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Pledge on Auschwitz crosses advances talks over memorial

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (JTA) — Jewish and Polish officials have moved a step closer to resolving a long-running dispute over religious symbols at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek last week pledged to remove 300 new crosses erected during the summer by radical Catholics at the site of the Nazi death camp. In a letter […]

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Resolution on anti- Semitism brings U.N. around full circle

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 10 (JTA) — A decision by the United Nations this week to consider anti-Semitism as a form of racism returns the world body to its roots on the human rights front. The General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution to list anti-Semitism among other concerns to be investigated by a special U.N. monitor […]

BEHIND THE HEADLINES Camp David participants revisit the art of diplomacy

BEERSHEBA, Israel, Dec. 10 (JTA) — Listen to more than 30 veteran Israeli, Arab and American diplomats discuss their craft for two days, and it is surprising and somehow reassuring to learn that even at the highest summits, success or failure ultimately comes down to plain old human relationships. The diplomats, in this case, were […]

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