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Why Are Holocaust Deniers, Ku Klux Klan Members, and Neo-Nazis All Moving to One Small Town in Montana?

David Holthouse, Media Matters for America. December 5, 2011.

In part two of the investigation into white supremacists' move into Kalispell, Montana, they're becoming more out-front and aggressive about their views.

'Between Two Worlds': New Film Explores Jewish American Identity and the Fate of Israel

Ruth Rosen, Dissent Magazine. May 13, 2011.

"Between Two Worlds" takes us on a journey of the increasingly contentious factions within the American-Jewish community.

'Miral': Why Julian Schnabel's Palestine Makes Some Pro-Israel Factions See Red

Jordan Elgrably, Al Jazeera English. March 28, 2011.

Unraveling the pathos behind the anger at Schnabel's latest film.

An Historical Shift: American Jews Rethink Israel

Adam Horowitz, Philip Weiss, The Nation. October 23, 2009.

The Jewish push for peace is surging through the grassroots, but leaders and policy-makers are still turning a deaf ear.

An Interview with Robert Thurman, The West's First Buddhist Monk

Jane Ratcliffe, Guernica . September 15, 2009.

Perhaps most widely-known as the father of Uma, Robert Thurman discusses his friend the Dalai Lama and how Hitler could have been defeated without violence.

Warriors for Christ: Is Promise Keepers Making a Comeback?

J. Terry Todd, Religion Dispatches. August 17, 2009.

Promise Keepers has repackaged its muscular Christianity and evangelical nationalism for a post-9/11 world.

Video: Young Cosmopolitan Israelis Share Their Shocking Racist Views

Max Blumenthal, Mondoweiss. July 15, 2009.

Resentment of Arabs, minorities and designated foreign enemies ranging from Iranians to Barack Obama is now mainstream in Israeli society.

Mobilized Against Israel's Bombs, Jewish Activists Say 'Not in Our Name'

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 12, 2009.

"We as Jews have to say to this country that claims to represent us, 'Stop. Stop. This is a humanitarian disaster.'"

Some Latinos Trace Their Jewish Roots

Amy Green, Christian Science Monitor. January 7, 2009.

"Hidden Jews" can trace their ancestry back to the Sephardic Jews of Spain.

Israel's Actions Are Irrational, No Matter How Much U.S. Politicians Try to Cast Them As Normal

Wallace Shawn, The Nation. December 31, 2008.

It is not rational to think that the Palestinians will be terrorized by force, starvation or slaughter into a docile acceptance of the occupation.

The Rise of Arranged Marriage in America

Amy Williams, Amy DePaul, AlterNet. August 9, 2008.

Advocates of assisted marriage say it maintains tradition. Critics point to gender inequities and an unhealthy preoccupation with ethnic purity.

Christopher Hitchens' Holocaust Denying Buddy Speaks in NYC

Max Blumenthal, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 26, 2008.

"I think the word 'Holocaust' is odious," he told me. "It's American commercialism at its worst." -David Irving

California Professor Is Font of Anti-Semitism

Heidi Beirich, SPLC Intelligence Report. May 3, 2007.

A multiracial Southern California campus would seem to be the last place to find a tried and true anti-Semite and white supremacist lecturing, but it's where Kevin B. MacDonald, "Marx of the anti-Semites" has a teaching post.