role as a person-to-person fundraiser on hold, I could not delay my move to Israel any longer. This summer, I will depart Capitol Hill and immigrate to Israel with Nefesh BNefesh.

My main motivation is living out the Zionist dream and contributing to the next generation of development of the Jewish state. I grew up a Zionist and believe aliyah to be both the foundational and ultimate step in the Zionist dream of Jews returning to our native homeland.

This vision began when I was a young child and participated in a mock trip to Israel with my Jewish day school. I gained the firm belief that we all as a Jewish community would be making aliyah at some point in my youth or early adulthood. But as I grew over the years, it became apparent that there would be no communal move.

My motivation became less religion- or Torah-based, and more political and practical, in the sense of building the modern Jewish state. I wanted the next generation of Jews to have the choice of being Israeli without having to go through the process that aliyah entails, primarily the difficultdecision to separate from family. At the end of the day, the Jewish peoples exile is over. We sing about next year in Jerusalem, and there is nothing stopping us from making that a reality.

Israel has always been the Jewish home to me in theory, but what brings it to life is the people. I am fortunate to have wonderful Israeli-born relatives in Israel. My uncle, who I never met, made aliyah decades ago, and his children and grandchildren are authentic, modern Israelis. They are close with our American family, and they took the concept of aliyah off paper, and into flesh and blood. I spent a lot of time with them when I was a student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2012-13, and I dont think that I would have left that experience so intent on returning had it not been for the beautiful connection with my Israeli side of the family.

For now, making aliyah during the pandemic is unnerving. El Al Airlines nearly went out of business; my first flight was canceled; and the economic contraction, quarantine regulations and social unrest caused by coronavirus is dauntingnot to mention the virus itself. All aspects of life are limited in some way by the pandemic.

During these fraught times, getting to Israel without Nefesh BNefesh would have seemingly been impossible. The organization has assisted at every step of the way, including putting me rescheduled on a United Airlines flight in a matter of days after my El Al flight was canceled. Nefesh BNefesh has helped guide my ulpan (intensive Hebrew-language academy) decisions and offered resources to learn about social life in Israel, the countrys medical system and career opportunities. Already a valuable resource for aliyah in all times, the organization is now an indispensable force of stability during this chaotic period.

As my life in Israel begins, I plan to return to work in some capacity advocating for the Jewish state, as well as the importance and validity of Zionism. My long-term goal remains to help raise the next generation of Jews with Israeli citizenship and the option to be Israeli without going through immense bureaucracy, and having to learn a foreign language and culture, which is difficult no matter how much we are raised with Jerusalem in our hearts while in exile.

(Asher Daniels, a native of Stamford, Conn., and the former director of development at the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), is making aliyah this summer with Nefesh BNefesh)

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A small number of Jewish worshipers pray during the priestly blessing, a traditional prayer which usually attracts thousands of worshipers at the Western Wall on the holiday of Passover, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jerusalems Old City, April 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun.

JNS.org When I met Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) founder and presidentSarah Sternin late 2019, I had my aliyah visa in hand and was on the verge of completing a lifelong Zionists dream of returning to the Jewish home.

I had started my career with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and later took a job with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to recruit young engineers to Israel.

I had delayed making the big leap to a life in Israel for years, but finally, the time had come until Sarah handed me an EMET pamphlet. I reviewed the organizations positions and realized that it shared my unapologetic love for the State of Israel and was bold enough to speak truth to power. I put off aliyah once again, joining EMET as its director of development.

Yet with the coronavirus pandemic putting my role as a person-to-person fundraiser on hold, I could not delay my move to Israel any longer. This summer, I will depart Capitol Hill and immigrate to Israel with Nefesh BNefesh.

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My main motivation is living out the Zionist dream and contributing to the next generation of the development of the Jewish state. I grew up a Zionist and believe aliyah to be both a foundational and ultimate step in the Zionist dream of Jews returning to our native homeland. This vision began when I was a young child and participated in a mock trip to Israel with my Jewish day school. I gained the firm belief that we all as a Jewish community would be making aliyah at some point in my youth or early adulthood. But as I grew over the years, it became apparent that there would be no communal move.

My motivation became less religion- or Torah-based, and more political and practical, in the sense of building the modern Jewish state. I wanted the next generation of Jews to have the choice of being Israeli without having to go through the process that aliyah entails, primarily the difficultdecision to separate from family. At the end of the day, the Jewish peoples exile is over. We sing about next year in Jerusalem, and there is nothing stopping us from making that a reality.

Israel has always been the Jewish home to me in theory, but what brings it to life is the people. I am fortunate to have wonderful Israeli-born relatives in Israel. My uncle made aliyah decades ago, and his children and grandchildren are modern Israelis. They are close with our American family, and they took the concept of aliyah off paper and into flesh and blood. I spent a lot of time with them when I was a student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2012-2013, and I dont think that I would have left that experience so intent on returning had it not been for the beautiful connection with the Israeli side of my family.

For now, making aliyah during the pandemic is unnerving. El Al nearly went out of business; my first flight was canceled; and the economic contraction, quarantine regulations, and social unrest caused by coronavirus is daunting not to mention the virus itself. All aspects of life are limited in some way by the pandemic.

During these fraught times, getting to Israel without Nefesh BNefesh would have seemingly been impossible. The organization has assisted at every step of the way, including putting me on a United Airlines flight in a matter of days after my El Al flight was canceled. Nefesh BNefesh has helped guide my ulpan (intensive Hebrew-language academy) decisions and offered resources to learn about social life in Israel, the countrys medical system, and career opportunities. Already a valuable resource for aliyah in all times, the organization is now an indispensable force of stability during this chaotic period.

As my life in Israel begins, I plan to return to work in some capacity advocating for the Jewish state, as well as the importance and validity of Zionism. My long-term goal remains to help raise the next generation of Jews with Israeli citizenship and to give other Jews the option to be Israeli without going through immense bureaucracy, and having to learn a foreign language and culture, which is difficult no matter how much we are raised with Jerusalem in our hearts while in exile.

Asher Daniels, a native of Stamford, Conn., and the former director of development at the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), is making aliyah this summer with Nefesh BNefesh.

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Laura Adkins writes on Twitter, The most wild thing about the @Sethrogen controversy, to me, is not that his remarks were stripped of context or that everyones jumping to make his words fit their own narratives (those are par for the course.) Whats wild is that the organized Jewish community spends tens of millions trying to reach Jews like [Seth] Rogen (liberal, unaffiliated, under 40, no kids, upwardly mobile) who hold generally similar views about Judaism and Israel. And yet, hes been widely vilified. Quite a recruitment strategy!

She has a point, and a discussion on how to reach out to Jews who dont know the first thing about the reality of Israel (or Judaism) is one that needs to happen.

But IfNotNow adds: What if just hear us out they stopped supporting and upholding the Occupation? Taking a strong stand for freedom and dignity for all, instead of putting our ostensibly shared progressive values through a woodchipper, would appeal to so many young Jews.

How would left-wing anti-Zionist groups act if Israel would forcibly remove 600,000 Jews from their historic homeland? Would groups like IfNotNow wither and die?

Of course not. The occupation is an excuse, not a reason, for rabid anti-Israel hate. And the easiest proof is to look at the anti-Zionists of the 1950s before occupation.

The most prominent anti-Zionist group then was the American Council for Judaism, led by reform Rabbi Elmer Berger. He fought against Israel before 1948, and fought against Jewish Holocaust refugees settling in Israel. After Israel became a state he kept going, just changing his arguments. The ACJ spent much of the 1950s arguing that Israels Right to Return law somehow made American Jews automatically disloyal to the United States.

In a pamphlet entitled Four Articles on the Law of Return, Berger wrote, The thesis of the American Council for Judaism is that the Zionist-lsrael axis imposes upon Jews outside of Israel, Americans of Jewish faith included, a status of double nationality.

This argument is laughable and the only people who use it today are fringe Arabs. But the ACJ, like IfNotNow and other anti-Zionist Jewish groups, arent interested in logic just in finding whatever arguments they can to help destroy Israel.

Alfred Lilienthal was another prominent anti-Zionist. His 1953 book What Price Israel twists the dual loyalty argument not as if it is a fact but that it is a weapon that antisemites can use against American Jews and he used his supposed concern over how antisemites would act as a reason to end Israel.

He then went on to engage in his own antisemitic tropes, as this book review in Political Research Quarterly writes:

According to Lilienthal, the creation of Israel was executed by a strategy board of immense international influence which resorted to intimidation and underhanded methods. The American master minds were Joseph Proskauer, Robert Nathan, and David Niles, assisted by Bernard Baruch, Drew Pearson, A. A. Berle, Jr., Harvey Firestone, and the late Senator Robert F. Wagner. With such an array of influence, it was no wonder, Lilienthal charges, that the American press was completely subverted to the side of Jewish nationalism and that political candidates were frightened into supporting the partition of Palestine.

We recognize this today as an antisemitic conspiracy theory, just as thinking people today realize the same about many of the arguments of todays anti-Zionists.

And just like todays Jewish anti-Zionists, Lilienthal blamed Israel for Arab hate:

United States policy favoring partition of Palestine and its support of Israel, Lilienthal exclaims, played squarely into the hands of the U.S.S.R. and alienated the Arab countries. Peaceful relations between Israel and the Arab countries hinge, not on both sides settling their disputes by treaty and co-operating afterwards, but solely on Israels changing her ways. Completely ignoring the existence of an Arab boycott of Israel, Lilienthal declares: To assume a trusted place in a peaceful Middle East, Israel must settle down to peaceful and mutually beneficial trade with her Arab neighbors.

Lilienthals ridiculous arguments didnt end there. He stated that if US aid to Israel had instead gone to the Arab world, the Arabs would make tremendous strides in democracy. Since then, of course, the Arab world has received trillions of dollars in oil revenues and democracy is just as distant as it was 70 years ago.

With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that IfNotNows and Jewish Voice for Peace and other groups political ancestors arguments were either ridiculously false or literally antisemitic. But their arguments were just excuses, hooks to hang their hate hats on.

That hasnt changed.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History have set reopening dates for this month or next (Getty)

New York Citys museums have been in limbo since the state excluded indoor cultural activities from Phase 4 of reopening. But several have gone ahead and set tentative reopening dates already.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the New-York Historical Society, Poster House and the Museum of Jewish Heritage are all aiming to open their doors to visitors this month or next, pending state approval, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Obviously, its a very fluid situation, Museum of Jewish Heritage president and CEO Jack Kliger told the Journal, adding that museums were better-positioned for reopening than restaurants. People can walk through a museum with a mask on. I dont think they can eat with a mask on.

Meanwhile, as of Monday state officials had not yet set a date for museums to reopen. We will continue to track the data and the science, and will make a decision on reopening cultural institutions in New York City when health experts determine it is safe to do so, a spokesperson said.

The coronavirus lockdown has put museums under financial stress, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art recently laying off 353 employees as it faces a projected $150 million shortfall.

After reopening, museum officials say they will take various precautions to ensure the safety of their visitors, including limiting capacity and reducing hours to provide time for deep cleaning.

Being open isnt the whole answer, said Laura Lott, president and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. Some museums in other parts of the U.S. have had to reclose after reopening, and attendance has remained weak due to virus concerns. [WSJ] Kevin Sun

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I received what I believe to be an average Jewish American Conservative synagogue education. I attended Jewish preschool, the full run of weekly, then biweekly Hebrew school, and completed Hebrew high school all the way through the rabbis confirmation class. This was all at my synagogue outside of Philly, with a predominantly Ashkenazi congregation in a predominantly Ashkenazi part of the Jewish Diaspora. And, of course, I am of Ashkenazi descent (99.2%, according to 23andMe).

So what exactly did these many years ofJewish educationteach me? I learned the fundamentals of Judaism: stories from the Torah and ancient Israel, holidays and their traditions, Jewish values, to read and write Hebrew (but not actually to understand the meaning), and to decipher trope for cantillation. I also learned aboutZionism, the Holocaust, the birth ofthe State of Israel, and modern-day Israeli culture, providing some context for the past century of Jewish life.

I appreciate what I learned, but Jews have been around for millennia. Why did I only learn about the biblical and early post-biblical times, and then select topics from recent centuries? What happened to us during all those years in between? Again, Jews have been around for millennia, and a lot of this time was not spent in Israel.

I wish I had learned more about the Jewish Diaspora. How has the Diaspora grown throughout history? What are all of the unique Jewish Diaspora populations that have formed? What languages did/do they speak? What pressures have these populations faced and how were their respective cultures shaped? How are these populations doing today?

In Hebrew school, I did hear and learn the terms Ashkenazi,SephardiandMizrahi. We even briefly discussedEthiopian Jews. I didnt give these terms much thought. But of course, these terms these people mean so much more. It wasnt until I took a deep dive into Wikipedias page on the Jewish Diaspora that I learned about more specific cultures within these labels. Apparently theres a largeBukharian Jewishpopulation in New York, which is fascinating to me considering I had never even heard the term Bukharian before. There are Mountain Jews in the Caucasus of Persian Jewish origin. Who knew? Not me! Communities like the Cochin Jews persisted in India for centuries. I certainly had no idea! After a combined 13 years of Jewish education, its all the more baffling that Im just learning about these communities now through some random clicks on Wikipedia.

Even when it came to my own Ashkenazi ancestors, I got a better picture of old-world Ashkenazi life from watching Fiddler on the Roofthan anything I learned at my synagogue. I always wondered why, when reciting the Mourners Kaddish at services, my older relatives chanted Yisgadal vyiskadash while my peers and I said Yitgadal vyitkadash. It wasnt until reading Aaron Lanskys book Outwitting History that I learned Conservative congregations across the country changed from Ashkenazic to Sephardic Hebrew. The ostensible reason was to bring liturgical Hebrew in line with the spoken language of the young State of Israel. While I understand the decision to unify Jews of the Diaspora with the official language of Israel, my family came to the U.S. speaking Yiddish. Now that I am aware of it, I dont love this erasure of Yiddishkeit. What else was omitted from my Jewish education?

Maybe if it were 1850, Id be busy in the throes of shtetl life with very little knowledge or care for Jews outside of my personal community. But its 2020, and I live in the great American melting pot with a high-speed internet connection. My countrys Jewish population and my congregation may be predominantly white European Ashkenazim, but we have diverse Jews among us everywhere we look. We have the ability to connect with and learn about Bukharian Jews, Beta Israel, Moroccan Jews,Jews of colorand Jewish converts of different backgrounds.

Theres no reason we should have to embark on these Jewish studies on our own. Education on Jewish Diaspora cultures and the diversity of Jewish identities should be an integral part of formal Jewish education. Without this, we are left in a state ofashkenormativitythat is damaging to those who dont fit a Eurocentric definition of being Jewish. By taking the time to learn about the different origins and customs of all Jewish backgrounds, we will end up united in a more holistic understanding of Judaism.

Personally, I am in awe of Jewish resilience. But I cannot properly understand or appreciate this resilience without seeing the full spectrum of the Jewish people. I wish my Jewish education could have at least tipped me off to all I was missing.

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JERUSALEM-- The strong ties between Greece and Israel and the continuously enhancing strategic partnership relation, were reaffirmed at Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias meeting with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi in Jerusalem on Thursday. "Welcome to Israel my good friend, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs @NikosDendias.

It is always a great honor to host you here in Jerusalem", posted Ashkenazi on his twitter account.Broad discussions between the Greek and Israeli delegations were held after the end of Ashkenazi-Dendias meeting, during which was discussed the strengthening of the bilateral cooperation, the developments in the eastern Mediterranean, the escalating Turkish provocativeness as well as the two countries' cooperation in the context of the 3+1 (Greece, Cyprus, Israel and USA).Dendias will conclude his visit to Israel after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Left-wing activist groups are promoting a campaign called Drop the ADL in a bid to get progressive institutions to cut ties with the 107-year-old Jewish advocacy organization.

Even though the ADL is integrated into community work on a range of issues, it has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking social justice movements led by communities of color, queer people, immigrants, Muslims, Arabs, and other marginalized groups, while aligning itself with police, right-wing leaders, perpetrators of state violence, the groups wrote in an open letter. More disturbing, it has often conducted those attacks under the banner of civil rights.

The letter has more than 100 signatories, including the Movement for Black Lives, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.

The campaign also includes a document that criticizes the ADL for its support for Israel and lays out evidence of what it describes as its ongoing legacy of supporting racist policing, surveillance, colonialism, and the silencing of social justice activism.

The ADL said they were unconcerned about the campaign.

These are many of the same groups who have been pushing an anti-Israel agenda for years, a spokesperson said. It says more about them than about us that at this moment of great unity around equal justice for all, they would launch this effort against one of the largest and oldest Jewish organizations in America. They will do nothing to stop the important work we do every single day, in close partnership with many prominent civil rights groups, to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.

The ADL also published a lengthy statement to its website on Wednesday responding to many of the campaigns claims.

This is not the first time progressive groups have sought to pressure organizations to disaffiliate with the ADL. In 2018, activists including the then-leaders of the Womens March lobbied Starbucks to remove the ADL its role helping to formulate its employee anti-bias training.

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Watch what you tweet always.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, won her 14th Congressional District primary Tuesday, becoming a virtual lock to win in November. On top of anti-Muslim rhetoric and pro-gun ads deemed too provocative for Facebook, Greene also is a QAnon acolyte.

The Anti-Defamation League defines QAnons underlying theory: Almost every president in recent American history up until Donald Trump has been a puppet put in place by a global elite of power brokers hell bent on enriching themselves and maintaining their Satanic child-murdering sex cult. Q is a reference to Q clearance or Q access authorization, terms used to describe a top-secret clearance level within the Department of Energy.

The FBI classifies it as a domestic terror threat. Some followers have curious beliefs, such as that John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his death and soon will replace Mike Pence on the GOP ticket.

A Trump tweet congratulating Greene called her a future Republican star strong on everything, prompting U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, to tweet: Qanon is a fabrication. This insider has predicted so much incorrectly (but people dont remember PAST predictions), so now has switched to vague generalities. Could be Russian propaganda or a basement dweller. Regardless, no place in Congress for these conspiracies.

Matt Wolking, the Trump campaigns deputy communications director, asked when Kinzinger would condemn the Steele Dossier fabrications and conspiracy theories pushed by Democrats? That actually WAS Russian propaganda.

In June, I interviewed hometown friend Mike Rothschild, a fringe belief student who recently released his book, The Worlds Worst Conspiracies.

A cursory look through the social media accounts of the biggest figures in QAnon reveals a constant stream of violent ideation, memes, fantasies and, at times, actual crimes, Rothschild wrote. In just the past few months, a QAnon follower took his five children on a high-speed car chase with police because he thought Q was talking to him through his radio, and a woman was arrested for trying to hire a posse of armed Q believers to kidnap her son in a custody dispute. These arent the actions of a peaceful movement of patriots.

Acolytes will dismiss me and all mainstream media, but Ive seen their posts and, like them, came to my own conclusion: Theyre out for retribution (at best) or blood (at worst) and will not hear contrarian arguments.

People can believe what they want as long as they arent hurting anyone, Rothschild said, but Q is a movement that ultimately believes in the extrajudicial and unconstitutional military tribunal and execution of traitors.

The conspiracy is madness, but its believers must be taken as serious threats. Kinzinger is right to sound those alarms, and I urge caution regarding anyone who disagrees.

Scott T. Holland writes about state government issues for Shaw Media Illinois. Follow him on Twitter at @sth749. He can be reached at sholland@shawmedia.com.

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Facebook announced that it would ban posts about Jews controlling the world among several other efforts to combat hate speech.

Theannouncementcomes following a monthlongboycott of advertising on Facebook spearheaded by a coalition of civil rights groups led by the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP. More than 1,000 companies participated in the boycott, which was meant to protest Facebooks lack of action against hate speech. The boycott did not have a significant impact on Facebook ad revenue.

In an announcement Tuesday issued by Guy Rosen, the social media platforms vice president of integrity, Facebook said it would ban posts about Jews controlling the world, as well as those containing blackface. Rosen also wrote that Facebook has removed 23 banned organizations from the platform since October, half of which were white supremacist.

Facebook also announced the launch of a Diversity Advisory Council, but did not provide details on what the council would address.

Responding to the announcement, an ADL spokesperson called the changes welcome yet overdue.

Its distressing that it took this long for the platform to crack down on these particular forms of hate, when its quite obvious they should not have been allowed to proliferate in the first place, the ADL statement said. Its equally as disturbing that Facebook still doesnt view Holocaust denial as violative of their terms of service.

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