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Op-Ed: When Holocaust analogies run amok
A recent demonstration in which a small group of haredi Orthodox protesters wore yellow stars and dressed as concentration camp prisoners reflects "blatant, in-your-face Holocaust trivialization on a level that until now we have rarely witnessed in Israeli society," the Anti-Defamation League's national director writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: Shout down the Sharia myth makers
Regarding a "creeping Sharia law, " responsible, free-thinking Americans must be careful to distinguish between the true threats to our freedoms and identifying their sources, and those who loudly declaim against phantom threats that don’t really exist, writes the national director of the Anti-Defamation League. Read more »
Op-Ed: Proposed Dutch ban on ritual slaughter is unfair, ill advised
Aside from the potential practical consequences, the Dutch parliament’s adoption of a bill that effectively would prohibit shechitah would indirectly, but indisputably, convey a message of intolerance for traditional Judaism and for those who observe Jewish dietary laws, writes the head of the Anti-Defamation League. Read more »
Op-Ed: Response to fire illuminates challenges for Israel
Some argue that Israel’s very existence is the problem for many of its critics, but the picture is more complicated, and the response of many nations to Israel’s plea for help with the Carmel fire is the tip of the iceberg, the ADL's Abraham Foxman writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: Speak out against anti-Muslim bigotry
By standing up, speaking out, saying no to religious bigotry, we can help restore respect and civility in America, writes the national director of the Anti-Defamation League. Read more »
Op-Ed: Take the ‘Nazi’ out of Arizona criticism
Political leaders on both sides of the aisle, and on both sides of the immigration debate or whatever the hot-button issue of the day, must refrain from bringing Nazis or the Holocaust into the discussion, as happens too regularly now, ADL head Abraham Foxman writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: A precarious moment in Catholic-Jewish relations
Two documents approved recently by America's Catholic bishops are a one-two punch against a continuing trust in the permanence of the Catholic Church’s reform in its teachings about Jews, Abraham Foxman writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: The importance of the pope’s visit to Israel
The leader of the Anti-Defamation League defends Pope Benedict XVI, saying his recent visit to the Middle East was good for Israel and the Jewish people. Read more »
Op-Ed: Venezuela should repair its ties to Jewish community
President Hugo Chavez must realize that demonizing Israel has given anti-Semites in his country the opportunity to use the Jewish community as a proxy of Israel, writes the Anti-Defamation League's Abraham Foxman. Read more »
Op-Ed: Anti-Semitism: Combating a global pandemic
ADL leader Abraham Foxman, returning from a London meeting on anti-Semitism, says he sees a willingness and commitment by some in the international community to put up a united front against bigotry and hatred. Read more »
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Updated 02/10/12 @ 11:08AM EST
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the solution to the Iran crisis is "never military."
- The publication of a 2010 photograph showing U.S. soldiers with a logo resembling a Nazi symbol was greeted with condemnations by Jewish groups.
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- Sarkozy: Iran solution should be non-military
- Marines’ SS photo condemned by Jewish groups
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- German city of Wurzburg brings back its long-lost Jews
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
