Dutch police nab suspected stabber of French Jew
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2012
Dutch police reportedly arrested and extradited to Switzerland a 22-year-old Briton suspected of stabbing a Jewish man in Geneva.
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Israeli tennis duo upsets defending Olympic champs Federer and partner
Jewish Journal
August 1, 2012
The Israeli Olympic tennis duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram upset the 2008 gold medalists in men’s doubles, Roger Federer and Stanislaw Wawrinca of Switzerland.
Health issue or anti-Semitism: Switzerland joins German circumcision ban
Jewish Journal
July 26, 2012
Today come reports that hospitals in Zurich and St. Gallen have suspended the practice on Jewish and Muslim boys in the wake of a similar ban in Germany ordered by a judge in Cologne.
Arthur Stern, inventor, activist and philanthropist dies at 87
JewishJournal
May 25, 2012
Arthur Stern, inventor, activist and philanthropist, died in his home in Los Angeles May 25, 2012 at 87. Arthur Stern was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925. His life story combined Holocaust-era heroism, scientific excellence, pioneering technological innovation, passionate pro-Israel activism, Jewish community volunteer work, and a stellar devotion to peace and justice.
Basel opens first new Orthodox synagogue in 83 years
Jewish Journal
April 19, 2012
Basel, a city with a Jewish population of some 2,000, saw the opening of its fifth synagogue.
Dateline Davos: Israelis and Palestinians make their voices heard
Stephanie L. Freid
February 8, 2007
\”If we\’re going to end this conflict,\” former U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross conveyed in the video clip, \”we need to address matters from the grass roots on up.\”
Briefs: Holocaust denial resolution goes to U.N.; Swiss admit Israel-Syria mediation; Survivors owed
Jewish Journal
January 25, 2007
Briefs
A Swiss Family Bind — No Hotel Heirs
Adam Wills
March 24, 2005
The Hotel Edelweiss in St. Moritz and the Hotel Metropol in Arosa are Jewish sanctuaries for observant tourists, offering everything from kosher dining and space for simchas to daily religious services and snow-melt mikvahs.
Evil
Michael Levine
January 4, 2001
My great-uncle, Jacques Graubart, came to town last weekend. Jacques, a fit and vigorous 79, has always been the superhero against whom I\’ve measured my life. Jacques entered the Resistance when he was 19 and rowed hundreds of Jews to safety from occupied France into Switzerland. He was caught frequently by the French and escaped every time but the last time. Incarcerated by the Nazis in a series of concentration camps, Jacques survived a death march of prisoners that began with 1,400 and ended with himself and only three others alive.
Reviews of “The Envoy” and “Hitler’s Head”
Tom Tugend
April 22, 1999
\”You can\’t confront evil on its own ground without becoming part of it,\” muses diplomat Heinrich Zwygart in \”The Envoy,\” and his self-recognition clearly applies to Switzerland, the country he represented faithfully in Berlin during the six years of World War II.
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