By Robert Zaretsky
French Jewish novelist and essayist Viviane Forrester died last month at the age of 87. Not everyone mourned her death.
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By Robert Zaretsky
Francesco Lotoro has been obsessively tracking down the music thought to be lost during the Holocaust. A new French biography chronicles his mission.
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By Robert Zaretsky
France’s Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim portrayed himself as the personification of morality over politics. But he did himself in with a shocking failure of ethical judgment.
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By Robert Zaretsky
Pope Francis’s church convinced itself that Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ was necessary. It wasn’t that different from Vichy France under the Nazis — and the junta also targeted Jews harshly.
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By Robert Zaretsky
David Hasselhoff has been a superstar in Germany since belting out ‘Looking for Freedom’ at the Berlin Wall. Now the faded hunk is leading a fight to save the iconic wall from gentrification.
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Why a Rabbi Should Not Marry Outside the Faith
Tapping Into Growing Lure of Hidden Jewish Heritage
Montreal's First Jewish Mayor Michael Applebaum Hit With Corruption Charges
Getting In Face of Ultra-Orthodox on Need for Real World Education
Barbra Streisand Is Butt of Anti-Semitic Joke
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