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Holocaust scholar apologizes; museum stands by appointment

WASHINGTON, June 9 (JTA) — The incoming director of a Holocaust studies center at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has apologized for a 10-year-old article that compared Israeli policies toward the Palestinians to the Nazis’ treatment of Jews. In interviews and statements, John Roth, an internationally renowned Holocaust scholar who serves as chairman of the […]

Group considers plans for preserving Auschwitz

NEW YORK, June 16 (JTA) — A group of international experts is wrestling with the issue of how to preserve two adjacent Nazi concentration camps in Poland. Meeting earlier this month in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, the group, which includes Jewish, Polish and UNESCO officials, discussed how to preserve the historical authenticity of Auschwitz and Birkenau without […]

Reform rabbis’ convention addresses complex issues

ANAHEIM, Calif., June 23 (JTA) — “This is not your grandfather’s Reform service,” observed one person who had joined 600 Reform rabbis at an hourlong prayer service opening the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. A quick glance showed that a majority of the men, and many of the women, wore yarmulkas […]

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Holocaust scholar apologizes; museum stands by appointment

Group considers plans for preserving Auschwitz

Reform rabbis’ convention addresses complex issues

Jewish activist charges ADL head, Jewish journalist with defamation

PROFILE Intergroup dialogue instills passion in Templeton winner

ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. decline for third year

AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD Poland tries to make amends for 1968 actions against Jews

Boston JCRC program links U.S., Ukrainian Jewish youth

Barbara Hochberg, first female to head Chicago federation, dies

Competing client interests embroil public relations firm

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