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The Schmooze California Unemployment Office Accused of Religious Discrimination
Jeff Weinberger would like to see the California State Employment Development department do some teshuvah this High Holiday season. The San Francisco resident, who was laid off from his executive-level hi-tech marketing job last month, received a notice to attend a “re-employment eligibility assessment appointment” on September 29, the first day of Rosh Hashanah. When…
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The Schmooze ‘Real Housewife’ Not an Anti-Semite, Says the ADL
She’s America’s most famous table flipper, but Teresa Giudice is not an anti-Semite. Both the Anti-Defamation League and the “Real Housewife of New Jersey” herself have weighed in on the matter, following a comment on the show’s most recent episode that seemed to suggest the stereotype of money-obsessed Jews. Though her husband’s facing bankruptcy and…
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Opinion Next for Knesset: Bill To Probe ‘Leftist’ NGOs
Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party, flush from its victory in the boycott law debate, plans to bring another gag-rule bill to the Knesset floor for final vote next week, Ynet reports. The bill would create a Knesset investigative committee to examine the funding of “leftist” NGOs that “delegitimize” the Israeli army. Members of the Likud…
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Opinion ADL, Reform Hit House Hearings on Extremist Islam; AJC Praises Them
The major American Jewish civil rights organizations are reacting strongly to Rep. Peter King’s congressional hearings into American Muslim radicalization, which opened Thursday on Capitol Hill. The Anti-Defamation League issued a public statement arguing that the hearing has “engendered an unfortunate atmosphere of blame and suspicion of the broader American Muslim community.” The Religious Action…
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The Schmooze Charlie Sheen Demands Apology From ADL
Crossposted From TMZ Charlie Sheen claims he doesn’t hate Chuck Lorre because of his “Jewishness” … he hates him for other reasons … and now Sheen is lashing out at a Jewish organization for insinuating he’s an anti-Semite. Sheen is still furious with the Anti-Defamation League for saying the actor exhibited “borderline anti-Semitism” when he…
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News J Street Strikes One for Civility
We know about the falling out between the dovish J Street lobby and prized endorsee Rep. Gary Ackerman. Now, after both sides articulated their positions at length (to recap: Ackerman basically said J Street lost its brains, and J Street responded that Ackerman didn’t understand its positions) — it is time to calm down. And…
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Opinion Abe Foxman Takes on a New Threat: Jewish Paranoia
That’s right: Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, has written a forceful essay attacking what he sees as a tendency among Jews to see enemies everywhere and overlook signs of friendship, and thus to risk missing opportunities for peace. Foxman frames his thesis around the Carmel fire and the outside help that…
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The Schmooze Tolerance Education For Students at "Beat the Jew" High School
A Southern California high school, where seven seniors where caught playing a chase game called “Beat the Jew” in May, will follow a new tolerance curriculum sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area and the Anti-Defamation League’s “A World of Difference” Institute. The curriculum — set to start today — will…
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