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No room for Jews in Rome’s ghetto
Jews once were locked into Rome's ghetto at night. Now, as the once-squalid quarter becomes fashionable and expensive, they've moved out – and lament that the neighborhood has lost its traditional character. Read more »
Blood libel book pulled
A new book by an eminent Italian-Israeli historian that revives European blood libels against Jews has caused such an uproar that the author has pulled it until he can revise offending sections. Read more »
Italian Shoah museum finds a home
A compromise seems to have emerged in the five-year wrangle between two Italian cities over which will host the country's national Holocaust museum. Read more »
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Updated 02/10/12 @ 11:08AM EST
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the solution to the Iran crisis is "never military."
- The publication of a 2010 photograph showing U.S. soldiers with a logo resembling a Nazi symbol was greeted with condemnations by Jewish groups.
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- Sarkozy: Iran solution should be non-military
- Marines’ SS photo condemned by Jewish groups
- Grandson of Auschwitz survivor takes the ice for Germany
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- German city of Wurzburg brings back its long-lost Jews
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
