Posts Tagged: Simon Wiesenthal Center
Major US Jewish Groups Urge International Response to Assad Regime Following Deadly Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
A number of major US Jewish groups have issued urgent calls for an international response following the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria this week...
Major Jewish Organizations Decry New York State High School Assignment to Debate ‘Final Solution’ From Nazi Point of View
The deputy director of a major Jewish organization has criticized an assignment at a New York State high school asking students to role-play Nazis debating the Final Solution. Etzion...
US Jewish Group Calls on UNESCO to Reconsider Honor of Iraqi Musician as ‘Artist of Peace’ Due to ‘Belligerent’ Anti-Israel Statements
A leading US-based Jewish human rights group is calling on UNESCO to reconsider its recent naming of Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma as an “Artist for...
In Humanitarian Gesture Meant to ‘Help the Healing Process,’ California Mosque Hosts Parents of Fallen IDF Soldier Whose Body Is Still Held by Hamas
The recent hosting by a California mosque of the parents of a fallen IDF soldier whose body is still held by Hamas was a “humanitarian...
President Trump Says Antisemitism Is ‘Horrible’ and ‘Has to Stop,’ as Jewish Groups Call for Strong Response to Surge of Hate Incidents
Antisemitism is “horrible” and “has to stop,” US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday during a visit to the National Museum of African American History...
Germany Urged by US Jewish Group to Freeze Sports Cooperation Deal With Terror-Glorifying Palestinian Authority
A leading US-based Jewish human rights group is calling on the German government to freeze a sports cooperation deal it recently signed with the Palestinian Authority until...
Leading US Jewish Human Rights Group Expresses ‘Outrage’ Over Amazon Germany’s Listing of Antisemitic Title
A leading US-based Jewish human rights group has expressed “outrage” over an antisemitic title listed for sale by Amazon Germany. In a letter sent to Amazon...
How Can We Overcome Baroness Jenny Tonge’s Antisemitism?
At the end of 2016, the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of global Top Ten Antisemitic and Anti-Israel incidents. Tragically, we could easily have posted...
Prominent US Jewish Groups Sound the Alarm Over Iran’s Latest Ballistic Missile Test
Prominent US Jewish groups are sounding the alarm over last weekend’s ballistic missile test conducted by Iran. Speaking with The Algemeiner on Wednesday hours before National...
The Left Loses Its Logic on Israel
Support for Israel among Democrats has plummeted in recent years, a new Pew poll shows, with nearly as many Democrats -- 31 percent -- saying they sympathize more with the...
Trump Inauguration Rabbi Hier: Reciting Psalm of Jerusalem ‘Absolutely Intentional’ in Wake of UN Resolutions Denying Historical Jewish Ties to Holy City
The rabbi who gave a benediction at the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday told The Algemeiner that his recitation of the psalm remembering Jerusalem...
Campus Watchdogs Laud Fordham University’s Decision to Ban Notoriously Anti-Israel Student Group
Watchdogs lauded the recent decision by a New York academic institution to prevent a notoriously anti-Israel group from organizing on its campus. AMCHA Initiative co-founder Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and others...
Jewish Human Rights Group: German Court Ruling in Synagogue Arson Case ‘Legitimizes Violent Antisemitism’
A German regional court’s affirmation of a lower court ruling that a July 2014 attempt by three Muslim men to burn down a Wuppertal synagogue...
Liberal Jews Treat Rabbi Hier’s Trump Inauguration Blessing as a Curse
JNS.org -- Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center will be giving a benediction at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony Jan. 20. Liberal Jews are petitioning Hier...
