Bad Omens Seen For Iranian Spy Suspects
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer As 13 Iranian Jews suspected of spying for Israel and the United States are set to go on trial April 13, an American Jewish leader has cited some ominous signs coming from...
View ArticleVatican To U.S.: No Archives
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer In a defiant statement, the Vatican has rejected U.S. government appeals to open its secret World War II archives, The Jewish Week has learned. The development is...
View ArticleCzech Cemetery Crisis Intensifies
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer Prague, Czech Republic — Pavel Dostal could hardly contain his anger. The nattily attired Czech minister of culture sat in his conference room, arms folded and jaw...
View ArticleThe Hurdle Ahead
by Lawrence Cohler-Esses and James Besser Staff Writers Even as they wade through a swamp of unresolved controversies on their interim peace agreement amid distrust exacerbated by a terrorist murder,...
View ArticleBibi’s New Strength – Weakness
by Lawrence Cohler-Esses and James D. Besser Lawrence Cohler-Esses is a staff writer. James D. Besser is Washington correspondent. Scathed but far from destroyed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now...
View ArticleU.S. Gets Off Bibi’s Back
by James D. Besser and Lawrence Cohler-Esses Staff Writers For Israel, the pressure has lifted — for now. After weeks of escalating criticism, the Clinton administration has suddenly taken a more...
View ArticleWill All Settlements Be Protected?
by Lawrence Cohler-Esses Staff Writer U.S. pressure for a “credible” Israeli military redeployment in the West Bank churned debate in Jerusalem furiously this week — but produced no clear result even...
View ArticleBill, Bibi Raise The Stakes
by Lawrence Cohler-Esses Staff Writer As tension built between Washington and Jerusalem last week, Dr. Mandell Ganchrow, a leader of the Orthodox movement, rose to urge American Jewry’s primary...
View ArticleDrumbeat Grows Louder For Lebanon Withdrawal
by Michele Chabin Israel Correspondent Jerusalem — The sun is beginning to set, and Efrat Spiegel, who has traveled to the capital from her home near Tel Aviv, feels a chill.“It was warm in Tel Aviv...
View ArticlePreventing Genocide Is Easier Than Stopping It
What could be more horrific than war?In a gripping new documentary airing on PBS on April 14, during National Holocaust Remembrance Week, historian and author Daniel Jonah Goldhagen makes a convincing...
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