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Fast Forward ADL Says Hate Crime Stats Flawed
The 2012 edition of the FBI’s national Hate Crime Statistics Act report is flawed due to underreporting and a lack of participation, the Anti-Defamation League said. The ADL in a statement Monday “expressed profound disappointment” that more than 25 percent of the nation’s law enforcement agencies did not provide the FBI with their hate crime…
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The Schmooze Chuck Hagel Shows Some Love For Leon Panetta at ADL Gala
With Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as award presenter to former Secretary of Defense and former Director of the CIA Leon Panetta at the Anti-Defamation League’s October 31 Centennial Gala at The Grand Hyatt , the event turned out to be a mega hit. Emceed by NBC New York host Kaitlin Monte Miss New York…
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Fast Forward ADL Slams George W. Bush for Headlining Jews for Jesus Gala
The Anti-Defamation League “expressed disappointment” that former president George W. Bush plans to go ahead with a planned address to a Texas evangelical group at a fundraising event. Bush is scheduled to speak on November 14 at a fundraiser for the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute. “President Bush is a friend who has an abiding love…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Possible Iran Nuclear Deal as ‘Historic’ Mistake
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was taking shape in talks in Geneva, and adopting it would be a “mistake of historic proportions”. “Israel understands that there are proposals on the table in Geneva today that would ease the pressure on Iran for concessions that…
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Israel News Jewish Groups Split on 60-Day ‘Time Out’ for Lobbying Over Iran Nukes
A closed-door meeting meant to iron out differences between the Obama administration and the Jewish community on Iran has instead exposed previously unseen cracks in the wall of unity that mainstream Jewish groups have maintained on the issue. Emerging from the October 29 White House meeting, the Anti-Defamation League decided to break ranks with other…
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Fast Forward Upstart Jewish Activists Push Aside Establishment Leaders
(JTA) — The conservative political blogger Ken Berwitz was enraged last month, but not by Democratic malfeasance, his favored bugbear. No, he was irked by the policies of an Oklahoma-based chain of craft stores. Berwitz was bothered not only that Hobby Lobby was keeping Hanukkah tchotchkes off its shelves, but that a clerk at a…
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Fast Forward Samantha Power Stresses No Deal Yet on Iran Nukes at ADL Centenary Event
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, reiterated America’s commitment to thwarting Iranian nuclear weapons ambitions. “Let me be absolutely clear: President Obama is determined to ensure that the Islamic Republic does not acquire a nuclear weapon,” Power said at the Anti-Defamation League’s centennial conference held Thursday in a Manhattan hotel. “Let me…
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Fast Forward ADL Chief Abraham Foxman Blasts ‘Weak and Retreating’ America
Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman said that the world increasingly sees a “weak and retreating” United States that “cannot be counted on.” Speaking at the ADL’s Centennial conference in New York, Foxman expressed apprehension that the U.S. is undergoing a “deep and dangerous change” that would endanger both Israel’s security and the wellbeing of…
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