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  • November 28, 2006 - NEW BOOK - ETHNIC SEPHARDIC JEWS IN THE MEDICAL LITERATURE: A Comprehensive Collection of Bibliographic Citations Complete With Associated Abstracts.
  • November 2, 2006 - U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM ACKNOWLEDGES PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ARAB LEADERSHIP AND THE NAZIS DURING THE HOLOCAUST, INCLUDING THE ‘FARHUD’
  • July 14, 2006 - RALLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR ISRAEL JULY 17, 2006
  • April 27, 2006 - SPEAKING UP FOR THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE - RALLY IN WASHINGTON DC FOR DARFUR
  • April 25, 2006 - The International Sephardic Leadership Council (ISLC) calls on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to clarify why they decline to address the relationship between the Arabs and Nazis during the Holocaust and its affects today.
  • February 21, 2006 Sephardic Jews underrepresented in worldwide bone marrow registries
  • February 20, 2006 The passing of Hy Genee z"l of the New York Greek Jewish community
  • February 16, 2006 Alert to the Sephardic community that a conference to convert Sephardic Jews is taking place
  • February 7, 2006 Two tremendous losses in the New York Sephardic community this week
  • January 15, 2006 International Sephardic Leadership Council to become new name of International Society for Sephardic Progress
  • January 11, 2006 Press Conference: Arab Role in Holocaust Overlooked by U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • December 19, 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council participating in the Orthodox General Assembly in Jerusalem
  • December 18, 2005 Statement: In regard to Holocaust denial by the President of Iran
  • December 14, 2005 As Hanukah approaches, ISLC alerts Jews throughout the world to be cautious for targeted missionary activity.
  • December 1, 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council partners with Justice for Jews from Arab Countries in their international campaign to seek recognition of the rights of Jewish refugees from Arab lands.

  • November 24, 2005 Major Jewish genealogical database with over 50,000 records from Istanbul goes online

  • November 15, 2005 New York Jews to hold a memorial service for the victims of the Istanbul synagogue bombings

  • November 3, 2005 "Major Achievement by Committee to Save Mt. Zion"

  • 9 October 2005 Turkish Jews rebuilding a presence in New York

  • 31 August 2005 Statement: After the Destruction of Hurricane Katrina

  • 9 August 2005 ISLC teaming up with Americans For a Safe Israel and the Zionist Organization of America to protest the Gaza expulsion.

  • 27 July 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council applauds the rabbis and leaders of the founding congress of the Council of Sephardi Jews of the Former Soviet Union.

  • 27 July 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council releases new film on a Sephardic Jewish life: 'Glimpses of Sephardic Life'

  • 11 July 2005 Report Released on Conditions of the Largest Sephardic Cemetery in North America

  • 25 June 2005 Statement on the Passing of Hakham Shofet zs"l.

  • 17 June 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council calls upon Senator Richard Durbin to apologize for remarks.

  • 15 June 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council mourns the passing of Robert "Bob" Maguire Jr., Chief Pilot of Operation Magic Carpet that saved tens of thousands of Jews.

  • 2 June 2005 Statement on the Death of Hakham Baruch Ben Haim zs"l

  • 24 March 2005 International Sephardic Leadership Council commends the Israeli Knesset for expanding the Law for Sufferers of Nazi Persecution to include Jews of North Africa.
  • 21 January 2005 ISLC Applauds Recognition of Forgotten Holocaust Event that Occurred in Iraq
  • 6 January 2004 ISLC has awarded Edwin Black the 2004 Doña Gracia Medal for Best Book of The Year.
  • 31 December 2004 In The News: JTA News Agency Orlando residents in dark about Auschwitz

  • 29 December 2004 ISLC issues a study showing only 36% of population of a U.S. city can recognize that "Auschwitz" was a concentration camp. (Study Page)

  • 29 December 2004 ISLC Soliciting Assistance for Massive Tsunami Disaster

  • 15 December 2004 Chris Gonzaga, Founder of the National Security Agency & Training Center joins the International Sephardic Leadership Council as Director of Security
  • 12 December 2004 International Sephardic Leadership Council launches the International Anti-Semitic Report
  • 7 December 2004 In The News: Orlando Sentinel Exploring the spiritual depth of Hanukkah
  • 26 November 2004 In The News: Florida Heritage Jewish News Emperors and Rebels at UCF
  • 24 November 2004 On the 500th anniversary of her death, ISLC calls upon Spaniards to reconsider the canonization of Queen Isabella of Spain.

  • 24 November 2004 As Hannukah approaches, ISLC alerts Jews throughout the world to be cautious for targeted missionary activity.

  • 16 November 2004 ISLC hosts Hanukah Education Night at University of Central Florida

  • 20 October 2004 The International Sephardic Journal, official publication of the International Sephardic Leadership Council is welcoming first person papers and stories for its March 2005 edition.

  • 18 October 2004 ISLC commends Congressman Anthony Weiner (NY-D) for calling upon the New York City Police Department to investigate recent Brooklyn crimes, including swastikas painted on the Sephardic Community Center, as hate crimes.

  • 11 October 2004 International Sephardic Leadership Council announces it will be co-sponsoring Edwin Black speaking on "The Mufti, Hitler and Iraq" at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
  • 28 September 2004 (CFP) International Sephardic Journal Issues Call for Papers for March 2005 edition.
  • 20 September 2004 ISLC intervention spurs Target Corporation to halt selling Kabbalah String.
    • List of all newspapers which carried the ISLC / Target story. (HERE)
  • 3 September 2004 International Sephardic Journal, the official publication of the International Sephardic Leadership Council wins the 2004-2005 Fromer Award.
  • 12 August 2004 International Sephardic Leadership Council welcomes Dr. Jane Gerber to the Academic Council of the International Sephardic Journal.
  • 11 August 2004 ISLC marks the 350th anniversary of the first Jewish emigrant to arrive in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in what is today New York City.

  • 15 July 2004 ISLC Supports Former Chief Rabbi's Opinion to Clarify Organ Transplant Needs

  • 7 June 2004 ISLC Mourns the Passing of Former President Ronald Reagan

  • 16 May 2004 The International Sephardic Leadership Council calls on the Vatican and the Holy See to halt the canonization of Spain's Queen Isabella, the founder of the Spanish Inquisition.

  • 10 May 2004 ISLC supports the the former Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel and says to Jewish groups: "Reject Evangelical Funding."

  • 20 April 2004 The International Sephardic Leadership Council calls upon His Honor HaRav Yitzaq Kaduri, shelita, the foremost kabbalist of the Jewish world to reject blessing Madonna.

  • 1 March 2004 International Sephardic Leadership Council deplores the new Mel Gibson film.
  • 29 November 2003: ISLC Praises U.S. Government in Denial of "Kabbalah Centre" Trademark.
  • 2 November 2003: ISLC Calls on FBI To Vigilant for Potential Domestic Terrorism Issues Related to White Supremacist Communication site.

 

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U.S. Holocaust Museum Whitewashes Arab-Nazi Ties
January 18, 2006 / The Jewish Press
Revisionism is Growing (Statement and Article)
December 23, 2005 Israel National News
December 25, 2005 Israel Insider Magazine
January 20, 2006 Jewish Voice

Political Correctness Trumping History at the US Holocaust Museum?
January 13, 2006 / Israeli Insider magazine
January 24, 2006 / IsraPost (Miami)

 
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