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ADL Tracks
Racist Bands
Shoah Film Grabs
Record Viewership
New York/JTA — The Anti-
Defamation League issued a list of
bands that promote racist, bigoted or
hateful ideas.
The list, Bigots Who Rock: An ADL
List of Hate Music Groups, identifies
541 bands, primarily based in the
United States and Europe, that use
hate-filled lyric's or have active links to
organized hate groups.
The list is available at the ADL's Web
site, http://www.adtorg, along with
links to additional information on the
hate music scene, extremist groups and
the burgeoning hate recording indus-
try. The list was issued on the eve of
what the ADL describes as one of the
largest annual hate music festivals in
the United States, Hammerfest 2001,
which is scheduled to take place Oct.
27-28 at an undisclosed location. It is
the third annual festival sponsored by
Hammerskin Nation, a neo-Nazi
group that uses hardcore music as a
vehicle for white supremacist beliefs.
Los Angeles/JTA — Actor and director
Roberto Benigni's Academy Award-
winning film about the Holocaust
grabbed a record share of the viewing
audience for its premiere showing on -
Italian television Monday night.
More than 16 million Italians, or
more than one in every two viewers,
tuned in to watch Life is Beautiful,
which tells the story of an Italian Jew
who tries to shield his small son from
the horrors of aNazi death camp by
pretending it is all a game.
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Radical Groups Have
Foothold In State
Detroit/JTA — Some areas of
Michigan, home to thOusands of Arab
Americans, are a major financial sup-
port center for radical Middle East
groups, according to a report submit-
ted to the U.S. Justice Department.
The Michigan State Police, which
wrote the report, also said Osama bin
Laden's Al Qaida network, along with
Hezbollah and Hamas, were among
the militant groups thought to have a
presence in the state. The report was
compiled to support Michigan's
request for additional federal funding
for its counter-terrorism programs.
Metro Detroit's Arab population, esti-
mated at 230,000, is the second largest
in the country, behind Los Angeles.
Find A Job
On the Web
New York/JTA — A Web site for
Jewish jobs in North America will
launch Oct. 24.
JewishJobFindencom, which is free
for both job seekers and recruiters and
is intended to help address the person-
nel shortage in the Jewish community,
offers general information about careers
in Jewish organizations and serves as a
clearinghouse for job listings.
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Anti-Bias Project
Aimed At Children
New York/JTA — The Anti-
Defamation League and the creators of
Sesame ,Street joined forces to create an
anti-bias education project aimed at
preschool-age children.
"While there is no vaccine against
hate, we know the only antidote is
education, and this project is a great
way to begin the fight," said Abraham
Foxman, the ADL's national director.
"We cannot think of a better way to
relate to children than through the
characters of Sesame Street."
Touro Shul Gets
Historic Honor
New York/JTA — Touro Synagogue in
Newport, RI., has been named as the
National Trust for Historic Preservation's
first religious historical site.
Completed during the • 1760s by
descendants of Jews who had fled the
Spanish and Portugese inquisitions,
Touro was the first synagogue built in
the United States. The Georgian-style
synagogue still has an active congrega-
tion, which will retain ownership of
the site.
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Church Rebuilding
New York/JTA — The American
Jewish Committee gave $10,000 to
help rebuild a Greek Orthodox church
buried under the rubble of New York's
World Trade Center.
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