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Israeli TV report: PA President Mahmoud Abbas was KGB agent

Jewish Journal September 8, 2016

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas served as a KGB agent during the 1980s, an Israeli news station reported.

Twisted tale of Demjanjuk

Jonathan Kirsch February 12, 2014

Among Nazi war criminals who have faced justice, ranging from Hermann Goering to Adolf Eichmann, we find John Demjanjuk, who was charged with participating in the murder of 29,060 Jews as a guard at the Sobibor concentration camp.

Semyon Bychkov on Bruckner

Jewish Journal November 13, 2013

If anyone can lay claim to the moniker “citizen of the world,” it is Semyon Bychkov. Born in Russia, the conductor, who leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic starting Nov. 15, now boasts U.S. citizenship, but lives in Paris with his wife, pianist Marielle Labèque, among other places all over Europe.

Putin basks in isolation over Syria as Obama’s charm falls flat

Jewish Journal June 19, 2013

At the end of a tense two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama – slumped over and serious – tried to lighten the mood with a joke about their favorite sports.

Can Natan Sharansky fix the Western Wall?

Jewish Journal January 7, 2013

He brought unprecedented attention to the plight of Soviet Jewry. He stood up to the KGB. He survived nine years in Siberia. He served in Israel’s fractious government.