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Opinion ADL’s One-State Double Standard
Chile’s El Palestino soccer club recently raised the ire of pro-Israel groups when it decided to redesign its team jerseys, replacing the numeral one with a one-state map of Palestine. Because they show the entire map of Israel as Palestine, these jerseys effectively erase Israel, making it seem like the state doesn’t exist. In a…
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The Schmooze Man Who Would Buy NY Times Makes Remarks About Jews, ADL Angry
Double “oops” for Chinese recycling tycoon Chen Guangbiao: After an unsuccessful bid to buy The New York Times (not for sale), the business man gave an interview to a Chinese newspaper saying he has an “equally competent IQ and EQ” as Jews. He also added that he is “very good at working with Jews.” (Good…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Takes Back ‘Ignorant Compliment’
Kanye West told a Chicago radio station that he wants to take back the “ignorant compliment” he made about Jews. The rapper referred to a comment he made last month during an interview on the New York City radio station WWPR-FM. In defending President Obama’s difficulty in passing his policies, West said, “Black people don’t…
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Opinion Jewish Groups Back New Sanctions, Senators Split
Backing new sanctions: Senators John McCain, Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez (from June 2013) (Getty Images) The Capitol Hill debate over authorizing new sanctions on Iran is getting pretty nasty. Administration officials are warning, anonymously so far, that passage of the Robert Menendez-Mark Kirk bill to stiffen the West’s negotiating terms and compel new sanctions…
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News The Most Overpaid and Underpaid Jewish Charity Chiefs
In the world of Jewish not-for-profits, some executives are above average. Or, at least, above average in compensation. A new list of overpaid heads of Jewish organizations is made up of well-known names, each viewed by his board members as being exceptional, and each compensated exceptionally well. According to an independent analysis of Forward data,…
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Breaking News Farrakhan Tells Kanye Not To Apologize for Jewish Remark
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told rapper Kanye West not to apologize or bow to pressure over remarks that were called “classic anti-Semitism” by the Anti-Defamation League. “You are telling Kanye West he should know better,” Farrakhan said on Saturday during a weekly address for the Nation of Islam, directing his words at ADL…
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Opinion The Fracturing of American Jewry
The interim deal recently signed with Iran that would freeze its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief is not only a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It also exposes the weakness of prominent American Jewish leaders and their organizations, which lobbied the U.S. Senate to act on new sanctions against Iran…
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The Schmooze ADL Blasts Kanye West Remarks
Kanye West is in hot water with Abe Foxman. The Anti-Defamation League’s national director issued a statement today denouncing the rapper’s comment over the weekend that : “Black People don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people.” “If the comments are true as reported, this is classic anti-Semitism,” said Foxman. “There it goes…
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