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The German in ‘The Pianist’ honored

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

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

WASHINGTON — With unrest mounting in Iran over official claims of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection, US Jewish organizational leaders were calling for more...

Setback for Hezbollah in Lebanon

JERUSALEM — The outcome of Sunday’s 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 — 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?

WASHINGTON — For several years Israel and pro-Israel groups have been holding up Iran’s president as a would-be Adolf Hitler. But with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad facing...

Iran is watching US reaction to nuclear test

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent Monday, May 25, engaged in  “intensive diplomacy” concerning North Korea’s reported nuclear test, according...

Politics & Pope

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

“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

ROME — The official Israeli government website for Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming trip to Israel and the West Bank promotes the May 11-15 visit as a “Bridge for...