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The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a Jewish,[1] pro-Israel,[2] human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier.[3][4][5] The Center is known for researching the Holocaust, hunting Nazis, combating anti-Semitism, defending Israel.[2] and its Museum of Tolerance,[6]

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  • The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context. The Center confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. With a constituency of over 400,000 households in the United States, it is accredited as an NGO at international organizations including the United Nations, UNESCO, OSCE, Organization of American States (OAS), the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) and the Council of Europe. [1]
  • Jewish organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Center has called for the disqualification of Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu from nominees for the World Mayor 2010 prize, citing his comments in the spring regarding the city's Jewish population. [2]
  • American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Simon Wiesenthal Center — these mainstream Jewish organizations are the ones out front, with the Republican Jewish Coalition riding shotgun, raising concerns about Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel’s pro-Israel credentials. They have also been insisting that Hagel’s sole reference to the “Jewish lobby” was out of line. [3]
  • When her nomination came before the regents on Wednesday, she was opposed by a number of pro-Israel groups, including StandWithUs and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and by conservative activist David Horowitz [4]
  • Kenneth S. Stern (13 May 2020). Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate. University of Toronto Press. pp. 269–. ISBN 978-1-4875-0736-7. "right-wing pro-Israel groups. See AIPAC; AMCHA Initiative; Brandeis Center; Canary Mission; Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting; David Project, The; Simon Wiesenthal Center; Zionist Organization of America" also "pro-Israel activism.See Academic Engagement Network; AIPAC; ... Simon Wiesenthal Center; Zionist Organization of America"
  • "Pro-Israeli groups slam award-winning novel as being “vehemently anti-Israel” ... Told in the first person from the perspective of a young Palestinian girl, the book “has clear potential to incite hatred and violence against Jewish and Israeli students,” according to the Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, as quoted in the Toronto Star." [5]
  • "Sheinberg was also on the boards of strongly pro-Israel organizations the American Jewish Committee and the Simon Wiesenthal Center." [6] (Jim Lobe's blog)
  • "A small army of pro-Israeli watchdog organizations keeps a close eye ... The army includes ... Simon Wiesenthal Center" [7]
  • "83 Jewish and Pro-Israel Organizations Call for ‘Safeguards’ in Response to Drafted Anti-Israel Curriculum ... The organizations, which include the AMCHA Initiative, Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs and Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa" [8]
  • "In response, Berman received praise from pro-Israel groups such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Anti-Defamation League, organizations who called the billboards “provocative.”" [9]
  • "Since the museum is run by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, whose LA headquarters are across the street, it is hardly surprising the Holocaust looms large. ... The rise of Nazism is explained, in absurdly ahistorical terms, as the result of an anti-Semitism that "is never far beneath the surface when times are hard" - the implication being, as all pro-Israeli groups like to argue, that it is as dangerous now as it was then." [10]
  • "He has received awards from a host of pro-Israel advocacy organisations, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center (2006), the American Jewish Congress (1982),342 the American Jewish Committee (2009) and the Anti-Defamation League (2010)." [11]

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  1. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights (2001). A Discussion on the U.N. World Conference Against Racism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, July 31, 2001. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-0-16-066306-2.
  2. ^ a b Wendy Brown (10 January 2009). Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire. Princeton University Press. pp. 107–. ISBN 1-4008-2747-7.
  3. ^ Rose, Binyamin (October 14, 2015). "It all Begins with Words". Mishpacha. No. 580. p. 24.
  4. ^ Goclowski, Marcin (February 22, 2018). "Jewish NGO Simon Wiesenthal Center considers travel advisory for..." Reuters. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Simon Wiesenthal Center". UNESCO. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Dominic Pulera (20 October 2004). Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America. A&C Black. pp. 320–. ISBN 978-0-8264-1643-8.