International
The German in ‘The Pianist’ honored
JTAJun 26, 2009
BERLIN — The German soldier whose acts of defiance in helping Jews, made famous in ”The Pianist,” was honored posthumously in Berlin. Wilhelm...
Qaddafi in Rome: Libyan Jews seek restitution
Jerusalem PostJun 18, 2009
ROME Before leaving Rome on Saturday, June 13, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi met with about 300 Italian expatriates expelled from his country in 1970, and an...
Iranian unrest prompts calls for US solidarity with protesters
JTAJun 18, 2009
WASHINGTON With unrest mounting in Iran over official claims of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads reelection, US Jewish organizational leaders were calling for more...
Setback for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Leslie Susser, JTAJun 12, 2009
JERUSALEM The outcome of Sundays Lebanese elections, in which the pro-Western alliance led by Saad Hariri eked out a narrow victory over the Hezbollah-led alliance,...
‘Iran, Hezbollah plotted embassy attack’ in Azerbaijan
Jerusalem PostJun 04, 2009
JERUSALEM A trial under way in Azerbaijan of two Hezbollah members and four Azeri collaborators accused of plotting an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Baku, has shed...
Would the West miss Ahmadinejad?
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 04, 2009
WASHINGTON For several years Israel and pro-Israel groups have been holding up Irans president as a would-be Adolf Hitler. But with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad facing...
Iran is watching US reaction to nuclear test
Jerusalem PostMay 28, 2009
WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent Monday, May 25, engaged in intensive diplomacy concerning North Koreas reported nuclear test, according...
Politics & Pope
Marcy Oster, JTAMay 14, 2009
JERUSALEM Coming as a self-described pilgrim of peace, Pope Benedict XVI vowed to fight anti-Semitism and called for a Palestinian state in the moments after his...
Media barred from Halimi trial
Jerusalem PostMay 07, 2009
“PARIS — For the Jewish community here, the decision to bar journalists from the trial of gang members accused of kidnapping and torturing a 23-year-old French...
Pope to visit Israel next week
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTAMay 07, 2009
ROME The official Israeli government website for Pope Benedict XVIs upcoming trip to Israel and the West Bank promotes the May 11-15 visit as a Bridge for...