Posts Tagged: Simon Wiesenthal Center
Scholars Urge UC Regents to Adopt State Department Antisemitism Definition
Some 34 academic specialists in antisemitism signed a letter calling on University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC regents to adopt the State Department definition of antisemitism...
Human Rights Organization Calls on Obama to Condemn Iran’s Threats to ‘Annihilate Israel’
A global human rights organization on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama and other world leaders involved in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal to denounce Tehran's ongoing threats to...
Scotland Probing Origins of Chandelier at Scottish First Minister’s Home Claimed to be Nazi Booty
Scotland has launched an investigation into claims by a Jewish human rights group that a chandelier in the home of the country's first minister was looted by Nazis during World War...
Jewish Group Singles Out Panasonic Over Air France Maps Excluding Israel
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) on Thursday singled out electronics giant Panasonic for its complicity in Air France's exclusion of Israel...
Jewish Group Rejects Air France Apology for Excluding Israel From Flight Maps
When passengers who flew on Air France flights recently notified the company that Israel's place on the flight map was conspicuously absent, though the West Bank and Gaza...
Jewish Group Calls on Frankfurt Book Fair to Ban ‘Hatemongering Publishers’
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center urged leaders of the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday to blacklist publishers inciting hatred and violence against...
Major Jewish Group Calls on Obama to Denounce Iran’s ‘Quds Day’ Rallies Featuring ‘Death to Israel’ Chants
Major Jewish human-rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to denounce marches in Iran marking the country's aggressively anti-Zionist international Quds Day. "The...
Major Jewish Group Offers to Lead Google Team on Tour of Concentration Camps
A leading Jewish group offered to organize a week-long visit to Nazi concentration camps for the team behind a Google smartphone game that included the death camps as...
Egyptian Justice Minister Invokes Antisemitic Tropes to Damn Terrorists Behind Cairo Bombing
Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed el-Zend invoked antisemitic tropes in cursing the terrorists behind a bomb blast in Cairo that killed state prosecutor Hisham Barakat earlier this week. "God Almighty will...
Jewish Rights Group Demands UEFA Investigate Spanish ‘Deportivo’ Paper Over Antisemitism
Jewish rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to investigate a major Spanish sports publication over a...
Major Jewish Group Appalled at Proposal to Exempt German Muslims From Concentration Camp Visits
Leading Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) expressed shock on Monday over a call by a Bavarian parliament member to exclude German Muslims...
FIFA = ‘Federation International for Football Antisemitism’ or ‘Football International Felony Association’
Facing a pro-Palestinian demonstration of some 150 people outside the FIFA Congress Hall in Zurich, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre was the only Jewish organization to...
Major Jewish Group Calls on US to Condemn Iranian Threats to Destroy Israel
A leading Jewish NGO called on the U.S., the U.K and other nations negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran to condemn Tehran's ongoing threats to...
Major Jewish Group Accuses Popular Soccer Website Goal.com of ‘Inciting Jew-Hatred’
Major Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday sharply criticized popular soccer news site Goal.com for "denying the legitimacy of Israel and...
