Almost a year after it was struck by a powerful bomb, Istanbul’s central synagogue reopens with a ceremony that was both a solemn remembrance of the attack and a celebration of the building’s new life.
American-born Jews and Russian-speaking Jews in New York remain far apart politically, with a poll showing American Jews favoring Sen. John Kerry in presidential elections and Russian Jews preferring President Bush.
Nine years after the Dayton Agreement, the leader of Bosnia’s Jewish community lobbies for the formation of a national Truth and Reconciliation Commission as Bosnia works to heal scars left by war.
