Word: rith
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...force the President and Congress not to be evenhanded," he said. At a press conference, McCloskey added: "We have to respect the views of our Jewish citizens, but not be controlled by them." Morris Casuto, San Diego director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, promptly denounced McCloskey's statements as "arrant nonsense" and "an insult to the Jewish community...
Says Rabbi Morton Rosenthal, an expert on Latin America at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: "Anti-Semitism in Argentina is subtle and complex. There are no official laws directed against the Jewish people." Jacob Kovadloff of the American Jewish Committee maintains that human rights have improved in Argentina in the past six months. He also argues that "Timerman is not accurate when he says the Jews of Argentina are afraid to speak. Right now there is an open dialogue between the leaders of the Jewish community and high-ranking members of government...
...permission to go through a series of oral memoirs that he had recorded for Columbia University in 1975 and 1976. Among Koch's statements on race was this: "I find the black community very antiSemitic. I don't care what the American Jewish Congress or the B'nai B'rith will issue by way of polls showing that the black community is not. I think that's pure bull . . . Now, I want to be fair about it. I think whites are basically antiblack ... But the difference is: it is recognized as morally reprehensible, something you have to control...
...article in yesterday's Crimson's National/International news summary, The Crimson incorrectly reported that independent presidential candidate Rep. John B. Anderson (R-I11.) attended a neo-Nazi rally in Evanston, I11. In fact, Anderson addressed an anti-Nazi rally sponsored by the Northwestern B'nai B'rith and Hillel, speaking against a neo-Nazi rally which took place in Skokie...
...three candidates also paid homage last week to the Jewish vote that could prove critical in such states as New York, Florida and Illinois. The three pledged such rousing and unqualified devotion and support for Israel in speeches to B'nai B'rith in Washington that they all received standing ovations...