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UCLA Jewish center wins lucrative honor

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 (JTA) The Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA has received one of academe’s highest recognitions, a $500,000 challenge grant for the study of Jewish civilization from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH grant is the only one awarded this year for Jewish studies, the only one for UCLA […]

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Scotland won’t extradite alleged war criminal

LONDON, Sept. 6 (JTA) Jewish leaders are criticizing Scotland’s decision not to extradite a suspected Nazi war criminal because of his poor health. “It is appalling that” Anton Gecas “would escape without trial,” Lord Janner of Britain’s Holocaust Educational Trust told JTA. “He is getting the sort of justice the Nazis never gave their […]

Rabin’s granddaughter takes peace message to U.S.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (JTA) Sitting in Israel’s Consulate on a New York street named for her grandfather, Noa Ben Artzi reflects how things have changed since the namesake of Second Avenue, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated in 1995. “In this craziness, we sometimes lose or forget why we are here,” […]

Croatian town has proud Jewish history

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British playwright makes use of his Judaism

British playwright makes use of his Judaism

UCLA Jewish center wins lucrative honor

Scotland won’t extradite alleged war criminal

Rabin’s granddaughter takes peace message to U.S.

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