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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Join Call To Mayors To Denounce ‘Anti-Sharia’ Marches
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of liberal Jewish groups has signed on to letters to 29 mayors urging them to denounce planned “anti-sharia” marches this weekend. “Timed during the Islamic month of Ramadan, when Muslims around the world fast during the daylight hours, these protests have been disingenuously branded ‘March Against Sharia’ and explicitly target…
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News ADL Says Right-Wing Terror As Dangerous As ‘Radical Islam’ — But Often Ignored
On St. Patrick’s Day, 28-year-old James Harris Jackson boarded a bus in Washington and rode it to New York looking for black men to kill. He found Timothy Caughman, a 66-year-old African-American who was scavenging for cans in Midtown Manhattan around the corner from his home. Jackson pulled out a sword and fatally stabbed the…
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News American Jewish Groups, Toeing Israeli Line, Stay Mum On Reported Trump Leak
When Israel is put in danger, American Jewish and pro-Israel groups usually churn out press statements and op-eds in great gushes. But when The New York Times reported this week that President Trump had revealed highly classified Israeli intelligence to top Russian officials, the Jewish communal outrage machine failed to engage. The usual fuel was…
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Fast Forward ADL: Homeland Security Post For ‘Extremist’ Sheriff Would Be ‘Shameful’
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League warned that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s consideration for a senior post at the Department of Homeland Security is “shameful” and “dangerous.” Clarke, who has said he would “grab Democrats by the throat” and whom ADL said has ties to “two anti-government groups well known for trying to recruit law…
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Fast Forward FBI Director Comey: We Need To Improve Hate Crime Tracking
WASHINGTON (JTA) — FBI Director James Comey called for improvements in how law enforcement reports hate crimes in a speech to the Anti-Defamation League on Monday. “We must do a better job of tracking and reporting hate crime to fully understand what is happening in our country so we can stop it,” he told the…
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Fast Forward ‘Alt-Right’ Icon Pepe The Frog Is ‘Officially Dead’
The online cartoon Pepe the Frog was “killed off” by its creator, seemingly in bid to stop his image being hijacked by the “alt-right.” Over the weekend, Pepe’s creator Matt Furie posted a comic strip depicting a funeral for the frog character, attended by other characters from Furie’s Boy’s Club strip. “It’s a clear declaration…
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Fast Forward ADL Criticizes Omarosa, Trump Aide Who Claims Good Relationship With Farrakhan
White House adviser and former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday after she said that she had a “good relationship” with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and would “look forward to a meeting with him.” Manigault, the communications director of the White House’s Office of Public Liaison, made…
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Fast Forward ADL Head Urges Creation Of Hate Crime Task Force
(JTA) — The national director of the Anti-Defamation League urged the establishing of a federal task force to coordinate hate crimes responses across the executive branch in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Jonathan Greenblatt set forth a series of policy recommendations during a Tuesday hearing on an increase in religious hate crimes, according to…
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