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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Abraham Cooper

Rabbi Abraham Cooper attends the morning prayers at the Bahrain synagogue, June 25, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
March 12, 2024, 10:48 pm
Riyadh says demand that US delegation chair remove kippah an ‘unfortunate incident’
Saudi Embassy in DC says request was made of Rabbi Abraham Cooper, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, due to ‘misunderstanding of internal protocols’
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
March 12, 2024, 3:02 am
US government delegation cuts short Saudi trip after rabbi is asked to remove kippah
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who chairs the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, says ‘no one should be denied access to a heritage site… simply for existing as a Jew’
By AFP
Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center presents on the center's 2018 list of global antisemitism incidents at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Dec. 27, 2018. (Mark Ralston/AFP)
January 11, 2022, 2:18 am
EU slams Simon Wiesenthal Center, says its annual antisemitism list has gone too far
This year’s ‘Global Anti-Semitism Top Ten’ included BBC, the entire state of Germany, and Jewish Voice for Peace, alongside Iran and Hamas; German Jewish groups also condemn list
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
August 14, 2021, 6:45 am
Wiesenthal Center urges UN to nix Durban anti-racism meet over past antisemitism
Rabbi Abraham Cooper tells Antonio Guterres it’s time for the world body ‘to finally bury Durban, not celebrate it’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Jay Electronica performs at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, June 2, 2018. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images via JTA)
July 27, 2020, 4:24 am
Rapper Jay Electronica calls rabbi who spoke with Nick Cannon a liar and ‘devil’
Musician attacks Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Abraham Cooper, uses hashtag #SynagogueOfSatan — a phrase promoted by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to describe Judaism
By Marcy Oster
A photo of the 'Communist' room at the Villa Love Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. (Twitter via JTA)
October 5, 2018, 9:56 pm
Jewish group livid over Nazi-themed room at Thailand sex hotel
Head of Simon Wiesenthal Center says it’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ establishment would adorn room with swastikas, portraits of Nazi leader
By JTA
The cover of the Great Leaders book. (Screen capture: .pegasusforkids.com)
March 16, 2018, 6:07 am
Indian publisher urged to pull book calling Hitler a ‘great leader’
Children’s tome includes Nazi dictator among Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, praising him for devoting his life to ‘betterment of country and people’
By ToI Staff
In this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 photo, a visitor walks past the wax figure of Adolf Hitler displayed against the backdrop of an image of Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau next to Star Wars character Darth Vader, right, at De Mata Museum in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
November 10, 2017, 4:09 pm
Indonesia selfie museum stirs outrage with Nazi display
Attraction advertised as ‘fun’ for teens, who can take pictures posing with Hitler and a backdrop of the Auschwitz death camp
By STEPHEN WRIGHT
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in The Hague on September 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ANP/Robin UTRECHT)
October 27, 2017, 9:48 pm
Dutch government ‘obsessed’ with Israel, Simon Wiesenthal Center says
Israel-Palestinian conflict the only one mentioned in coalition agreement of the new government of the Netherlands
By JTA
Members of Japanese girl band Keyakizaka46 wearing military-style costumes that were compared to Nazi uniforms. (screen capture: YouTube)
November 1, 2016, 2:26 pm
Sony Music, producer apologize over Nazi-like outfits
International brand behind Japanese teenyboppers claims ‘lack of knowledge’ and vows costumes will never be used again
By AFP
Google Offices in downtown Manhattan on July 27, 2014. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 7, 2016, 7:46 pm
Israel walks tightrope in clash with Facebook, Google
Blocking content won’t be easy, collaboration is best bet, experts say
By Shoshanna Solomon
US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in New York City, August 11, 2015 (Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)
August 13, 2015, 8:47 am
US Jewish group slams ‘dual loyalty smears’ on Iran deal
After attacks on Schumer, Wiesenthal Center urges Congress to reject ‘gutter politics’ directed against Jewish opponents of nuclear pact
By ToI Staff and JTA
The poster for the revived UNESCO exhibit on Jewish ties to the Holy Land (photo credit: courtesy SWC)
June 18, 2014, 3:13 pm
UNESCO vetoed display on Jewish refugees from Arab lands
Organizers of revived exhibition on Jews’ ties to Holy Land, which deleted ‘Israel’ from title, agreed to remove controversial section, saying Arab states would have blocked entire show
By Raphael Ahren
Cartoon of Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook octopus in Süddeutsche Zeitung
February 25, 2014, 2:06 pm
Zuckerberg cartoon called anti-Semitic
German newspaper’s artist apologizes, replaces caricature
By JTA
Website of Italian winemakers showing their series featuring Hitler and other dictators. (photo credit: screen capture)
August 9, 2013, 12:46 am
Wiesenthal Center calls for boycott of ‘Hitler wine’
Italian vintners sell popular line of bottles glorifying Nazis and other dictators
By Lazar Berman
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