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anti-Semitism stories: 53 news summaries

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Prof's Nazi-Israeli Comparison Stirs Uproar

Students, faculty defend instructor amid anti-Semitism charges

Apr 30, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UC Santa Barbara professor's decision to send his students an email comparing graphic photographs of the Holocaust's Jewish victims to similar shots taken of Palestinians during the recent offensive in Gaza has caused an uproar. Many students and faculty members have expressed support for the professor, who is Jewish,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Holocaust • professor • Arab Israeli conflict • anti-Semitism • Israeli Army • Nazis • UC Santa Barbara • academic freedom • Anti-Defamation League • Gaza war

French Kidnap, Torture Gang Goes on Trial

Group allegedly targeted Jews, killed 23-year-old in 2006

Apr 29, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French gang accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a Jewish man has gone on trial in Paris, reports the BBC. Presumed ringleader Youssouf Fofana—who allegedly ordered his accomplices to target Jews—faces charges of premeditated murder and committing "acts of torture and barbarism" over the death... More »

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torture • crime • Jews • kidnapping • murder • gangs • trial • Paris • anti-Semitism • Youssouf Fofana

(Newser) - A Pat Oliphant cartoon is an attack on Israel, not "hideously anti-Semitic," writes blogger Emily Moulton in Gather. The controversial cartoon shows a woman carrying a small child labeled "Gaza" being pursued by a headless Nazi pushing a giant Star of David with teeth. "The cartoon... More »

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Israel • Gaza • anti-Semitism • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Pat Oliphant • Anti-Defamation League • american jewish committee

German Cops Raid Neo-Nazi Houses

Cops seize banned music as anti-Semitic violence rises

Mar 4, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - German police are searching houses nationwide for neo-Nazi propaganda that may be fueling anti-Semitic crimes, Reuters reports. The probe of 200 houses and businesses belonging to Germany's extreme right comes as extremism increases in East Germany, the country's poorer half. "The primary aim is to seize and confiscate prohibited... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • extremists • radicals • East Germany • Neo-Nazi • anti-Semitism

OPINION

 Can Mel Make a 
 Comeback? 

Gibson aims for rehabilitation, but Mad Max is 'gone'

Mar 2, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson appears to be making an effort to revive a career stalled after his 2006 arrest and accompanying anti-Semitic tirade, but “it seems unlikely he can ever really come back,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. “Like Tom Cruise, Gibson has sent himself into a weird... More »

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Hollywood • film • sexism • image • film director • Mel Gibson • actor • anti-Semitism • comeback • movies • Roger Friedman

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s alleged mega-fraud and the large number of Jewish investors he apparently snookered is stoking anti-Semitic feeling in tony Palm Beach, ABC News reports. “It is a terrible thing to say, but some of the WASPs are delighted, they take great pleasure in this,” said an... More »

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philanthropy • fraud • Judaism • investment • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • anti-Semitism • scandal • Bernard Madoff • charitable giving

Bishop Will 'Look Into' Holocaust Record

Williamson yield after d

Feb 9, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure to recant his Holocaust denial, Bishop Richard Williamson promises to crack open the history books. “Historical evidence is at issue, not emotions," he told Der Spiegel. "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time." Williamson said his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • excommunication • Auschwitz • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X • Richard Williamson • denial • Leuchter report

Jews Rip Pope for Reinstating Holocaust Denier

Pope's reinstatement of controversial leader threatens Jewish-Catholic relations

Jan 25, 09 5:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Jews across the globe are reacting with fury to Pope Benedict XVI's reinstatement of an excommunicated bishop who denies the Holocaust, the Guardian reports. Former British bishop Richard Williamson, excommunicated in 1988 for his membership in an extremist Catholic sect and defiance of church authority, claims that no Jews died... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Holocaust • Jews • Vatican • anti-Semitism • Roman Catholic Church • Richard Williamson

Pope to Reinstate Bishop Who Denies Holocaust

Hardliner rejected Vatican reforms for being too tolerant of other faiths

Jan 23, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is planning to welcome four rebel bishops excommunicated by his predecessor back to the Catholic Church, reports the Times of London. The ultra-conservative bishops reject the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council. One of them, Richard Williamson, openly endorses the anti-semitic tract Protocols of the Elders ... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • Judaism • excommunication • Catholic • bishop • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X

Courtney Love Knocks Jews
... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

Jan 16, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going... More »

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music • Courtney Love • parenting • Nirvana • rock bands • Jewish • anti-Semitism • interview • celebrity interview

Meet the Man Calling Obama
a Muslim

Lawsuit-loving, anti-Semitic eccentric behind false rumors

Oct 13, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pernicious rumors that Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim can be traced to one man, the New York Times reports: Andy Martin, a failed lawyer and politician known for his anti-Semitic comments and frivolous lawsuits. In 2004 Martin released a press release calling Obama a Muslim, and he... More »

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Barack Obama • Muslim • smear campaign • anti-Semitism • Election 2008 • Andy Martin

Austrian Pol Driving Twice Speed Limit in Fatal Crash

Austria grieves extremist chief's death after right gains big in elections

Oct 13, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversial leader of an ultra-right movement in Austria was driving twice the speed limit when he careened off a road and fatally crashed into a cement post, authorities revealed. Joerg Haider was driving 88 mph in a 40mph zone when the crash occurred Saturday, reports the Guardian. Thousands... More »

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Austria • anti-Semitism • right-wing attacks • Joerg Haider

France Plotzes as Sarko Jr Weds Jewish Heiress

Nuptials spark anti-Semitic debate

Sep 11, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jean Sarkozy, the 22-year-old son of France's president, married his childhood sweetheart last night in a ceremony so under wraps that guests were informed via text message. A possible reason for the secrecy? His bride, the heiress to a huge electronics company, is Jewish—and the marriage has set off... More »

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France • Jews • Judaism • heiress • anti-Semitism • Neuilly-sur-Seine • Jean Sarkozy

 Ownership Dispute 
 Swirls Around NY Picassos 

Heirs of German-Jewish banker say Nazis forced sale of paintings, now worth millions

Aug 20, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The heirs of a German-Jewish banker are demanding that New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim relinquish possession of two works by Picasso, Der Spiegel reports. The heirs say the two paintings, Boy Leading a Horse and Le Moulin de la Galette, unjustly fell into the hands of... More »

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Germany • Jews • art • World War II • MoMA • Pablo Picasso • anti-Semitism • Nazis • Guggenheim • Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

 Porn Claim Riles Kafka Scholars  

Experts have uneasy dreams about author's proclivities

Aug 15, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Literary circles are in an uproar over a new biography of Franz Kafka that says the existentialist author had a penchant for porn, the Guardian reports. Kafka expert James Hawes, who says he unearthed some of the not-exactly-mainstream magazines the author enjoyed, makes the claim in a new book and... More »

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pornography • biography • British Library • anti-Semitism • Franz Kafka • literary criticism • Heinrich Heine • Bodleian • Rainer Stach • Klaus Wagenbach

(Newser) - French authorities are investigating the sale of T-shirts bearing anti-Semitic slogans that date to 1940, the BBC reports. The shirts carry the slogan "Jews not allowed in this park" in German and Polish, reproduced from signs posted in Lodz, Poland, during World War II. Almost all of Lodz's Jews... More »

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France • Jews • racism • Paris • T shirts • anti-Semitism • Belleville

 French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Divides Paris liberals over 'right to provoke'

Aug 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian. In a column for Charlie Hebdo, Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life."... More »

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France • Paris • columnists • anti-Semitism • Jean Sarkozy • controversy • Maurice Siné

OPINION

 Iran and American Jews: 
 'Divided Loyalties'? 

Right-wingers get 'vicious,' 'dishonest' in bashing perceived critics

Jul 2, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With rhetoric on Iran escalating almost daily, Glenn Greenwald reviews recent charges that Israel's agenda is what's behind all this agitation for war. When Joe Klein argued last week in Time that some war proponents are “motivated by their allegiance to Israel,” reaction was "as vicious, furious... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • right wingers • anti-Semitism • loyalty

France Shocked by Beating of Jewish Teen

Sarkozy vows to fight anti-Semitism after victim left in coma

Jun 22, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Paris teenager was beaten into a coma yesterday in what Jewish groups are calling an anti-Semitic attack, the AP reports. In one account, about 15 people beat the 17-year-old, who was wearing a skullcap in eastern Paris. Authorities have detained five people for questioning, and President Nicolas Sarkozy has... More »

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France • Jews • anti-Semitism

Obama Pledges Support
for Israel to Fla. Jews

Seeks support in Jewish community

May 23, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sought to quell skepticism about him in the Jewish community yesterday by addressing a tough audience of older Jewish voters in a Conservative synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida. He asked the audience not to judge him by his 'funny name' or his skin color, to ignore the erroneous... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • terrorism • African Americans • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Jews • Zionism • anti-Semitism • Robert Wexler

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