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March 1, 2011

UPDATE: Christian Dior designer fired over anti-Semitic slurs [VIDEO]

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

A video of fashion designer John Galliano saying he loves Hitler has emerged after he was suspended from the Christian Dior fashion house for allegedly harassing a couple, using anti-Semitic and racist slurs. The video, posted Monday on the website of the British The Sun newspaper, shows Galliano yelling at a different couple at the same cafe at a different time, and captures him saying \”I love Hitler.\” He also tells the couple \”People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f**king gassed.\”

Two more Israelis dead in New Zealand quake

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

Two more Israeli bodies were identified in New Zealand, and at least two others remain missing since last week’s devastating earthquake. The dead Israelis, Ofer Levy and Gabi Engel, 22-year-olds from Rehovot, were found in Christchurch Tuesday by New Zealand search and rescue personnel, Israeli officials confirmed. The families were notified Tuesday morning in Israel.

Abby Leibman to lead MAZON

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

Abby Leibman, who has served in a leadership capacity at several nonprofit organizations, has been named president and CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Leibman, the co-founder and executive director for the past 12 years of the California Women\’s Law Center, has an extensive background in advocacy in the nonprofit and state government arenas.

Israeli nonprofit representatives meet

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

Hundreds of representatives of Israeli nonprofits met to discuss how to improve their own organizations and the entire sector. The first Future of Nonprofit Summit Israel met Monday in Jaffa, a follow-up to the Future of Jewish Nonprofit Summit in New York last July. The summits are an initiative of REACH3K, a company that consults nonprofits on their development and fundraising strategies, and CAUSIL, a Maryland-based consultancy firm.

For J Streeters, pro-Palestinian is pro-Israel

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

The detractors of J Street, the “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobbying organization, like to portray the organization\’s leader, Jeremy Ben-Ami, as so far to the left of mainstream American Jewish opinion as to be out of bounds. If they think Ben-Ami is too much of a lefty on Israel, just wait till they meet J Street\’s rank and file.

Wiesenthal Center tells Japanese band to apologize for SS attire

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Japanese rock group Kishidan to apologize for wearing SS-like uniforms during an MTV Japan interview. The center also criticized MTV and Sony Music for allowing the interview with Kishidan to air and offered to bring a Holocaust survivor to Japan to be interviewed on MTV Japan.

Yemen’s president: Israel planned, funded Arab uprisings

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

Yemen\’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, blamed Israel for planning and funding protests in several Arab states. \”There is an operations rooms in Tel Aviv with the aim of destabilizing the Arab world,\” Saleh reportedly said Tuesday during a speech at Sanaa University, adding that the operations room is \”run by the White House.\”

Remembering ‘Uncle Leo’

Jewish Journal March 1, 2011

Despite a vast acting resume, Len Lesser’s career as a character actor probably didn’t prepare him for his late-career fame as Jerry Seinfeld’s annoying but lovable Uncle Leo on the 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld.” Lesser died Feb. 16 at 88.

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