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“No one should be denied access to a heritage site, especially one intended to highlight unity and progress, simply for existing as a Jew"
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Culture On ‘Soul of a Nation’ Nick Cannon talks teshuva — but Black Jews don’t get equal time
Nick Cannon addressed his journey of teshuva following a summer of professional setbacks due to antisemitic comments — but he may have misrepresented what exactly he needs to atone for. On ABC’s “Soul of a Nation,” Cannon spoke with anchor Linsey Davis about the infamous episode of his “Cannon’s Class” podcast in July, where he…
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News Thank this rabbi for Nick Cannon’s fast education in anti-Semitism
When Rabbi Abraham Cooper finished watching the now-infamous YouTube video in which multi-hyphenate entertainer Nick Cannon spouts a mouthful of anti-Semitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories, he was outraged. So he took to Twitter. “Anyone seeking a Ph.D. in Jew-hatred should watch this ‘interview’ in its entirety,” Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center…
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Fast Forward Simon Wiesenthal Center Mulls Travel Advisory To Jews Going To Poland
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights non-profit, is mulling posting a travel advisory for Jews going to Poland in the wake of an international controversy over a Holocaust rhetoric law, the Jewish Chronicle reported. “We would take such action with great reluctance. We are not enemies of Poland,” the group said in a statement….
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Forward 50 2017 Marvin Hier
The President’s Rabbi The rise of Donald Trump has been very good to Marvin Hier, founder and leader of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center. Hier has been an oft-noisy voice on the national Jewish scene since the 1970s. But the months since Trump’s inauguration have seen him ascend from the rank and file of…
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