ANTI-SEMITISM GOES MAINSTREAM - NEWS ALERT: SWC Releases its “TOP 10 ANTI-SEMITIC SLURS OF 2010” List

ANTI-SEMITISM GOES MAINSTREAM NEWS ALERT: SWC Releases its “TOP 10 ANTI-SEMITIC SLURS OF 2010” List

Never before has the SWC seen such a surge of anti-Semitism ‘going mainstream,’ says Rabbi Marvin Hier  White House correspondent Helen Thomas… Film Director Oliver Stone… Former Malaysian Premier Mahatir Mohammad… German Government Central Bank Execurive Thilo Sarrazin… European Union Chief Negotiator Karel de Gught… CNN Correspondent Rick Sanchez and others top the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “Top Ten Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010” list. (click here or on image to download list è) Slurs from the 'Top Ten List' include: “Jews should get out of Palestine. They should go home to Poland, Germany, America and everywhere else… White House correspondent Helen Thomas… "Hitler is an easy scapegoat… Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people, [there is a greater focus on the Holocaust than on Russian suffering because of] the Jewish domination of the media." Film Director Oliver Stone ”Jews had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred…              Former Malaysian Premier Mahatir Mohammad All Jews have a certain gene..that makes them different from other people… German Government Central Bank Execurive Thilo Sarrazin… The alarming rise of anti-Semitic canards normally attributed to the lunatic fringe are being used today by opinion makers who are well-known personalities in western society including journalists, government officials, celebrities, a prominent film director, academics, and more. We need your support so that the Simon Wiesenthal Center can continue to combat this upsurge of anti-Semitism around the world. Help us fight against anti-Semitism that is moving from the lunatic fringe into the mainstream - we can’t do it without you. Support the Work of the Simon Wiesenthal Center

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