German Holocaust film ‘Phoenix’ examines life after death camps
Tom Tugend
July 29, 2015
The phoenix is a mythical firebird that lives for centuries, dies in flames and then rises from its ashes to start life anew.
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Crowds gather for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2015
More than 200 protesters, some armed, berated Islam and its Prophet Mohammed outside an Arizona mosque on Friday in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting \”Go home, Nazis,\” weeks after an anti-Muslim event in Texas came under attack by two gunmen.
When Holocaust truth is stranger than fiction, do we need fiction?
Jewish Journal
April 7, 2015
At the age of 5, Moshe Tirosh’s main concern was keeping his younger sister quiet as they lived in isolation at a subterranean hideout under the feet of Nazi troops stationed at the zoo of occupied Warsaw.
Jewish school in the desert closes
Jared Sichel
July 2, 2013
The only Jewish day school (K-5) between Los Angeles and Phoenix officially closed on June 30 due to lack of funds and an anticipated drop in enrollment for the upcoming school year. The last day of school was June 13.
Case of murder-suicide of Jewish Phoenix family develops
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2012
While it has not been officially determined as such, police are convinced the case of James Butwin and his family was a carefully planned murder-suicide, the Tucson Citizen reported.
Phoenix-area Jews shocked, grieving over apparent murder-suicide
Jewish Journal
June 7, 2012
The Phoenix-area Jewish community is grieving after hearing of the suspected murder-suicide of a local Jewish family that was active in Jewish life.
Abramoff receives new four-year sentence, Phoenix community leader murdered
Jewish Journal
September 11, 2008
Jewish lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in prison. Abramoff had pleaded guilty to corruption and tax offenses related to influence peddling involving Republican congressmen and midlevel Bush administration officials, some of whom were convicted.
Suspect Indicted in Murder of JDL’s Krugel
Jim Crogan
November 29, 1999
Almost nine months after the brutal prison-yard slaying of Earl Krugel, the longtime No. 2 man in the Jewish Defense League (JDL), federal authorities have indicted an inmate with no apparent ties to Krugel.\n\nThe suspect, David Frank Jennings, 30, allegedly attacked Krugel from behind with a piece of concrete hidden in a bag while Krugel was using an exercise machine at a federal prison in Phoenix.\n\n
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