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anti-Semitism stories: 53 news summaries

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 Anti-Semitism Got Polanski 

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

Oct 29, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • rape • celebrity • sex crime • Roman Polanski • anti-Semitism • Gore Vidal

SC Republicans Apologize for Jewish Slur

They praised DeMint
by using stereotype
of miserly Jew

Oct 20, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two GOP county chairs in South Carolina today apologized for a weekend op-ed in which they praised Sen. Jim DeMint by invoking the stereotype of a Jew "watching our nation's pennies." James Ulmer wrote that he "meant absolutely nothing derogatory" by the essay. "I quoted a... More »

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Republican • GOP • anti-Semitism • Jim DeMint

TMZ Chief May Sue After
Cops Pull Phone Records

Invasion 'breaks federal law, breaks state law,' Levin says

Oct 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not so fun being on the other side: TMZ founder Harvey Levin is promising legal action after learning that Los Angeles cops went through his phone records during a leak investigation related to Mel Gibson’s 2007 DUI. TMZ broke the original story. Though the Sheriff’s Department says it... More »

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DUI • TMZ • Harvey Levin • Mel Gibson • anti-Semitism • search warrant • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department • phone records

Judge Expunges Gibson's Drunk Driving Charges

Conviction overturned after probation,
$1,300 in fines

Oct 6, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the eyes of law, it’s as if Mel Gibson has always been a real mensch. A judge today agreed to expunge the drunk driving conviction Gibson earned after his infamous anti-Semitic rant in 2006. The actor’s fulfilled the terms of his three-year probation, including the requisite AA... More »

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drunk driving • probation • Mel Gibson • Alcoholics Anonymous • anti-Semitism

 Ahmadinejad Is ... Jewish? 

His family changed names after his birth

Oct 3, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be hiding Jewish roots. A close look at his identity card—which he held up to the media during Iran's presidential campaign—reveals that his family changed its name from Sabourjian shortly after his birth, the Telegraph reports. That's a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver—... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Jewish • anti-Semitism • Holocaust denier

 Museum Shooter: 
 'I Swore to 
 Defend My 
 Country' 

Von Brunn was on suicide mission, prosecutor says

Sep 2, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn planned to die himself when he opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in June, an assault he planned well in advance to spread the word that the Holocaust was a hoax, prosecutors say. Von Brunn, 89, appeared in court for the first time today to answer charges... More »

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Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

OPINION

Jon Leibowitz, Stop Hiding
Your Real Name

Daily Show host
Stewart a proud Jew ... just not proud enough

Jul 24, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s transformation from black to white makes Ron Rosenbaum of Slate think of Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz—the guy you may know as Jon Stewart. Just as Jackson was probably responding to racism that’s now much less prevalent, the Daily Show host’s stage name “is... More »

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entertainment • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jewish • anti-Semitism • Kirk Douglas

(Newser) - The Republican National Committee has yanked an online game from one of its websites after complaints that aspects of the game were anti-Semitic and sexually graphic, reports Politico. The "Obama Card Game (Life Costs Nothing)" was intended to demonstrate how much could be purchased with the $3.4 trillion... More »

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politics • RNC • anti-Semitism • Obama Card Game • sexually explicit

 Formula 1 
 Execs Floored 
 by Chief's 
 Hitler Praise 

Calls for boycott after Bernie Ecclestone hails Hitler for 'getting things done'

Jul 8, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Executives from the firm that owns Formula One are scrambling to do damage control after their racing boss praised Adolf Hitler as a man who could "get things done." When told the World Jewish Congress was calling for his resignation, billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, 78, also said it was... More »

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Jews • Adolf Hitler • CVC • racing • Formula One • Nazi • Nazism • banking • anti-Semitism • Bernie Ecclestone • World Jewish Congress



 Graham Ripped 
 'Synagogue 
 of Satan' on 
 Nixon Tapes 

Nixon: Jews' failure to 'behave themselves' indicated a 'death wish'

Jun 25, 09 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham blamed Jews from the "Synagogue of Satan" for pornography in a newly released 1973 conversation with Richard Nixon, USA Today reports. The men, in a discussion about anti-Semitism and Jewish opposition to Christian evangelical efforts, agreed that Jews needed to "behave themselves" to avoid unleashing a... More »

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Jews • Billy Graham • Richard Nixon • stereotypes • evangelicals • anti-Semitism • Anti-Defamation League • Nixon tapes

Defying Hate, Visitors Return to Holocaust Museum

Museum staff 'more dedicated than ever' after guard's murder

Jun 13, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Holocaust Museum opened its doors again yesterday after a day of mourning for slain security guard Stephen Johns and hundreds of visitors lined up for admission, the Washington Post reports. Visitors, including families and school groups from around the country, spoke of their determination to defy the hatred... More »

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hate crime • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Extremist UK
Party Linked to Museum Shooter

Von Brunn attended fundraisers in US for whites-only BNP

Jun 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn has links to the British National Party, the whites-only extremist bloc that won two seats in the European Parliament in last week's vote, reports the Guardian. Von Brunn attended fundraising meetings of an American affiliate of the group, although he is not believed... More »

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United Kingdom • racism • Holocaust Museum • extremism • white supremacism • Nick Griffin • British National Party • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Von Brunn's Digital Trail Disappears

Web page, message board rants removed after suspect named

Jun 12, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn's online presence began to vanish within hours after he was named as the suspect in the Holocaust Museum shooting Wednesday, the Washington Post reports. Users trying to access his personal website received an error message, his user bio on Wikipedia was pulled, and the Free Republic message... More »

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Internet • hate crime • message boards • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Museum Shooter Was Growing Despondent

Struggling Von Brunn warned people that they wouldn't see him again

Jun 11, 09 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acquaintances of James von Brunn say the 88-year-old man who witnesses saw open fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum had grown increasingly unhappy in recent weeks, reports the Washington Post. One fellow white separatist said von Brunn "was barely making it" after his Social Security payments were cut, which... More »

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Washington • racism • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

'Gentle Giant' Mourned After Museum Shooting

'Outstanding' guard hailed as a hero

Jun 11, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colleagues at the National Holocaust Museum remember slain security guard Stephen Johns as unfailingly courteous and friendly, the Washington Post reports. The 39-year-old guard was killed in the line of duty yesterday when a gunman walked into the museum and opened fire. "There are no words to express our... More »

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Holocaust Museum • security guards • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns

Shooter Tried
to 'Arrest'
Fed Members
in 1981

Von Brunn served
6 years in prison

Jun 10, 09 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Details about the twisted past of the elderly man who killed a guard at the US Holocaust Museum continues to surface. In a bizarre incident in 1981, James von Brunn, then 62, stormed into the Federal Reserve's headquarters in DC armed with two guns, a knife, and a fake bomb,... More »

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crime • Holocaust Museum • Neo-Nazi • shooting • anti-Semitism • right-wing extremism • James Von Brunn

 Ex-Wife: Museum Shooter's 
 Racism 'Ate Him Alive' 

He said he would 'go out with boots on'

Jun 10, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The white supremacist who allegedly opened fire in the US Holocaust Museum today, killing a security guard, has a hatred of Jews and blacks that “ate him alive like a cancer,” his ex-wife tells the New York Daily News. She said James von Brunn—news reports have differed... More »

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crime • racism • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

 Holocaust Museum 
 Shooter Is White 
 Supremacist; 
 Guard Killed 



His rambling site has racist, anti-Semitic rants

Jun 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - White supremacist James Von Brunn is the injured suspect in today’s shooting of a National Holocaust Museum security guard, police tell the Washington Post. The guard has since died of his injuries at a local hospital, sources tell WJLA-TV. On his anti-Semitic website, von Brunn, 88, claims he served... More »

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crime • Washington DC • museum • shooting • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

 Jews Rattled by Anti-Semitic Riot in Argentina

Armed youths attack event celebrating Israel's independence day

May 19, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A violent attack on an Israel Day celebration in Buenos Aires has shaken Argentina's Jewish community, CNN reports. Community leaders—who warn there has been a surge in anti-Semitic incidents—say the event was attacked by an armed group of youths shouting pro-Palestinian slogans. Three Jews were injured and five... More »

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Israel • Argentina • riots • Buenos Aires • anti-Semitism

Wesleyan Suspect Wrote
'It's OK to Kill Jews'

Cops say Morgan's journal contained anti-Semitic comments, murder threats

May 9, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Morgan wrote murderous and anti-Semitic comments in his journal the day he is accused of killing a Wesleyan student, according to court papers seen by the New York Times. “I think it okay to kill Jews, and go on a killing spree at this school,” wrote the... More »

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murder • stalker • anti-Semitism • Wesleyan • Middletown, Conn. • Johanna Justin-Jinich • Stephen Morgan

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