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Mar 14, 2008 3:15 AM CDT

Anti-Semitism on the Rise: Report

Criticism of Israel helps fuel hatred worldwide, warns State Department

(Newser) - Over 60 years after the Holocaust, anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, warns a State Department report. US embassies across the globe have noted that attacks on Jewish people, their property and institutions have risen in the last ten years. In 2006 more than 100 synagogues were vandalized, hundreds of...

Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

OPINION

Mar 1, 2008 6:48 PM CST

Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

Hopeful refused to blast racist, but wants rival to slam Farrakhan

(Newser) - Pot, meet kettle: Hillary Clinton recently insisted that Barack Obama “reject and denounce” Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement, but did not apply the same standards to herself, writes Colbert King in the Washington Post. When a Latina in Texas said Hispanics won't vote for Obama because “he happens to...

Critics Blast Sarkozy's Holocaust School Plan

Feb 16, 2008 12:53 PM CST

Critics Blast Sarkozy's Holocaust School Plan

Prez wants each 5th grader to study a victim

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked a new controversy: The maverick leader is now defending his plan to have every fifth grader study a French youth killed in the Holocaust. Critics, including Jewish analysts, warn the move could traumatize students. But one historian applauded Sarkozy's "courage" and said what...

Judge
Cuts Loose
Mel Gibson

Feb 14, 2008 4:07 AM CST

Judge Cuts Loose Mel Gibson

Road Warrior can finish DUI probation without returning to court

(Newser) - Actor Mel Gibson is free to serve out the rest of his drunk driving probation without returning to the courthouse, Reuters reports. "You're on your own now with the self-help groups, so this is the most difficult time for you," a judge told the Apocalypto director yesterday. "...

Jewish Voters Aren't Feeling Obama

Feb 6, 2008 11:35 AM CST

Jewish Voters Aren't Feeling Obama

Smear campaign aside, more US Jews trust in Hillary

(Newser) - More US Jews are looking askance at Barack Obama and opting for Hillary Clinton, unsure of Obama's devotion to Israel. The New Republic looks beyond a recent email campaign—which claimed Obama was a Muslim and anti-Semite—to uncover the roots of an estimated 2-1 preference for Hillary and continuing...

Obama Pastor
Faulted for
Farrakhan Rave

OPINION

Jan 15, 2008 4:38 PM CST

Obama Pastor Faulted for Farrakhan Rave

Incensed scribe cries racism; candidate deplores same

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s controversial pastor is back in the press—and the blogosphere—this time for praising Louis Farrakhan in an issue of the church's magazine, calling him "an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose."...

Coulter Crossed the Line This Time, Critic Says

Oct 14, 2007 2:47 PM CDT

Coulter Crossed the Line This Time, Critic Says

LAT columnist calls her latest salvo anti-Semitic and dangerous

(Newser) - Ann Coulter has gone too far this time, says LA Times media critic Tim Rutten. Reacting with outrage at the conservative firebrand's statements may be playing into her game, but after her remark on CNBC that Jews must be "perfected" into Christians, it's necessary, he says. Coulter's comment is...

Jewish Hate Grows in
Jewish State

Sep 16, 2007 8:15 PM CDT

Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

Neo-Nazi arrests point to frustrations of Israeli non-Jews

(Newser) - Israel may seem an odd place for anti-Semitism, but as more immigrants claim Jewish heritage to gain citizenship through the loose "law of return," though they aren't technically Jewish, neo-Nazism is on the rise. Poverty, unemployment and social exclusion mark the lives of many non-Jews in Israel, reports...

Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

Sep 15, 2007 1:07 PM CDT

Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

Columbus cop referred to blacks, Jews, Cubans, and illegal immigrants as "filthy"

(Newser) - The Ohio patrol officer who made racially charged comments in homemade videos posted on YouTube resigned yesterday, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Susan Purtee, who was reassigned to desk duty after the videos drew national attention, will resign effective Sept. 22 and seek retirements from an unnamed disability. “Clearly, she...

Billionaires Flee Putin's Russia

Jul 2, 2007 4:08 PM CDT

Billionaires Flee Putin's Russia

For mainly Jewish oligarchs, wealth and power has given way to prison and exile

(Newser) - A cadre of 50 or so Russian businessmen struck it rich when the USSR's state-owned industries went up for grabs. But most of these billionaire oligarchs are now in prison or have fled, hounded and hectored by the KGB-style tactics of president Putin. The Guardian profiles 7 deposed plutocrats, who've...

Holocaust
Critic Loses Tenure Bid

Jun 12, 2007 4:00 AM CDT

Holocaust Critic Loses Tenure Bid

University cuts controversial Finkelstein loose

(Newser) - Polarizing poli-sci scholar Norman Finkelstein has been refused tenure at DePaul University in Chicago. The school's president said that Finkelstein, a virulent critic of Israel who's been accused of anti-Semitism for his remarks on the Holocaust, stirred too much controversy and ill will for the nation's largest Catholic University.