Posts Tagged: Simon Weisenthal Center

Passover Seder’s Takeaways Speak to the Woke Divide
JNS.org - This Saturday night in the midst of the loosening COVID-19 pandemic and the tightening of America’s cancel culture pandemic, Jewish families will celebrate...

While Jewish Groups Rebuke Trump’s ‘Disloyalty’ Remark, Others Question Democratic Silence on Omar, Tlaib
JNS.org - Jewish and pro-Israel groups largely condemned US President Donald Trump’s attempt on Wednesday to clarify his comments from the previous day, which insinuated...

Antisemitic Endorsements on Current-Affairs Website Elicit Outcry From Major Jewish Groups
Jewish groups are expressing outrage over an article in a well-known current-affairs publication promoting antisemitic websites as legitimate sources of information on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Responding to the piece, published on...

Human Rights Organization: Antisemitic Literature at US-Backed Riyadh Book Fair a ‘Tragedy for the Jewish People’
A recent book fair in Saudi Arabia backed by the US government that exhibited and sold antisemitic literature is a “tragedy for the Jewish people," one...

Jewish Human Rights Group Slams Twitter for Allowing Hamas Supporters to Broadcast ‘HitlerWasRight’ Hashtag
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday demanded that social media platform Twitter do more to stem anti-Semitic hate from supporters of...

Simon Wiesenthal Center Urges Swift Belgian Response to ‘Pogrom of the Antwerp Hayder School Bus’
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday urged Belgium to respond to the stoning of a Jewish school bus by teens. In...

The ‘Homeland’ is the Homeland History Exhibit’s Rightful Home
The group of 22 Arab states that persuaded UNESCO to cancel a Simon Wiesenthal Center exhibit on the Jewish people's 3,500-year homeland connection awakened far more...

Afropop Star Salif Keita Cancels Jerusalem Benefit Concert Citing Fear of ‘Being Harmed Personally’ After BDS ‘Threats’
Afropop musician Salif Keita on Thursday was forced to cancel a performance scheduled for today at the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival on the recommendation...

Thailand University Apologies for Hitler ‘Superhero’ Billboard After Wiesenthal Center Critique
Administrators at Thailand's leading university have apologized for a student mural that showed Adolf Hitler alongside Superman and other superheroes, after The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized...

Muslim Brotherhood Tops List of 2012 Anti-Semitic Slurs
The Muslim Brotherhood topped the Simon Weisenthal Center's list of anti-Semitic/anti-Israel slurs of 2012. The two main offenders were the organizations moral guide, Mohammed Badie,...

Nazi Collaborator: “Jews Screamed Like Geese” While Being Shot
Jonas Pukas, a suspected Nazi war criminal, was interrogated by New Zealand officials in 1992 at age 78. He was a member of the 12th...

Slovakia: New Charges Filed Against “Most Wanted Nazi” Csatary
New charges have been filed in Slovakia against 97-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csizsik-Csatary who is currently under house arrest in nearby Hungary according to...