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Cain in Rome. The accomplices of the Holocaust

December 27, 2009 Jewish Matters
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When he came out in 1997, the famous book by the historian Daniel Goldhagen, a U.S. based (Title: Hitler's Willing Executioners, Knopf) did not go unnoticed, especially in Germany, where its publication led to a shock. The young and hitherto unknown Harvard professor argued, papers in hand, that it was not only the SS or [...]

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Welcome to my Jewish Christmas

December 25, 2009 Jewish Matters
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Friday evening, December 24, I was celebrating meiner mit super-wonderful kosmopolitischen Familie our Chrismukkah chez maman. It was very nice as usual. We were singing Silent Night and O Tannenbaum, Christmas does not break the bale (copyright my sister), Hava Nagila and things like that. Fantastic food: wild salmon with horseradish sauce muy spicy Gefilte [...]

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The City Without Jews: A Novel of Our Time ...

December 21, 2009 Jewish Matters
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Jewish world in shock over the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI to relaunch the process of beatification of Pius XII (ANSA) - PARIS, DECEMBER 21 - French Jewish World in shock today after the announcement of the Pope to relaunch the process of beatification of Pius XII. The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France talks about the decision [...]

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An Arabic in the Garden of the Righteous

December 15, 2009 Islam
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east no.26 - Minority effect Middle east - Behold an Arab in the Garden of the Righteous by MARINA Gersony A Tunisian Arab, Abdul-Wahab Kahled, intervened to save Jewish lives Following the introduction of anti-Semitic Laws During the Nazi occupation. Now he's the only Arab in line for Israel's "Righteous among the Nations" status. In [...]

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Meeting with the daughter of Irène Némirovsky

December 13, 2009 Books
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TALK TO THE DAUGHTER OF INTERVIEW Irène Némirovsky "ELLE" When Irene Nemirovsky NUMBER OF DECEMBER was taken from home to be deported to Auschwitz, she left a leather suitcase with her copybooks in the hands of her thirteen-year-old daughter. Sixty years later Denise Decided to read and transcribe Those copybooks Their content. In her autobiography [...]

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