A British Columbia man has been charged with a hate crime following years of complaints to human rights officials for his website, which refers to those of Jewish faith as snakes and Zionists.

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Tyler Orton, QMI Agency

Commentary: By canceling a visit, Tehran reinforced its disregard of human rights.

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The great EU distraction: A moment for Iran to change the subject from nuclear to human rights

Written on November 6th, 2012 & filed under B'nai B'rith Tags: , ,

A lawmaker from Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party reportedly read aloud in parliament from the anti-Semitic forgery “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

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Protocols’ read in Greek Parliament

July 3, 2012 SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

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UCSB Athletics Mourns the Passing of Jerry Harwin


29-06-2012 09:08 Watch an interview with Professor Yonah Alexander, Senior Fellow and Director, International Center for Terrorism Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, at the B’nai B’rith and Potomac Institute forum on Middle East Security and the Changing Trans-Atlantic Partnership. Hosted on June 28, 2012, at the National Press Club in DC, the program focused on the unfolding security challenges in the Middle East, including the Arab Spring uncertainties, the civil war in Syria, and Iran’s nuclear ambition, require reconsideration from the trans-Atlantic strategic partnership. These and other related issue in the region were discussed by a panel of experts, both academics and former government officials

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Prof. Yonah Alexander @ Middle East Security and the Changing Trans-Atlantic Partnership – Video

Its incredible enough that Matthew Lipsey came up with this inspiring aphorism when he was only 9. Whats more wonderful is that Matthew, now 15, has lived his entire life to this point in accordance with that adage. This summer, when he takes part in the 2012 Global Explorers Leading The Way program to the Grand Canyon, he will be taking his own words of wisdom to a whole new level.

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Visually-Impaired Student Prepares For Grand Canyon

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PEORIA- The Central Illinois Agency on Aging is giving out 2002 coupons to be used at local farmers markets. The coupons are for the riverfront and Metro Center markets in Peoria and are worth $21.

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Coupon Giveaway for Farmers Markets

Israel June 27, 2012 JTA U.S.

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Israelis divided on U.S. role in peace process, survey finds

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Elana MacGilpin By Eli Freund ~ The Mandell Jewish Community Center in West Hartford last week announced that as of July 1 it would absorb the Chai: The Center for Jewish Life located in Avon.

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Q & A with Elana MacGilpin: Mandell JCC expands into Farmington Valley

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For a week in June 1972, the rain poured down.

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'Hurricane agony'