Russell Simmons calls for truce with ADL’s Foxman
Jewish Journal
June 25, 2012
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has called for a truce with Abraham Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League.
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Foxman slams Simmons for likening him to Farrakhan
Jewish Journal
June 22, 2012
Abraham Foxman said Russell Simmon\’s likening of the Anti-Defamation League\’s national director to Louis Farrakhan was \”outrageous and ugly.\”
Univ. of California president defends Farrakhan appearance on campus
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2012
University of California President Mark Yudof defended Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan\’s right to speak at the university\’s Berkeley campus.
Sen. Obama, answer my questions on your past
Daphne Ziman
March 21, 2008
I for one need to know the truth. I was born in Israel, and I love my homeland. I want to know that the person in the Oval Office cares about Israel\’s survival. Please tell us who you are, Sen. Obama; don\’t let your enemies, or your friends, define you.
Obama ties to ‘separatist’ pastor raise big questions
Edwin Black
March 21, 2008
Democratic presidential front-runner Obama survived a malicious viral e-mail campaign that he was a Muslim. But can the populist candidacy of the Illinois senator survive the truthful revelations about his 20-year relationship with his spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, the \”black separatist\” Christian pastor?
Obama’s record on Israel repudiates critics
Mel Levine
March 21, 2008
Those of us who care deeply about Israel have a profound stake in who serves as president of the United States. Israel has a great friend in Obama. And it does a disservice to Israel and to the U.S.-Israel relationship to allow those with a hostile political agenda to continue to assassinate the character of Obama, whose election as president would not only revitalize America\’s image in the world and elevate America\’s standing once again in the community of nations, but also would insure Israel of a steadfast and committed friend in the White House.
Israel labor strike called off; U.S. Jews against Iraq war most strongly
Jewish Journal
March 2, 2007
The Return of Farrakhan
Tom Tugend
January 3, 2002
Los Angeles Jewish spokesmen are generally taking a wait-and-see attitude in advance of the upcoming worldwide convention of the Nation of Islam, led by the frequently unpredictable and incendiary Louis Farrakhan.
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