November 7, 2008

Leaders: Pope likely to postpone Pius sainthood

Jewish Journal November 7, 2008

After a meeting with the pope, Jewish leaders said the beatification of Nazi-era Pope Pius XII likely would be postponed

The RJC is Republican, sure, but Jewish?

Jewish Journal November 7, 2008

\” . . . It is time for the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) to drop the \”Jewish\” part of their name . . . \”

PBS presents ‘God on Trial’ in Auschwitz

Tom Tugend November 7, 2008

The prosecutor reads the charges against God: murder, collaboration with the enemy, breach of contract with His chosen people. Setting: A barrack in Auschwitz, with some 20 Jewish prisoners, half of whom will be gassed in the morning.

‘The Longing’ documents crypto-Jews caught between two worlds

Naomi Pfefferman November 7, 2008

When Gabriela Böhm set out to create her documentary, \”The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America,\” several years ago, she hoped to profile an as-yet-undiscovered secret community of Crypto Jews — descendants of Jews forced to flee the Spanish Inquisition who continued practicing rituals covertly.\n