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Wiesenthal Center warns about Parler opening ‘the door wide’ to anti-Semitism

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Parler, a social-media website founded in 2018 that prides itself on allowing virtually unfiltered viewpoint, has allowed anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry to flourish on its site, according to a report released on Thursday by...
Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Relations at the Simon Wiesenthal Center

Wiesenthal Centre Outraged at UK Pharmaceutical Council Ruling that Jew-Hatred Libel was “Grossly Offensive”...

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Paris, 8 November Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed support for the UK Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) action against Nazim Ali, a London chemist and organizer of the annual “Al-Quds...
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Report: Facebook doesn’t ‘recognize Holocaust denial’ as anti-Jewish hate speech

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Facebook, according to an Aug. 10 report, “actively promotes further Holocaust-denial content to that user” and “has been unwilling to recognize Holocaust denial as a form of hate speech against Jews.” “Hosting the Holohoax: A Snapshot...
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Rapper Jay Electronica calls rabbi a ‘coward’ and ‘devil’

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Rapper Jay Electronica called Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of global social action of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a “coward” and a “devil” following the rabbi’s appearance last week on the podcast hosted by...
Argentina's new 5,000 pesos bill featuring the controversial Dr. Ramon Carrillo.

Jewish community, foreign officials reject image of Nazi supporter on new banknote

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Argentina’s Jewish community was shocked to find that the country decided to print a new banknote with face of a doctor who expressed support for Nazi ideology and supported Josef Mengele’s cruel experiments on...
The Simon Wiesenthal Center's new study “Deadly New Virus Intersects with History's Oldest Hate: Report and Analysis,” released in April, highlights anti-Semitism on social media during the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Screenshot.

Wiesenthal Center demands social-media platforms delete viral anti-Semitic posts

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is urging social-media platforms to remove posts that use the coronavirus pandemic to promote anti-Semitism and violence against Jews. “This is exactly the breeding ground for extremists,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and...
Credit Suisse headquarters at Paradeplatz in Zürich, Switzerland, July 24, 2013. Photo: Thomas Wolf via Wikimedia Commons.

Wiesenthal Center uncovers list of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina with accounts transferred to Credit...

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced this week that it has received a list of 12,000 Nazis living in Argentina, many of whom contributed to bank accounts at the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, which became the Credit...
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After repeated requests, Monaco to open archives on its role in Holocaust

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Monaco has agreed to grant the Simon Wiesenthal Center access to its state archives to learn more about the country’s role in the Holocaust, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Monday. In 1997, the center asked several countries...
Pope Francis with the Simon Wiesenthal Center delegation in the Vatican on Jan. 20, 2020, on the 78th anniversary of the infamous Wannsee Conference in 1942 that sealed the fate of European Jewry, and on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Credit: Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Pope decries ‘resurgent, barbaric’ anti-Semitism on eve of Auschwitz memorial

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During a private audience on Monday of 54 international leadership delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center on the 78th anniversary of the infamous Wannsee Conference in 1942 that sealed the fate of European Jewry,...
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Gary Knight/Flickr.

Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party. “No one...