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Jewish life in France: Progress amid ongoing concerns

Tom Tugend August 1, 2012

On March 19, Mohamed Merah, 23, attacked the Ozar HaTorah school in Toulouse in southern France, killing three students and a rabbi.

Iraqi First Lady at Museum of Tolerance: I remember the Jews of Kurdistan

Tom Tugend September 28, 2008

The wife of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani paid a visit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Friday, toured its Museum of Tolerance, and recalled her friendship with the Jews of her Kurdish hometown

Local Shuls Were Alleged Targets

Tom Tugend September 8, 2005

The target list of an alleged cell of homegrown terrorists included two synagogues located in the Pico-Robertson corridor, The Journal has learned.\n\nThe target information emerged as a federal grand jury issued four indictments last week in the ongoing probe. It was confirmed by a source close to the investigation, although police have not specifically identified the shuls. There is no indication that any Jewish house of worship is in particular danger at the moment, and authorities are working with Jewish leaders regarding ways to enhance security precautions leading up to this month\’s high holiday services.

Saddam Should Face Iraq ‘Nuremberg’ Trial

Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman December 18, 2003

Smoked out of his rat hole by the U.S. Army, there was the Iraqi dictator, not spewing propaganda but having his heavily bearded mouth probed by a latex-gloved medic. The doctor may not only have been extracting a DNA sample but searching for a cyanide capsule — the type used by Nazi henchmen Heinrich Himmler and Herman Goering to escape final justice.