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Breaking News Man Flashes ‘Nazi’ Quenelle Salute at Toulouse School Where Gunman Killed Jewish Children
Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have reproduced a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews were murdered. The photo, which was published Monday on the website of the France 3 broadcaster, shows a man wearing a shirt featuring a portrait of…
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Breaking News French Soccer Star Nicolas Anelka Faces Probe of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Gesture
French soccer star Nicolas Anelka is facing disciplinary action for showing support for an anti-Semitic comedian whose shows may soon be banned by the French government. Britain’s Football Association said Saturday it was considering punishing Anelka, who plays for the West Bromwich Albion soccer team, for performing, during a match, the quenelle – a quasi-Nazi…
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Breaking News French Soccer Star Nicolas Anelka Makes ‘Anti-Semitic’ Quenelle Gesture After Goal
A French soccer star celebrated a goal Saturday by flashing the so-called quenelle salute popularized by comedian Dieudonne Mbala-Mbala, who has been accused of anti-Semitism. Nicolas Anelka made the controversial gesture after scoring the first of two goals for his West Bromwich Albion team against West Ham United in England’s Barclays Premier League. Anelka, a…
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Breaking News Quasi-Nazi Salute Getting Traction in French Media With Anti-Semitic Overtones
(JTA) — To outsiders, they seem like ordinary men striking macho poses for the camera. But there is a dark side to the photos that are appearing with growing frequency in the French media. The men – and less frequently women – are performing the “quenelle,” a gesture vaguely similar to the Nazi salute that some…
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Breaking News Vienna Philharmonic Yanks Honors to Top Nazis
The famed Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has revoked awards it made during Adolf Hitler’s rule to six leading Nazis, as it quietly responds to criticism of the way it has dealt with its past. The symbolic move, decided in October but not publicly announced, follows the Philharmonic’s publication earlier this year of details of its conduct…
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Opinion Debunking a Libelous Myth of American Jewish Indifference to Looming Holocaust
Well, another year is almost finished, and good riddance. Before we say goodbye to 2013, though, we should take a moment to note one of its overlooked milestones. This was the 30th anniversary of “Indicting American Jews,” the probing, angry, magisterial essay by the late Holocaust historian Lucy Dawidowicz, published in Commentary in June 1983….
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Breaking News City of Cologne Will Return Nazi-Looted Art to Heir of Jewish Collector
The city of Cologne agreed to return six valuable drawings looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art collector. The drawings will be restituted from the Ludwig Museum to the heirs of Alfred Flechtheim, the German museum said Wednesday. They will remain on public display in the museum, according to Mel Urbach, one of the…
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News Fan of Romania’s World War Two Pro-Nazi Leader Drops Bid for Office
An admirer of Romania’s pro-Nazi leader during World War II withdrew his candidacy for a slot on the country’s constitutional court amid protests by Jewish groups. Lucian Bolcas, a former leader within the nationalist Greater Romania Party, announced his withdrawal on Monday shortly after meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. “I do not wish…
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