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Pauline Menkes, Elise Kalles, & Carole Grafstein, setting the example.
Lifestyles Magazine. December 17, 2006.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies recently held its inaugural
Woman of Valour Luncheon, a "celebration pf Toronto's finest womes." The following
stories about the luncheon's three honorees - Pauline Menkes, Elise Kalles and Carole
Grafstein, - will provide and engaging glimpse into the extraordinary lives of these
accomplished women. Read more...
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Bearing Witness: Holocaust 'review' spurs survivors to speak out.
The Toronto Star. December 12, 2006.
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened a two-day conference yesterday
to question whether the Holocaust took place, Libman [one of nine Toronto survivors]
was part of an effort to counter that event, bearing witness in a transcontinental
video conference. Read
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WIESENTHAL CENTER CONVENES 3-CITY (CANADA and US) VIDEOCONFERENCE OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
TO COUNTER IRAN'S HOLOCAUST REVISIONIST CONFERENCE
FSWC News Release. December 10, 2006.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies will convene, "Witness
To The Truth", a videoconference of 70 Holocaust survivors (10 in Toronto) speaking
to counter 70 Holocaust deniers attending the Iranian government-sponsored Tehran
Conference on December 12/06. Each survivor will speak for five minutes. Read more...
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Former PLO terrorist supports Israel.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. December 4, 2006.
Whenever he speaks to Jewish groups, Walid Shoebat is often told education is the
Solution to Education. Walid Shoebat will be speaking on Wednesday, December 6 at
7:00pm at the SJCC. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies. Read
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UN Human Rights: Israelis Need Not Apply
November 22, 2006.
Touring Sderot, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Louise Arbour had to duck as Kassam
rockets, which killed an Israeli woman a few days ago, again bombarded the southern
Israeli hamlet. Arbour had just visited the Kassam's Gaza launching pad—the Palestinian
village of Beit Hanoun—where she called Israel's anti-terror defensive measures
"a human rights catastrophe." Read more...
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JUDGE ARBOUR MUST DEMAND UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONDEMN PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS
TARGETING ISRAELI CIVILIANS, says FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
FSWC News Release. November 21, 2006.
While grateful that UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour was not injured by
a terrorist rocket during her visit today to the Israeli town of Sderot, Friends
of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies urges that Ms. Arbour urge the
UN Human Rights Council to condemn daily terrorist targeting of Israeli civilians.
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'What starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews'
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. November 20, 2006.
The Center's current sponsorship of a high school essay contest across Europe on
"Nuremburg – The Lessons of War Crimes Trials and an exhibition on "Nazi Euthanasia"
is to emphasize that all hatred is indivisible. Read more...
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Cyberspace a haven for hate and terrorist activity
London Topic. November 15, 2006.
The video images show a close up of a man's passport and documents, suddenly, without
warning, the scene shifts to the man struggling on the ground, hands tied behind
his back, the barrel of a high-powered rifle comes into frame and - bang - the man
is shot in the head.
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Ad campaign turns up possible Nazi suspect
Canadian Jewish News. November 2, 2006.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center revealed last week it has learned of a former
SS captain now living on Vancouver island thanks to a phone call from the man's
neighbour. Read
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Lawyers without rights
National Post. October 31, 2006.
Given lawyers' current powerful status in the West, the phrase "lawyers without
rights" may sound strange. But that is precisely what occurred in Nazi Germany.
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FSWC launches Operation: Last Chance print campaign
Marketing Daily. September 28, 2006.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies begins a print campaign
this month to support Operation: Last Chance, an initiative to bring Nazi war criminals
living in Canada to justice.
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Iran's genocidal gameplan
The Calgary Sun. September 16, 2006.
According to University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole, quoted in the New York
Times, Iranian President Ahmadinejad "did not say he was going to wipe Israel off
the map because no such idiom exists in Persian." Cole-notorious for his anti-American,
anti-Israel blog on the Mideast-conveniently ignores the Iranian President's official website that refers to "wiping Israel away." Read more...
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Opinion - Terrorists rely on propaganda
The Suburban. August 23, 2006.
The headlines over the past month have been dominated with pictures and words depicting
the plight of babies and other children. One does not have to be a public relations
guru to know that such photos attract immediate attention and sympathy. Read more...
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Film marks hate revival
The Suburban. August 23, 2006.
Ever Again, a new film produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, demonstrates how
the post-Holocaust promise of "never again" has less credence in 2006 than in the
past 61 years. Read more...
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"LAWYERS WITHOUT RIGHTS" EXHIBIT SCHEDULED FOR MONTRÉAL, TORONTO AND OTTAWA
FSWC News Release. August 22, 2006.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND EL AL LAUNCH SCHOOL
BAG DRIVE FOR ISRAELI CHILDREN
FSWC News Release. August 22, 2006.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES ENCOURAGED BY UNITED CHURCH
OF CANADA POSITION
FSWC News Release. August 18, 2006.
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Waving the flag of hatred
Calgary Herald. August 16, 2006.
Canadian politicians were dead wrong to march in a Montreal demonstration under
the flag of Hezbollah. While they may have been motivated by a desire to express
their solidarity with the suffering of innocent Lebanese civilians, they instead
validated the terrorist group that effectively has held an entire nation hostage
as it pursues Iran's proxy war against Israel. Read more...
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Wiesenthal digital hate report out in French
Canadian Jewish News (Montreal edition). August 10, 2006.
… Adler cited the example of two Internet hate sites on Montreal-based servers,
including one that was pro-Hezbollah, that were successfully shut down this past
may. Read more...
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Centre warns of ugly anti-Jewish websites
Charlottetown Guardian. August 4, 2006.
As the death and destruction continues in the Middle East, a new war is being raged,
the one on the Internet.
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Collating Hate
The Hour. August 3, 2006.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies honoured Montreal psychologist,
educator and trainer Dr. Myrna Lashley of the Centre for Research Action and Race
Relations last week for her efforts in promoting multicultural understanding. Read more...
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Hate Control
Montreal Mirror. August 3, 2006.
Last week, The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Toronto-based, Canadian
branch of the International Jewish human rights group, released their eighth annual
Digital Terrorism and Hate report at a Montreal press conference. Read more...
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Anti-Semitism and terrorism intimately linked, says speaker
Canadian Jewish News. August 3, 2006.
Canada and the rest of the world are facing “an anti-Semitism-terrorism nexus” that
is without frontiers” and threatens humanity, said Shimon Samuels, director of international
relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Read more...
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Battling online terror
The Suburban. August 2, 2006.
"What we do is when we come across something, if it's a hate site we go straight
to the [Internet] provider ... and usually within 24, 48 hours, some 95 percent
of the time they call back and they say 'we looked at it, you're absolutely right,
we've taken it off,'" said Leo Adler, director of national affairs for the F.S.W.C.
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Internet-based terror groups 'fastest-growing type of hate'
Montreal Gazette. July 28, 2006.
The 2006 Digital Terrorism and hate study, which was made public yesterday in Montreal
as part of a global campaign, puts the number of websites, blogs and newsgroups
that incite hate at more than 6,000, a 20-per-cent jump over last year. Read more...
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER SHOCKED AT UN's LOUISE ARBOUR'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
RE: CURRENT MIDEAST CONFLICT.
FSWC News Release. July 21, 2006.
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DIGITAL TERRORISM AND HATE 2006 CD ROM REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN MONTREAL.
FSWC News Conference Invitation. July 20, 2006.
LE RAPPORT SUR CD ROM PORTANT SUR LE TERRORISME ET LA HAINE NUMERIQUE EN 2006 RENDU
PUBLIC À MONTRÉAL
Invitation À Un Point De Presse
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Wiesenthal Center cites hate, terrorism Web pages
CBC News. July 16, 2006.
Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies has released a list
of more than 200 Web sites it says promote terrorism and hate… The organization
said the compilation is intended to give law-enforcement officials, public officials,
educators, parents and media a better understanding of the scope of "digital hate."
More than 30,000 copies of the new CD-ROM have been produced. Read more...
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'Vile' hate messages land Ontario man in Jail.
CanWest News Service. July 14, 2006.
"Hopefully is will send a message to people that, firstly, they should not be practicing
hate in Canada and Secondly, if you are going to do it and the courts tell you to
stop, they mean it," said Leo Adler, director of national affairs for the Simon
Wiesenthal Centre, a Jewish human rights organization. Read more...
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Al-Qaeda targets moderate Muslims.
Calgary Herald. July 3, 2006.
Now, the world needs to back the few Arab moderates who have the courage to speak
and act against terrorists. Ottawa and Washington should encourage Jordan's courageous
King Abdullah II who recently demanded "unified international efforts to combat
this dangerous disease terrorism which is completely alien to our Islamic values
and traditions." Read
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DECRIES UNITED CHURCH TORONTO BRANCH BOYCOTT
OF ISRAELI GOODS
FSWC News Release. June 28, 2006.
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United Churches in Toronto to endorse boycott of Israel.
National Post. June 28, 2006.
The Toronto division of the United Church of Canada will today endorse a controversial
motion that calls for a boycott and sanctions against Israel. Read more...
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Initiative announced to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. June 19, 2006.
June 6, 2006 marked 62 years since D-Day. In Ottawa on that day, a rally was held
on Parliament Hill to remind the Canadian government there are still war criminals
at large, living lives of freedom in Canada who must be brought to justice. Read more...
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Unlikely duo works together to promote tolerance.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. June 19, 2006.
Zaal and his skinhead buddies would be kicking the crap out of of Boger and his
friends for the simple reason they were gay street kids. Twenty some years later,
they would meet again. This time in a place dedicated to promoting tolerance and
understanding – the Simon Wiesenthal center Museum of Tolerance. Read more...
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See FSWC's recent full page ad in the National Post denouncing CUPE Ontario's call
to boycott the State of Israel.
Click here to view
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Canada's Nazi's not leaving.
The Toronto Star. June 6, 2006.
In spite of substantial efforts to bring suspected Nazi war criminals to justice,
Canada's system for deporting them is a "travesty," says the director of Jerusalem's
Simon Wiesenthal Center, the leading organization for pursuing and prosecuting those
who took part in the crimes of the Holocaust. Read more...
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New Nazi hunter continues to press for prosecutions.
National Post. June 6, 2006.
In Canada this week to unveil the Wiesenthal Center's annual report on the worldwide
investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals, Mr. Zuroff said the centre
will extend its Operation Last Chance reward program here in an effort to gather
information on war criminals in Canada. Read more...
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER'S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS INTERNET USE AND ABUSE BY
TERRORIST GROUPS
FSWC News Release. June 4, 2006.
"This weekend's arrest of 17 Canadian men on terrorist charges highlights the use
and abuse of the Internet in planning such plots," said Leo Adler, Director of National
Affairs for Toronto-based Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER OUTRAGED OVER CUPE ONTARIO POSITION AGAINST ISRAEL
FSWC News Release. May 29, 2006.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, a Toronto – based NGO
and human rights organization and its 40,000 Canadian members of all denominations,
has requested a meeting with CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan “to rationally discuss
and resolve the union’s outrageous position on Israel.” Read more...
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Simon Wiesenthal Center to Launch Operation Last Chance.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. May 22, 2006.
On June 6, the 62 nd anniversary of D-Day, the Day Canadian soldiers landed on Juno
beach to free Europe from the Nazis, the Simon Wiesenthal Center will be holding
an event on Parliament Hill to launch Operation Last Chance... Read more...
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Suicide bombers recruited on Web site hosted in Montreal.
National Post. May 10, 2006.
A Farsi-language Web site that glorifies suicide bombers and appears to be based
out of Iran was uncovered yesterday on the server of a Montreal-based Internet provider.
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Farsi hate websites worry Holocaust group.
Globe and Mail. May 10, 2006.
Leo Adler, a director with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust
Studies, said yesterday he has written to police and Internet service providers
about several such sites in recent weeks. Read more...
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‘GLOBAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES OF TERRORISM’ HIGHLIGHTED IN TERRORIST AND HATE INTERNET
SITES REPORT BY FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
FSWC News Release. May 5, 2006.
The number of terror and hate websites, newsgroups, blogs, chat rooms and online
clubs has surged above 6,000.....representing a 20 per cent spike over last year.
That's the finding of the 2006 edition of Digital Terrorism and Hate, an interactive
Report released by Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center released in Halifax today.
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Feature: Digital Hate 2006.
Monitor. May, 2006.
The Los Angeles CA-bases Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and the Canadian Friends
of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) in Toronto, last month released their annual report
on the dark side of the Internet...
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SAY "NO" TO POLITICAL FOOTBALL, SAYS FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
FSWC News Release. April 27, 2006.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies today called on Canada’s
sports organizations to urge the German government to ban Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad from attending the World Cup games in Berlin this June. Read more...
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Canada moves 'to turn back the culture of terrorism'.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. April 24, 2006.
Rabbi Cooper was recently in Ottawa to release the Simon Wiesenthal Center annual
CD-Rom report, Digital Terrorism and Hate 2006. While here, the rabbi
met with Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, Justice Minister Vic Toews and Public
Safety Minister Stockwell Day.
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WIESENTHAL CENTER URGES CHURCHES AND NGOs TO DROP THEIR ANTI-SECURITY FENCE CAMPAIGN
FSWC News Release. April 17, 2006.
In the wake of the latest Passover suicide attack in Israel, the following statement
was released today by Rabbi Marvin Hier; Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Dean and Associate
Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles and Leo Adler, Director of National
Affairs, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Toronto. Read more...
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Web a bomb 'university'.
The Toronto Star. April 6, 2006.
Looking for a bomb-making kit, attack plan, or handy list of targets near you? Go
to the Internet. That's the conclusion of the latest report on Internet terrorism
and hate-related activities by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Toronto-based
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Online hate growing rapidly.
National Post. April 6, 2006.
The number of hate Web sites on the Internet has grown exponentially in the last
decade, says a new report by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center. Read more...
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Senior federal cabinet ministers to get "snapshot" of Internet terrorism.
Rogers Yahoo Mail & Canadian Press. April 6, 2006.
"We've tried to put together a snapshot that I think will help (the ministers)...
maybe make their interaction with (security) professionals in Ottawa, Washington,
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Internet use by hate groups increasing: expert.
CBC News. April 5, 2006.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles,
is in Canada this week to present the group's annual report of digital terrorism
and hate to the new Canadian government. Read more...
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TERRORIST AND HATE INTERNET SITES SURGING IN 2006, PROVIDING GLOBAL ‘VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES
OF TERRORISM', SAYS FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
FSWC News Release. April 5, 2006.
The number of terror and hate websites, newsgroups, blogs, chat rooms and online
clubs has surged above 6,000.....representing a 20 per cent spike over last year.
That's the finding of the 2006 edition of Digital Terrorism and Hate, an interactive
Report by Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center and Canadian Friends of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center released in Toronto today. Read more...
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER APPLAUDS CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO CUT HAMAS-LED
PA FUNDING
FSWC News Release. March 29, 2006.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies applauded the Canadian
Government for today’s decision to cut assistance and diplomatic ties to the Palestinian
Authority. Read more...
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Hate.com.
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Radical mullahs feulling hatred.
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U.S. 'will Always be by Israel's side,' Clinton says.
Canadian Jewish News. March 9, 2006.
The United States' relationship with Israel will be "solid for a long time to come,"
former U.S. President Bill Clinton told supporters of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal
Center for Holocaust Studies in Toronto. Read more...
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Clinton wows crowds in T.O.
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Menace of the New Year: Iran's President Ahmadinejad.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. February 20, 2006.
While Time magazine chose Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as its 2005 "persons
of the year," the cover of the Devil's Advocate would certainly have been
adorned with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read more...
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Preaching to the Choir. 'Radical Islam' suffers from lack of dialogue.
The Varsity. February 9, 2006.
Anyone attending the events of "Know Radical Islam Week" got an official warning.
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WIESENTHAL CENTER: CANADA MUST SUSPEND ALL FUNDING OF HAMAS - CONTROLLED PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY, UNLESS IT RENOUNCES TERRORIST AGENDA
FSWC News Release. January 26, 2006.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies has applauded Prime Minister
– Designate Stephen Harper for suggesting Canada will not recognize the new Palestinian
Hamas Government. Read more...
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER URGES FEDERAL LEADERS TO CEASE MEETINGS WITH
IRAN
FSWC News Release. January 3, 2006.
The following letter has been sent by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center to
Prime Minister Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe, demanding
there be no meetings between Canadian and Iranian politicians or bureaucrats until
Iran reverses its position on the Holocaust and the State of Israel. Read more...
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Tensions high on Canadian campus.
JTA.
A weeklong lecture series on radical Islam sponsored by Jewish groups and others
got under way at the University of Toronto... Lead sponsors include Betar-Tagar
and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Read more...
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Radical Islam Criticised.
Canadian University Press. February 8, 2006
Two politically charged events scheduled side by side by the University of Toronto's
Arab Students' Collective (ASC) and Betar Tagar, a Zionist activist group, are quickly
gathering steam for what could become a full-blown campus confrontation... The week's
events [Know Radical Islam Week] are being funded entirely by the Friends of Simon
Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Read more...
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Childhood of slavery, fear recalled.
Toronto Star. Feruary 7, 2006
Deng's lecture was the first in a series on the U of T campus organized by a coalition
that includes Betar-Tagar, a student-led pro-Israeli organization; the Middle East
Forum; and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. "Know Radical-Islam
Week" runs through Friday and features lectures with such titles as "Sesame Street
for Suicide Bombers" and "Terrorism at Our Doorstep." Read more...
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'Radical Islam Week' sparks U of T furor.
National Post. February 6, 2006
Campus police at the University of Toronto will be on alert today as a Jewish student
group kicks off Know Radical Islam Week, a series of lectures aimed at exposing
everything from the alleged enslavement of camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates
to genital mutilation of women in Egypt. Read more...
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Harper stands firm on Hamas.
Canadian Jewish News. Feb 2, 2006.
The Canadian Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies also applauded
Harper... "We now call on [Harper] to ensure that Canada suspend all financing and
contacts with a government declared by this country as a terrorist group," stated
the Friends' director of national affairs, Leo Adler. Read more...
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York school board pulls controversial children's book.
Canadian Jewish News. Jan 26, 2006.
The York Region District School Board has pulled a controversial children's book
about the Middle East from the prestigious Silver Birch Awards reading program for
older elementary school students, but the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) will
continue to make the book available to its students... Avi Benlolo, director of
the Canadian office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called the book "very disturbing."
It presents a gloomy "war-torn" picture of Israel with no reference to the fact
it is a modern, first world country where people lead ordinary lives. Read more...
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Champions of a new Holocaust.
National Post. Jan 27, 2006.
The UN-sanctioned establishment of today – Jan. 27 – as Holocaust Remembrance Day
is a welcome development and long overdue. But as the success of Hamas in this week's
Palestinian elections shows, memorials for Holocaust victims must be coupled with
a response to the existential threats to the survival of the Jewish people posed
by Middle Eastern Islamists. Read more...
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Racist Canadian website denied internet service, says Friends of Simon Wiesenthal
Center.
CNW Group. December 19, 2005.
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'Anti-trustee' meeting promises more openness.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. December 12, 2005.
The divestment movement by some Protestant churches in North America is still alive
and well, according to Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. Read more...
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