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Fast Forward Jewish Graves Vandalized in New Zealand
Unidentified vandals defaced headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand, with swastikas, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel graffiti. More than 20 graves, all more than 125 years old, were vandalized with black spray-paint between Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the New Zeland Herald. Fourteen headstones had large black swastikas sprayed on them. Another…
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Culture Dutch Soccer Remained Silent During Holocaust
Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe’s Darkest Hour By Simon Kuper Nation Books, 257 pages, $15.99 Bill Shankly, the legendary soccer coach of the British club Liverpool FC, is often quoted as saying, “Football is not a matter of life and death, it’s more important than that.” The attribution…
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Fast Forward Germans Mull Revamped Holocaust Education Plan
Germany’s parliament is considering a review of education programs in its schools after receiving a government commissioned report showing that anti-Semitism in the country remains at disturbingly high levels. The Bundestag, which debated the report Wednesday, put off approving any legislation or resolutions in response to the report’s findings until it could develop a concrete…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Hungary Party Attack Roma
Blaming Roma for everything from petty crime to trash on the streets, thousands of supporters of the far-right opposition Jobbik party rallied in Hungary on Wednesday in the eastern city of Miskolc. Local Roma in Hungary’s second largest city simultaneously held a counter-rally rejecting what they said were typical right-wing slurs while police kept the…
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Fast Forward Italy’s Mario Monti Vows To Stand With Jews
Italy’s prime minister promised Italian Jews he would stand beside them in the fight against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. “We know that anti-Semitism has not been eradicated in Europe,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said at a ceremony Tuesday night marking the 69th anniversary of the World War II round-up and deportation of 1,024 Roman…
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Opinion Erasing Historic Stain at Emory’s Dental School
“I am sorry. We are sorry.” It was with those unscripted two sentences uttered in front of a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 people that Emory University’s president, James Wagner, gave voice to a great wrong. But first some background. From 1948 to 1961, the university’s dean, John Buhler, led Emory’s dental school. ….
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic French Tweets Use ‘Good Jew’ Hashtag
A French nonprofit said it was considering making complaints against some Twitter users following an explosion of French-language anti-Semitic messages. SOS Racisme, a Paris-based anti-discrimination organization, made the statement on its website after the phrase UnBonJuif on Oct. 10 became the third most popular hashtag among French Twitter users. Literally meaning “a good Jew,” it…
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Opinion Nobel Prize a Reminder to Europe
Recognized for its contribution over the course of six decades “to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday. There has been the usual carping from the reliably reactionary elements in the American commentariat – “The once-significant award has become…
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