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November 16, 2010
Release U.S. report on Nazis’ safe haven, Wiesenthal Center urges
Jewish Journal
November 16, 2010
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on President Obama to release a 2006 Justice Department report disclosing that the U.S. government provided a safe haven for Nazi war criminals. The New York Times on Nov. 12 reported on the 600-page report, posted on the newspaper\’s website, which says that the U.S. government provided a safe haven for Nazis and detailed the government\’s effort to bring some alleged Nazi war criminals to justice. \”The Simon Wiesenthal Center urges the immediate release of the entire report,\” said Rabbis Marvin Hier, founder and dean, and Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the center. \”There must be full transparency as to who, how, and why war criminals and Nazi collaborators were protected by our government during the Cold War.
Letters to the Editor: Legalize drugs, California’s big chance, Prager, loyalty oaths
Jewish Journal
November 16, 2010
I recently discovered The Jewish Journal after relocating to Los Angeles from Maui. Fifteen years is a long time to be gone. I’ve been impressed with the excellent journalism. I must say though, Rabbi Feldman’s letter on Proposition 19 is outdated thinking at best (Letters, Nov. 12). I think all drugs should be legal. Only then will the drug cartels lose their absolute power over the governments of the world and the enslavement of people worldwide.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: Nov. 18-26, 2010
Ryan Torok
November 16, 2010
“Eyes on the Middle East”, a two-day film festival presented by Visions and Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through screenings and panels with the Israeli, Palestinian and American filmmakers. Saturday films include “Bridge Over the Wadi,” “Paradise Now,” “9 Star Hotel,” “Be Quiet,” “West Bank Story” and “Lemon Tree.” Sunday features “Salt of This Sea,” “Lullaby” and “Campfire,” with a discussion via webcast. Sat. 12:45 p.m., Sun. 11:30 a.m. Free. Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. (213) 740-0483. usc.edu.
‘Maestro’ revels in multifaceted Bernstein
Tom Tugend
November 16, 2010
There is a stunning moment in “Maestro” as Hershey Felder, playing Leonard Bernstein’s alter ego on stage, and the conductor-composer himself, on a large screen in an old film clip, join in a seamless piano duet from Richard Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde.”
Veteran Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen shot and killed [UPDATED]
Danielle Berrin
November 16, 2010
West Bank’s Ariel theater opening pits left and right in fight over who is hurting Israel
Jewish Journal
November 16, 2010
Residents of the arid West Bank town of Ariel got a taste last week of Paris. Defying left-wing calls for an actors\’ boycott, the Beersheba theater group inaugurated a new cultural center with a moving performance of \”Piaf,\” a musical tribute to the undisputed doyenne of the French chanson. The very staging of the show went to the heart of a bitter argument between left and right over which side can claim to be today\’s true Zionists. Each accuses the other of betraying the Zionist heritage and giving succor to a rising tide of delegitimization that calls for Israel\’s dismantlement or at least questions its right to exist.
Crowley: Peace deal could take more than a year
Jewish Journal
November 16, 2010
One year may not be enough to complete peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said. Speaking to reporters Monday, Crowley said negotiations could take longer because of the delay over Israel\’s refusal to extend a 10-month housing construction freeze that ended in November, leading the Palestinians to leave talks. Earlier in the year, negotiations had resumed under U.S. auspices after a several years\’ hiatus. Obama officials had pointed to completing an agreement between the two sides by September 2011, and Crowley said that remains the goal.
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