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LONDON, Jan. 3 (JTA) — The Holocaust is scheduled to go on trial in a courtroom here next week. A leading Holocaust denier, David Irving, is suing a U.S. historian, Deborah Lipstadt, and her publisher for libel. The case is expected to produce the most detailed judicial inspection of the Holocaust since the trial of […]

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 (JTA) — Israelis this week witnessed more examples of how turbulent — and sometimes painful — the peace process can be. • Palestinians with Israeli “blood on their hands” walked free; • Israeli police used force against Jewish settlers encamped on a West Bank hilltop; • Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met again, […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (JTA) — A man who will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court next year that his planned execution in Florida’s electric chair constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment” can point to a 2000- year-old Jewish law when he pleads his case. A friend-of-the court brief filed last week in the Supreme Court week […]

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