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Jobbik party rallies in honor of Hungarian who deported Jews

BUDAPEST (WJC)– A member of the extreme-right Hungarian party Jobbik has promised the extermination of “vermin” in a forthcoming “cleansing” of the Hungarian nation. The man made the remark during a mass rally organized by the party commemorating the rule of Miklós Horthy, the Hungarian leader who authorized the deportation of half a million Hungarian […]

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FBI reports U.S. hate crimes increased in 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Statistics released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that 7,783 criminal incidents involving 9,168 offenses were reported in 2008 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or disability. Published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics, 2008, includes data about

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Mosque arsonist sentenced to 14 years in prison

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Press Release)– Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee on Monday sentenced Michael Corey Golden to 14 years and three months in prison and three years of supervised released for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., the Justice Department announced. Golden pleaded guilty on Nov.

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Four arrested in conspiracy to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles to Syria

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)—Arrests were made Monday in a case involving a conspiracy to procure weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles. A criminal complaint, unsealed Monday, charged Dani Nemr Tarraf with conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles (FIM-92 Stingers) and conspiring to possess machine guns (approximately 10,000 Colt M4 Carbines). In addition, Tarraf and other defendants — including Douri

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Arms dealer Jacques Monsieur pleads guilty to smuggling jet parts for Iran

MOBILE, Alabama (Press Release)–Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the Untied States to Iran. Monsieur along with Dara Fotouhi, aka

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Zeji Ozeri: Rising celebrity in Jewish and Hispanic communities

COMMERCIAL BREAK—Zeji Ozeri, left, pauses with microphone in hand during filming of a commercial of I-Chamba, owned by Vic and Lea Sefler, seated at right. Telemundo videographer is Nancy Castro ________________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Zeji Ozeri is a man of three cultures—Mexican, Israeli, and now American—and as a singer, song leader,

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Block named to Joint Committee on Master Plan for Higher Education

SAN DIEGO- Assemblymember Marty Block (Democrat, San Diego) announced on Monday  that he has been appointed to the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. “My appointment allows for San Diego, and Chula Vista in particular, to have a critical voice in how the Master Plan for Higher Education can be improved and

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Boxer bill for S.D. gang and drug crime unit advances

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat-San Diego) is alerting California constituents that the U.S. Senate recently passed the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, “which includes several of my priority projects for California.” Boxer, a member of the Jewish community, stated that “as part of the bill, I requested funding for the San Diego DA

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ADL urges Supreme Court to maintain prohibition on aid to terrorist organizations

NEW YORK (Press Release)— The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)  on Monday urged the nation’s highest court to uphold laws prohibiting the supply of material support or resources to foreign terrorist organizations.   The League submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder, et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project, et al. arguing that all

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Thin lines between genius and craziness on display in 'As White As O'

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD – To be an artist is to be an outsider.  A loner.  A person overwhelmed by his passions.  And more than a little insane. That’s the premise of Stacy Sims’ play As White As O, now having its world premiere at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood. In sympathy and fascination

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Sha'ar Hanegev students protest power plant plans

  By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel–Many ecologically-motivated students from the Sha’ar Hanegev High School demonstrated last week against plans to build an additional coal power station in Ashkelon. The demonstration took place at Sapir College where a conference was going on to examine social relationships in the neighboring city of Sderot. Attending the conference

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