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ADL Report: Extremists Training, Recruiting Law Enforcement Nationwide

NEW YORK (Press Release) – ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism on Wednesday released a report detailing the widespread and alarmingly effective efforts of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and its founder, Richard Mack, to recruit law enforcement into the anti-government “patriot” movement. The central tenet of CSPOA, borrowed from the anti-government […]

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USA

JNF-USA to Host World’s Largest Virtual Tour of Israel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) has announced that hundreds of international “passengers” have registered to attend the world’s most immersive virtual tour of Israel as part of the organization’s complimentary four-day national conference taking place October 10-14, 2021. Featured in national travel publications including National Geographic, JNF-USA is unparalleled when it

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Middle East, USA

Wastewater Recycling Plant to Irrigate Mexican Vineyards, Mitigate Imperial Beach’s Sewage Problem

The plant that will produce approximately 6.8 acre feet (8,400 cubic meters) of recycled water a day from Tijuana sewage is about 35 percent constructed, and the 70-mile (113-kilometer) pipeline that will carry the water to the wine-growing region of Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California is scheduled to begin construction this coming January. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA

Remembering the Mass Murders of Jews 20 Years Before the Holocaust

A century ago, on 16 December 1920 a detailed report on the Pogroms in the Ukraine, a Memorandum on the Massacres of Jews in the Ukraine, was submitted to the League of Nations (now The United Nations) detailing the massacre of Jews in more than 400 pogroms. The memorandum was submitted by The Committee of Jewish Delegations, representing the Jewish populations of 22 countries, appealing to the League of Nations to obtain justice for the most terrible crimes that history had, until that time, ever witnessed,

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

U.S. eyes Israeli military data for Pfizer COVID-19 booster safety

Published by Reuters By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are hoping data on Israeli military personnel can help clarify the risk of heart muscle inflammation in younger people who have received Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots – a potential factor for U.S. regulators as they consider granting full approval of these boosters. A

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Why Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism are Inextricably Linked

By Jay Ruderman (JNS) For centuries, Jews have debated who belongs to our community. While embracing a more inclusive Jewish world is an important and worthwhile conversation, more immediately, our efforts should be focused on the current existential threat facing our community: antisemitism. This debate is, ironically, driving Jews further apart, undermining the legitimacy of

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Middle East, USA

74 Jewish and Education Groups Demand Newsom Veto Ethnic Studies Requirement Bill

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Seventy-four religious, civil rights and education organizations today urged Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101, and the bill is now on the desk of the Governor, who has until Oct. 10 to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Refugee from Hitler Promoted Zionism in Britain and U.S.

This memoir combines journal entries of Zionist fundraiser Irma Ehrlich with the research and narrative of her granddaughter, Catherine Ehrlich, to tell the story of a strong-willed woman who migrated to England, and later the United States, with her son, Paul, from Vienna, following the Anschluss that merged Nazi Germany and Austria. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Florida man who feds say wanted a ‘race-based civil war’ is sentenced

Published by Miami Herald MIAMI — Before FBI agents and Fort Lauderdale police arrested Paul Miller at his home in March, the U.S. Justice Department says, he made clear he would back starting “a race-based civil war in the United States.” The white supremacist won’t be starting anything soon other than prison jobs and his

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USA

Antisemitism Is Wrong, Whether Coming from the Right or Left

Published by The Moderate Voice by Joe Nalven We know right-wing antisemitism by shouts of “you will not replace us.” Left-wing antisemitism is carefully couched in criticism of Israel for “human rights violations.” Left-wing advocates deny antisemitism by citing free speech to criticize another nation; however, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s examples of antisemitism reveal

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ADL, L’Oreal Partner in Holocaust Education Program

In response to the rise of antisemitism and other forms of discrimination in the United States, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and L’Oréal USA are partnering on an education initiative designed to raise awareness and promote understanding about the Holocaust among thousands of students in American classrooms. [ADL News Release]

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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA