November 30, 2010, - 4:56 pm

Jew-Hater Helen Thomas (tHAMAS) Leads Diversity Workshop: Jewish “Leader” Richard Nodel Supports Her

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Wayne State University has ened the Helen Thomas “diversity award.” Wayne State University said Friday Dec. 3 it will no longer offer an award named in honor of one of its most famous alumni, former White House press corps member Helen Thomas.

The Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in the Media award has been retired because of controversial remarks Thomas, an Arab-American, made at a conference Thursday in Dearborn and earlier this year, school officials said. WSU held back on pulling the award in the spring after Thomas responded to a question by saying Jewish people should “get the hell out of Palestine.” She suggested that they “go home” to “Poland, Germany and America and everywhere else,” during the White House’s Jewish Heritage Day event on May 27.

Thomas said at a diversity conference that “Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by Zionists. No question, in my opinion.”

Her remarks have cast a shadow over the award, which was set up more than a decade ago to honor diversity and excellence in journalism, officials said.

“The controversy has brought a negative light to the award, which was never the intent of the award,” said Matthew Seeger, interim dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State.

Thomas, 90, resigned as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers in June after telling an interviewer that Jews should “get the hell out” of the Palestinian territories and go to Germany, Poland or the United States. She didn’t back away from those remarks on Thursday but instead expounded on what she called the influence of Zionists worldwide.

Thomas could not be reached Friday.

Jewish leaders applauded WSU’s decision: “(We) applaud their courage in rescinding the award and distancing themselves from this blatantly anti-Semitic rhetoric that has no place in an academic institution,” said Betsy Kellman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.

Ralph Adamo on December 4, 2010 at 2:24 am

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‘merica’? Yeah. And your name is Mike like mine is Mo.

pat on December 1, 2010 at 1:34 am

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Yes, Jihadists are such cool people. Do you dream about them as part of your value system? As for conservative values, which you do not even bother to represent, are they worse than those held by a misogynistic, tribal and socially reactionary religious group that cannot acknowledge the existence of others outside of their faith, unless they dominate them or are forced to under duress? Are those your preferred values?

worry01 on December 1, 2010 at 10:32 am

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The financing of Fordson the Movie seems to be a well guarded secret.

But here is a likely source:

Nov. 1, 2006. Arab investors from six Arab states will put up $200 million to finance the production of more than a dozen big-budget Arabic movies in English, an Arab-American film producer told Reuters on Wednesday.

Malek Akkad said the project is aimed at promoting the nascent Arab film industry to the world and showcasing the region’s history and culture.

“They’re nothing political. They are not propaganda. They are purely themed stories — a few of them would be historical films along the lines of ‘Lawrence of Arabia,”‘ said Akkad, referring to the 1962 Academy Award-winning film.

He declined to name the private equity partners involved in the fund and said the Gulf consortium would announce the investment in three to four weeks.

The investors — from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates — hope to turn a profit in three years, he said.

About 90 percent of the money will finance big film productions using international crews, technology and Hollywood stars, he said, with the remaining money spent on helping young Arab filmmakers.

The Los Angeles-based film producer said the fund has lined up 15 films, with preliminary work on the first project set to begin early next year. All films will be released internationally, he added.

Akkad unveiled the plans at an event to launch the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts to be based in Aqaba, Jordan.

The new film school is a joint effort of the Royal Film Commission of Jordan and the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California.

“The Red Sea Institute … will give Jordan and the Middle East new voices,” said Samer Mouasher, commissioner of the Royal Film Commission. “The Middle East is a melting pot of cultural richness and diversity with story-telling traditions, yet contemporary cinematic stories from the region are in short supply.”

Mouasher said the film institute will have an initial endowment of about $50 million, and $10 million will be used to build the school.

Construction of the Red Sea campus is set to begin early next year in Aqaba. The first classes are scheduled for September 2008.

Ralph Adamo on December 4, 2010 at 2:42 am

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It’s not nice to mock those who lack physical beauty, as T-Hamas’ internal ugliness is far more wretched than any outward appearance. That said, I do hope she heals from the bruises caused by prodding from 10-foot poles.

Ralph Adamo on December 4, 2010 at 2:47 am

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