Tag Archives: Simon Wiesenthal Center

Controversy over Jerusalem ‘Museum of Tolerance’ featured in the ‘Daily Beast’

Construction continues to move ahead on the site near Jerusalem’s Old City. Critics of the move to build a museum say the process has resulted in the desecration of graves in a historic Muslim cemetery.

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Group responsible for Muslim grave desecration gives advice on bigotry to the White House

The Simon Wiesenthal Center consults with the Obama administration on issues of anti-Semitism. The center has no business policing discourse on bigotry when its actions and discourse are anti-Muslim.

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Jewish left continues to take on the Simon Wiesenthal Center

A coalition of progressive Jewish organizations on both coasts yesterday slammed the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s honoring of the civil rights-era Freedom Riders while “engaging in anti-Muslim bigotry that is no less destructive than that against which the Freedom Riders protested,” … Continue reading

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For killing 9 on the flotilla, Israel should apologize to…. Israel!

As many of you know, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is building a museum of “tolerance” on a Muslim cemetery in  Jerusalem. You can see the construction walls in this picture’s middle ground, amidst the gravestones. Another branch of the LA-based … Continue reading

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Michael Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims: a lesson in how Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations

Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question of Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations, I’ve been coming across stories that fit into that theme. In general, strong support for … Continue reading

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Jewish groups denounce ‘Museum of Tolerance’ builder Simon Wiesenthal Center for support of Islamophobia

A coalition of four Jewish groups, backed by a wide array of peace and justice organizations, held a demonstration Sept. 16 outside the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in New York, denouncing the organization’s opposition to the Islamic community … Continue reading

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