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The Schmooze Why Can’t I Find One High-Profile Celebrity Who Acknowledged The Anti-Semitism In Charlottesville?
It was a scene from every Jewish American child’s personal nightmares — men flooding the streets of an American city chanting anti-Jewish threats, flanked by policemen for protection. The President refusing for several days to specifically condemn the people holding torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us.” People wearing swastikas and doing Nazi salutes…
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Breaking News 8 Things About The Group That Organized Deadly Hatefest In Charlottesville
1) Before the murder of counter-protester Heather Heyer, 32, of which James Alex Fields now stands accused, the Ohio native rallied at the “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville with Vanguard America, a group that describes itself as devoted to achieving fascism in America under white Christian rule. 2) In its manifesto, Vanguard America declares…
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Opinion Charlottesville Shows That Nazis Have More Rights Than Black People
It took me a while to figure out what exactly was most upsetting about the weekend’s events in Charlottesville. Beyond the fact that a person was killed and many were injured by a group of white supremacists, and beyond the fact that there are Nazis marching in the streets of America in 2017, something was…
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Fast Forward Virginia Hillel Slams ‘Heartbreaking’ Charlottesville Violence
After a weekend when white nationalists brought terror and racism to their city, Jewish students at the University of Virginia said they would not be cowed by the hateful display. “The violence, loss of life, and hatred displayed here today is heartbreaking,” read a statement on Facebook from the Brody Jewish Center – University of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Trump Backer Suggests ‘Leftists’ Set Up Deadly Charlottesville Car-Ramming
President Trump’s top supporter in Israel blamed “leftist thugs” for the violence in Charlottesville and defended the president for failing to directly condemn white supremacists. Marc Zell, head of Republicans Abroad in Israel, also called Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee a “great man” — and said he suspects liberal counter demonstrators were somehow behind the…
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Fast Forward Will Daily Stormer Be Forced Offline After Mocking Charlottesville Victim?
The neo-Nazi Daily Stormer web site has been bounced from the internet after it mocked the victim of the Charlottesville white power rally. The domain hosting company GoDaddy pulls its services from the publication, citing violations of its terms of service. The suspension of service was spurred by the Daily Stormer’s attack on Heather Heyer,…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Condemns Charlottesville Attack
While the American president draws criticism for his response to the violence in Charlottesville, some in Israel are weighing in and pointing directly to the danger posed by neo-Nazis and white supremacists in America. Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial institute issued a statement Monday expressing its concern with the “images, hateful rhetoric, and subsequent violence…
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Community Fighting What The Nazis Fear
“Prophetic resistance is only possible for those who still dream. You must be able to dream to see justice in the midst of it all.” — Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon at interfaith rally in Charlottesville, VA August 11, 2017 On one side of us hundreds of white supremacists were shouting “You will not replace us”…
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