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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Marvin Hier

The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. (Shai Gil, for the MOTJ)
May 2, 2023, 12:07 pm
Tolerance Museum and Jerusalem Municipality turn new page, agree to work together
With court case behind them, mayor meets with museum co-chair Larry Mizel and will soon tour facility; city culture official to work directly with museum
By Sue Surkes
Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, delivers a blessing at the inauguration of President Donald Trump, January 20, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)
November 30, 2022, 3:46 am
Rabbi who prayed at Trump inauguration ‘shocked’ by his dinner with ‘two bigots’
Marvin Hier, founder of Simon Wiesenthal Center, says ex-president must denounce Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, who joined him for meal last week at Florida resort
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People looks out from inside BBC's New Broadcasting House, in central London, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/ Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
December 26, 2021, 8:41 pm
Wiesenthal Center puts BBC 3rd – after only Iran, Hamas – on antisemitism list
Organization’s head says ‘months of intense debate and discussion’ preceded ranking; cites alleged biased reporting, antisemitic staff
By ToI Staff
A view of the under-construction Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
April 18, 2021, 9:47 am
After years of delays and strife, Jerusalem Tolerance Museum nears completion
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s building, slated to be 4 times larger than Yad Vashem, is already an imposing presence as it readies to open next year. But is it also an imposition?
By Sue Surkes
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage at a rally as he campaigns for the general election in Swansea, south Wales on December 7, 2019. (DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
December 8, 2019, 9:02 am
Massive leak debunks UK Labour’s claim it is dealing with anti-Semitism
Report, days before election, cites internal files saying there are over 130 unresolved cases; members who called for extermination of all Jews said to stay in party for months
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn holds his party's manifesto book aloft as he addresses a crowd outside the venue of a general election campaign event in Swansea, south Wales on December 7, 2019. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 8, 2019, 4:57 am
Wiesenthal Center names UK’s Corbyn top anti-Semite of 2019
Ahead of Thursday’s British elections, Labour chief placed above US synagogue killer on group’s annual list; rabbi warns electing him would make UK a ‘pariah’
By ToI Staff
Worshipers, including Trump administration Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt (2nd left) attend morning prayers at synagogue in Manama, Bahrain, June 26, 2019 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2019, 11:25 am
On fringes of peace confab, rare prayer service brings Bahrain synagogue to life
Afterward, worshipers break out in song, hear Torah sermon as Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who served as Bahrain’s US ambassador, marvels: ‘It’s a historic moment’
By Raphael Ahren
Dean and founder of the Simon Wisenthal Center Rabbi Marvin Hier seen at Fox 2000 Pictures special screening of 'The Book Thief' held at the Simon Wisenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, on Saturday, November, 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Twentieth Century Fox/AP Images)
June 14, 2019, 4:17 pm
Wiesenthal’s Rabbi Marvin Hier praises Trump for being only US leader to deliver
Speaking to ToI about combating anti-Semitism across hemispheres and partisan divides, the octogenarian clergyman is as comfortable as ever in his role as defender of the Tribe
By Jordan Hoffman
African asylum seekers gather at the entrance to Holot Detention Center on Saturday, June 18, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 16, 2018, 6:57 am
Prominent Israel advocates urge Netanyahu to reverse course on deportations
Alan Dershowitz, Abe Foxman among group warning PM that expulsion of asylum-seekers could hurt Israel and Diaspora Jewry
By Ron Kampeas
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, on May 21, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
September 26, 2017, 6:08 am
Despite hype, experts doubt Bahrain-Israel ties ready for prime time
Conflict-ridden kingdom has little incentive to squander political capital when it already gets what it needs from Israel on the sly
By Dov Lieber
September 23, 2017, 8:13 pm
Israel, Bahrain could announce normalized ties by next year — report
Mosques said ordered to stop anti-Israel sermons, as Manama appears increasingly drawn to Israel by shared antipathy toward Iran
By ToI Staff and Dov Lieber
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, on May 21, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
September 18, 2017, 7:29 pm
Bahrain’s king opposes Arab boycott of Israel, Jewish leader says
Simon Wiesenthal Center founder says Gulf monarch ‘absolutely’ ready to allow his citizens to visit Jewish state
By Dov Lieber
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Cairo on February 15, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
May 30, 2017, 10:40 pm
UN chief: Denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism
In meeting with Simon Wiesenthal Center, Secretary General Guterres rejects efforts to deny Jewish history in the Holy Land
By ToI Staff
Official celebration of Israel's Independence Day at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, May 1, 2017. (Screen capture: Facebook video)
May 1, 2017, 10:35 pm
Israelis move from mourning to feting 69 years of independence
At Jerusalem-themed celebration, Knesset speaker calls for national unity: ‘Not every right-winger is a fascist and not every leftist is a traitor’
By ToI Staff
Final rehearsal for the Israeli 65th Independence Day Ceremony, with the torches lit in the background, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 11, 2013. (photo credit:Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 19, 2017, 7:33 pm
Trailblazing women’s educator to light Independence Day torch
Rabbanit Chana Henkin, founder of program to train female halachic advisers, heads the list of 14 chosen for May ceremony
By ToI Staff
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