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French Shocked by Jewish School Shooting

There are potential connections to killings earlier this month, and the general sociocultural climate and the context of the current presidential campaign offer other possible explanations, but the French were left with a big tragedy and something of a mystery after three children and a rabbi were slain outside an Orthodox Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday.

Posted on Mar 19, 2012 READ MORE  |  23 COMMENTS


Everyone Pile On Rick Sanchez!

This has not been excitable former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez’s week. Things went downhill for the newsman after he took a straight-up anti-Semitic shot at Jon Stewart, calling the “Daily Show” host a “bigot” and extrapolating wildly to make the ... (continued)

Posted on Oct 5, 2010 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Incredible Shrinking Audience

Clearly, several dozen delegates at the United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva, Switzerland, disagreed with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assessment of Israel as a “racist government” on Monday.

Posted on Apr 20, 2009 READ MORE  |  77 COMMENTS


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Ahmadinejad’s Christmas Speech Raises Ruckus

Britain’s Channel 4 has a tradition of featuring an alternative Christmas message as a kind of counterpoint to Queen Elizabeth’s customary speech, and this year’s speaker—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—is sparking outrage.

Posted on Dec 25, 2008 READ MORE  |  64 COMMENTS


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Right-Wing Ivy Leaguers Try to Derail Juan Cole Appointment

The liberal U. of Michigan historian and outspoken Bush administration critic is reportedly close to receiving a tenured teaching position at Yale University. But a group of conservatives, led by a Yale and a Harvard student, are trying to queer the deal by painting Cole as anti-Semitic. Glenn Greenwald has the goods; Jane Hamsher has more.

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 READ MORE  |  9 COMMENTS


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‘Fake Sheikh’ Reporter Gets Taste of His Own Medicine

Mazher Mahmood, a British reporter who dresses up as a wealthy Arab businessman to entrap high-profile victims in sting operations, has been publicly outed by a member of Parliament.

  • N.Y. Times story
  • Fake Sheikh’ home page (created by the M.P.)
  • Posted on Apr 17, 2006 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


    Foreclosing a Media Debate on U.S. Policies Toward Israel

    Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled “The Israel Lobby,” the outrage continues to howl through mainstream U.S. media.

    Posted on Apr 9, 2006 READ MORE  |  28 COMMENTS


    Jews Fight Fire with Satire

    In the wake of an Iranian newspaper’s cartoon contest to mock the Holocaust, an Israeli cartoonist is asking Jewish artists to draw anti-Semitic cartoons themselves.
    We wonder: Is this sort of like African Americans reclaiming the N-word as their own?

    Posted on Feb 16, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


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