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Crooks aid Nazi cash plot in Austria’s Oscar hopeful

Austria\’s \”Counterfeiters,\” one of five foreign-language films vying for Oscar honors, probes the moral dilemmas facing a special group of Jewish concentration camp inmates in one of the more remarkable episodes of World War II.

Independence creates uncertainty for Kosovo’s Jews

There are some 50 Jews left in Kosovo. Belonging to three families, or clans, they all live in the city of Prizren, a rare gem of ancient architecture amid a landscape devastated by war, poverty and communist-era concrete.

Threats from Hezbollah lead to new war fears

In the wake of last week\’s assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, there are fears in the region that a massive attack by Hezbollah against Israeli interests could spark a new Middle East war.

Oscar nod for ‘Unsentimental’ Jew

Profile of screenwriter, novelist, and playwright, Ronald Harwood, nominated at this year\’s Oscars for \”The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.\”

Somebody had to make a start

Feb. 18 marks the 65th anniversary of the Gestapo arrest of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose in 1943. Then, on Feb. 22, their swift beheading after a show trial in Munich by Hitler\’s \”Hanging Judge,\” Roland Freisler, who reviled them for daring to call their countrymen to action in the face of Nazi Germany\’s suspension of all civil rights and its mass murder of Europe\’s Jews.

How the West was funny

We haven\’t kept up with Ari Sandel since the nice Jewish boy from Calabasas came out of nowhere last year to win an Oscar for his hilarious short film \”West Bank Story.\” His second venture, \”Vince Vaughn\’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights — Hollywood to the Heartland,\” has opened to excellent reviews and is now playing in general release.

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