A Canadian newspaper withdrew a report that Iran had decided to make its Jews wear a yellow strip of material on their clothing. The National Post report last Friday raised a storm of protests in the West. But the newspaper backtracked after it emerged that while the Iranian Parliament had recently passed legislation setting a dress code for Muslims, there was no specific law singling out Jews.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
