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Avi Benlolo's Blog
FSWC News Release. December 14, 2007.
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Students oppose Israel boycott: survey
The Canadian Jewish News. December 13, 2007.
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U of T, Ryerson boycott survey ‘reassuring,’ group says
Jewish Tribune. November 29, 2007.
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Avi Benlolo's Blog
FSWC News Release. November 27, 2007.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE APPLAUDS CFS FOR VOTING AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL CAMPAIGN
FSWC News Release. November 26, 2007.
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SURVEY OF PROMINENT CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES FINDS GREATER RADICALISM IS BACKFIRING ON ANTI-ISRAEL GROUPS
FSWC News Release. November 21, 2007.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER SUPPORTERS SPEND 12 POWERFUL HOURS IN WASHINGTON
FSWC News Release. November 14, 2007.
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Review finds 7,000 vile Internet sites – and numbers are growing
Winnipeg Free Press November 13, 2007.
Compiled by the centre's researchers in Los Angeles, Toronto, Jerusalem, Paris, New York and Buenos
Aires, this 10th annual report was available on CD-ROM, it includes over 600 sites "culled from almost
7,000 problematic websites, blogs, newsgroups, YouTube and other on-demand video sites," a jump
of almost 17 per cent over 2006.
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Avi Benlolo's Blog
FSWC News Release. November 9, 2007.
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Croat rockers court controversy
Vancouver Courier November 9, 2007.
Thompson changed venues twice for its Toronto concert Nov. 4 after pressure from the Canadian branch of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Leo Adler, a spokesman for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, claims the band's fan base in Croatia is sympathetic to the former fascist Ustashe movement in Croatia during the Second World War.
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Avi Benlolo's Blog
FSWC News Release. November 6, 2007.
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Controversial Croatian rocker stages secret concert
The Toronto Star November 5, 2007.
According to Leo Adler, a spokesperson for Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center For Holocaust
Studies, Perkovic's band had to agree to respect Canada's hate laws before being permitted to
perform here.
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Croatian Singer Holds Secret Gig
Edmonton Sun November 5, 2007.
After his show was pulled from two Toronto venues, a popular Croatian rock star accused of promoting fascism performed yesterday at an apparently secret gig at a Croatian community centre in this village
west of Toronto.
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Vancouver exhibit takes a look at Jewish lawyers and the Holocaust
Vancouver Sun November 2, 2007.
An internationally acclaimed exhibit chronicling the fate of Jewish lawyers before and during the Holocaust opened today at the Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver.
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Rosalie Sharp Honoured by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
as a ‘Woman of Valour’
FSWC News Release. October 31, 2007.
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Internet is a breeding ground for hate
Hamilton Spectator. October 18, 2007.
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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center thanks VisionTV for their response regarding
hateful remarks on television program
FSWC Letter. August 8, 2007.
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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center extends condolences on the passing of Detective
Constable Rob Plunkett
FSWC Letter. August 8, 2007.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER CALL ON UNITED NATIONAL TO STRENGTHEN ITS BORDER
PATROLS
FSWC News Release. June 26, 2007.
"The detonated bombing murder of six United Nations Spanish and Columbian soldiers
in Lebanon has underscored the ruthless nature of terrorists in the Middle East,"
said Leo Adler, Director of National Affairs for Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER CONDEMNS UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
FOR ITS HYPOCRISY, WHILE COMMENDING CANADA FOR ITS FAIRNESS
FSWC News Release. June 20, 2007.
"We find it incomprehensible that in today’s world, the UNHRC would pass a measure
institutionalizing the annual ‘condemnation’ of Israel."
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MEETING BETWEEN MARIO DUMONT AND MEMBERS OF JEWISH COMMUNITY GENERATES INAPPRPRIATE
QUEBEC NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE
FSWC News Release. June 17, 2007.
"... Portraying Mr. Dumont [National Assembly Opposition Leader] in Hassidic Garb,
or putting dollar singes in his eyes because he met Jews… stereotypes Jews and caters
to the spread of antisemitism."
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REGINA POLICE COMMENDED BY FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR INVESTIGATING
CONVICTED HATE MONGER TERRY TREMAINE
FSWC News Release. June 13, 2007.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) today commended
the Regina Police Service following its recent investigation and questioning of
known neo-Nazi Terry Tremaine.
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FSWC’s "Spirit of Hope" Benefit Celebrates Tolerance, Justice and Human Rights.
FSWC News Release June 7, 2007
Over 2,200 guests attended the "Spirit of Hope" Benefit, the annual gala held in
support and solidarity for the important work of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) on Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
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Passage of time has altered perspectives on war crimes.
The Record. June 2, 2007.
By now, most of us are familiar with the case of Helmut Oberlander. The 83-year-old
Waterloo resident's citizenship was recently revoked for the second time by the
Canadian government over accusations that he took part in war crimes during the
Second World War. His ordeal has stirred passions, both among his supporters and
foes.
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Hatred weaves evil new web.
Calgary Sun. June 1, 2007
In the global launch yesterday in Calgary of its 10th annual Digital Terrorism and
Hate report, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's researchers in Los Angeles, Toronto,
Jerusalem, Paris, New York and Buenos Aires unearthed more than 7,000 hair-raising
websites -- an increase of almost 17% from 2006 -- that foment and nurture hatred
and even teach wannabe terrorists how to build bombs and carry out suicide bombing
attacks.
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Nazi collaborators lose Canadian citizenship a second time.
Epoch Times May 31, 2007.
Although Fast, who lives in a nursing home in St. Catherines, suffers from Alzheimer's
disease, this doesn't mean he can be let off the hook, says Leo Adler, Director
of National Affairs at friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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Nazi collaborators lose citizenship.
Canadian Jewish News. May 31, 2007
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Jerusalem office,
applauded the revocations and said that "the question is whether or not they will
succeed in deporting them from Canada. It’s purely a question of political will."
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Former Franciscan Nun Speaks at FSWC.
FSWC News Release. May 29, 2007.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) welcomed internationally
recognized speaker and author Barbara Coloroso to the new Resource and Leadership
Training Centre yesterday.
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When evil is met with silence.
Calgary Herald. May 16, 2007.
By now, many have seen the shocking footage of Farfur, a Mickey Mouse knock-off
who each Friday on Al-Aqsa TV, is paving the way for the next generation of suicide
bombers by indoctrinating four- and five-year-old children into Hamas's culture
of death.
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Genocide's new rallying cry.
Calgary Sun. May 13, 2007
"Never again!" has been the rallying cry for civilized people and nations, a commitment
that the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust never be repeated. This year, during Holocaust
Remembrance week, moments of silence were observed at memorials, museums, rotundas,
cathedrals synagogues and temples, to remember the past and commit to change the
future. One man, however, chose this time to break the silence and visit the Sudan
to preach a sermon.
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A breeding ground for terror.
Calgary Herald. May 5, 2007.
Contrary to expectations that the worldwide web would usher in an era of universal
accessibility leading to mutual understanding, respect and civilized discourse,
it has spawned an equal amount of distrust, disrespect and uncivilized misbehavior.
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The need for tolerance.
Winnipeg Free Press. May 3, 2007.
I encountered the sweet faced Ringwald, one of 1.5 million Jewish children murdered
by the Germans and their collaborators in the Holocaust, and the eloquent, ebullient
Angelou in two separate -- yet related -- exhibits at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre
and Museum of Tolerance (MOT) in Los Angeles.
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Nazi era, current situation not the same, rabbi says.
Canadian Jewish News. May 3, 2007.
Whatever the level of Islamist-inspired antisemitism in Europe, it’s “not wise”
for Jews to leave the continent en masse, Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of
the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told a visiting delegation of Canadian journalists
last week.
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L.A. museum offers caution and hope.
The Suburban. May 2, 2007.
Nearly a dozen journalists from Montreal, Toronto, Alberta and Manitoba, along with
former BQ MP Richard Marceau, last week visited the 14-year-old Simon Wiesenthal
Centre’s Museum of Tolerance (MOT) in Beverly Hills, California. Read more...
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Canada gets an 'F' on Nazi file.
Canadian Jewish News. April 19, 2007
A change in Ottawa has made no appreciable differences in efforts to bring Nazi
war criminals to justice, an Israel-based Nazi-hunter stated last week.
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ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FSWC's VITAL MISSION.
FSWC News Release. April 17, 2007.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) is proud to acknowledge
a substantial grant received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation directed toward
the new Resource and Leadership Training Centre.
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You Can't Teach History Without The Holocaust; Denial Is Gaining Traction, But
Let's Give Young Muslims The Unvarnished Truth.
Globe and Mail. April 16, 2007
Suppose schools stopped teaching the history of slavery because learning about the
oppression of blacks might offend white students and their families. Incredibly,
an exact analogy is playing out in northern England, where the study of the Holocaust
is being dropped from the curriculum "for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs
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MONTREAL POLIC APPLAUDED BY FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR QUICK HATE
CRIMES ARREST.
LES AMIS DU CENTRE SIMON WIESENTHAL POUR ÉTUDES DE L'HOLOCAUSTE SALUENT LES
SERVICES POLICIERS DE MONTRÉAL POUR L'ARRESTATION RAPIDE DES SUSPECTS DANS UNE AFFAIRE
DE CRIMES HAINEUX .
FSWC News Release. April 15, 2007.
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Wiesenthal Center looks to reach Muslim world.
Canadian Jewish News . April 12, 2007.
As associate dean of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), [Rabbi
Abraham Cooper] is a frequent flyer whose travels recently took him to South Korea,
Singapore, Jakarta and even Toronto. While in Canada, he participated in the opening
of the Friends of SWC's Resource and Leadership Training Centre at 5075 Yonge St.
The 2000-square-foot space includes a library of tolerance, interactive computer
workstations and a classroom-style lecture space. Read more...
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Jewish brainpower is a mixed blessing.
National Post . April 11, 2007.
Thanks to agitation by outraged American -- most notably Rabbi Abraham Cooper of
the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, who travelled to Seoul last month
-- Meon Nara's publisher is taking the book off store shelves. Unfortunately, the
company is powerless to recall the existing copies that are providing legions of
Koreans with a Boratlike view of the Jewish race.
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FIND THE MONTREAL BOMBER, URGES FRIENDS IF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER.
FSWC News Release. April 5, 2007.
With the explosion of a homemade bomb at the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre
in Montreal last evening, “we see history repeating itself,” said Leo Adler, Director
of National Affairs, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
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FSWC TRAINING CENTRE LAUNCH A GREAT SUCCESS.
FSWC News Release. March 28, 2007.
Over one-hundred distinguished guests joined Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) to celebrate the much anticipated grand opening of
The Resource and Leadership Training Centre at 5075 Yonge Street.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER EXPOSES AND TERMINATES CANADIAN TERROR WEBSITE.
FSWC News Release. March 21, 2007.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) has succeeded in
removing the latest terrorist website from Canadian cyberspace.
The Arabic language website, Detachments of Martyr Ahmed Abualrish, was
discovered by Wiesenthal researchers compiling the Center’s soon-to-be-released
CD-ROM Report, Digital Terrorism & Hate 2007; its annual report on Internet
extremism. Read more...
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A NEW CENTRAL ADDRESS FOR TOLERANCE EDUCATION: FSWC PREPARES FOR GRAND OPENING OF
RESOURCE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTRE.
FSWC News Release. March 12, 2007.
"We are proud to offer the Toronto community a unique and diverse venue that will
bring tolerance education to the forefront of public consciousness," said Avi Benlolo,
President and CEO of FSWC Canada.
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VENUE CHANGE FOR FSWC SPIRIT OF HOPE BENEFIT, FEATURING HONOURABLE
AL GORE.
FSWC News Release. March 8, 2007.
Due to an overwhelming response, The Spirit of Hope Benefit scheduled for June 5,
2007 had been moved to a larger venue.
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER APPLAUDS GERMANY'S CONVICTION OF HOLOCAUST DENIER.
FSWC News Release. February 15, 2007.
"We applaud Germany for aggressively dealing with those who deny history's most
documented atrocity," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. Read more...
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ETHNIC CANADIAN LEADERS FRUSTRATED BY CONTINUED PRESENCE OF WAR CRIMINALS IN CANADA.
FSWC News Release. January 30, 2007.
"Oberlander is one of six cases that require only political will to be resolved.
Labour camp guards like Wasyl Odynsksy, Jura Skomatchuk and Josef Furman were cogs
in the machinery of genocide," said Leo Adler, director of national affairs for
the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. "They, along with
collaborators like Jacob Fast and Vladimir Katriuk, lied to gain entry to Canada.
They dishonour the privilege of Canadian citizenship." Read more...
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Hackers bring down neo-Nazi website
Canadian Jewish News. January 25, 2007.
The centre brought the site to the attention of police in Ontario and Saskatchewan,
asking that they investigate the "registrant," a resident of Barrie, Ontario, and
the "contact person," who lives in Regina. The centre believed the site violated
Canada's hate laws, said Leo Adler, Canadian director of national affairs for the
centre. Read
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FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES APPLAUDS TORONTO TEACHERS’
DECISDION TO REJECT ONE-SIDED ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
FSWC News Release. January 19, 2007.
"Unlike CUPE-Ontario, which dealt with similar issues in a secretive manner, Toronto's
District 12 high school teachers are to be commended for their thorough and open-minded
debate which lead to the rejection of 2 anti-Israel resolutions", said Leo Adler,
Director of National Affairs, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
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CANADIAN NEO-NAZI GROUP EXPOSED WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES
FSWC News Release. January 17, 2007.
Canadian law enforcement officials (including the RCMP and OPP) had been informed
of a neo-Nazi website registered to a Canadian citizen by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal
Center for Holocaust Studies in Toronto. Read more...
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Turning over the dark side of the web.
Backbone Magazine. January 11, 2007.
Leo Adler, director of national affairs at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
for Holocaust Studies, regularly approaches ISPs to remove sites that cross the
line, and he claims considerable success. "Ninety per cent of the time we found
that the server agrees with us and we shut them down. The few times they don't agree,
we go to the police." Read more...
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