Wiesenthal Centre publishes top ten antisemitism list for 2022 

December 30, 2022 by  
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The Simon Wiesenthal Centre released its annual Global antisemitism Top Ten list in Jerusalem…reports Benjamin Weinthal. Read more

Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem welcomes Wollongong Council’s decision on donor’s Nazi past

June 26, 2022 by  
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Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Coordinator of  Simon Wiesenthal Centre Nazi war crimes research worldwide, has said the Centre welcomes the decision of the Wollongong City Council to remove the name of Nazi collaborator Bronius Sredersas from a room in the Wollongong Art Gallery dedicated to him. Read more

Auschwitz survivor, 98, wins Simon Wiesenthal Prize for Holocaust education

May 15, 2022 by  
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A survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp who became a social-media celebrity thanks to her great-grandson was one of four people to win a Simon Wiesenthal Prize. Read more

Wiesenthal Centre lists 10 worst antisemitic incidents in 2020

December 31, 2020 by  
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The Simon Wiesenthal Centre on Tuesday unveiled its list of 2020’s top 10 worst antisemitic incidents. Read more

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

December 11, 2019 by  
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The Simon Wiesenthal Centre released its annual list of the top 10 global antisemitic incidents, along with antisemitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party. Read more

Jewish NGO condemns ‘wholesale misappropriation’ of Holocaust amid outcry over US border policy

June 21, 2018 by  
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The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, a Jewish human rights NGO that teaches the lessons of the Nazi Holocaust, has denounced the “wholesale misappropriation” of the Holocaust amid on the ongoing outcry over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating children from migrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more

Australia disappoints

April 8, 2013 by  
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center has released the initial findings of its twelfth Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals, which covers the period from April 1, 2012 until March 31, 2013 and awarded grades ranging from A (highest) to F to evaluate the efforts and results achieved by more than three dozen countries which were either the site of Nazi crimes or admitted Holocaust perpetrators after World War II. Australia scored an F and “the most disappointing result”. Read more