January 2010

ADL: Limbaugh should apologize to Jewish community for stereotyping

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Rush Limbaugh reached a new low with “borderline anti-Semitic comments” on his radio show, in which he raised the possibility that liberal Jews were having “buyer’s remorse” with President Obama in light of the outcome of the Senate election in Massachusetts. Limbaugh told his listeners: “To […]

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Travel and Food

Seattle-based Internet hate-monger spreads 'organ harvesting' rumor about Israel in Haiti

NEW YORK (Press Release)–In a disturbing illustration of what can happen when one person takes a message of hate and incitement to the Internet, the Big Lie of Israeli organ harvesting for profit has again resurfaced and gone global practically overnight, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Claims that the Israel Defense Forces mobile hospital

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Middle East, USA

University of Haifa creates new hearing research center

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa has established the Hermina and Franio Steiner Hearing Research Foundation thanks to a NIS 350,000 (or $100,000) donation from Steiner Hearing Instruments Inc. The donation has enabled the –University of Haifa to purchase up-to-date audiological instruments and hearing aids that will assist in carrying out new research in the

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Middle East

Jewish leadership urges Britain to maintain ban on Muslim Council of Britain

LONDON  (WJC)–The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) have expressed concern about the government’s decision to lift its ban on relations with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), the UK’s largest Muslim organization. In a letter addressed to the Secretary of State for Communities, John Denham, the president of

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Travel and Food

Tefillin use scares flight crew; plane makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–A Kentucky-bound flight was diverted to Philadelphia after the crew mistakenly believed phylacteries used by a Jewish man for prayer were a bomb. A 17-year-old Orthodox Jew traveling from New York to Louisville on a US Airways flight had been using the prayer items, and even though he had explained the ritual to

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USA

Greek deputy prime minister accuses Israel of practicing Nazi-style mass punishment

ATHENS (WJC)–According to the ‘Jerusalem Post’, Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos has returned an Israeli gift of three bottles of Golan wine in protest against Israel’s “illegal occupation” and the military action in Gaza. The Israeli Embassy in Athens had sent the wine to Pangalos, who is in charge of coordinating Greek foreign and

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Middle East

Security guard at Auschwitz dismissed in aftermath of sign theft

AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC)–The Auschwitz Museum has dismissed a security guard a security guard who was in charge last month when the infamous sign ‘Arbeit macht frei’, which hangs over the entrance to the former Nazi death camp, was stolen. “We found that the fault was human error. The head of the security team on service

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Travel and Food

Muslim police say British anti-terror measures fan Islamophobia

LONDON (WJC)– Muslim police officers in Britain have blamed the government’s anti-terrorism strategy for triggering an upsurge in Islamophobia and deepening divisions between communities. The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) warned that the ‘Prevent’ program, which aims to combat violent extremism, was “stigmatizing” Muslims by focusing on “so-called Islamist extremism.” The group said the

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Middle East

Hamas politician hints of possible change in attitude towards Israel

HEBRON (WJC)–Hamas is reportedly ready to accept Israel’s right to exist and prepared to nullify its charter which calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, according to Aziz Dwaik, Hamas’s most senior representative in the West Bank and the elected speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. According to the ‘Jerusalem Post’ Dwaik made these

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Middle East