The Forgotten Olympians
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer In Olympic years, some People of the Book become people of the backstroke, the clean-and-jerk, and the high hurdles. The Games, Summer and Winter, serve as a showcase for...
View ArticleWartime Pope’s Reappraisal New Battleground In Culture War
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer A politically aware teenager in Queens in the 1960s, Gary Krupp shared the prevailing opinion of Pope Pius XII, the controversial leader of the Roman Catholic Church...
View ArticleNazi Hunter’s Life: All Grit, No Glamour
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer The ongoing hunt for Nazi war criminals made news last week when evidence emerged that Aribert Heim, the wartime “Dr. Death” in Mauthausen who conducted experiments on...
View ArticleNazi Hunter’s Life: All Grit, No Glamour
Steve Lipman Staff Writer The ongoing hunt for Nazi war criminals made news last week when evidence emerged that Aribert Heim, the wartime “Dr. Death” in Mauthausen who conducted experiments on...
View ArticlePainful Memories
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer Under a bright sun, Guilla Boukhobza walked up to a microphone in front of the Isaiah Wall near the United Nations and cleared her throat. For the first time, she was...
View ArticleWartime Pope’s Reappraisal New Battleground In Culture War
Steve Lipman Staff Writer A politically aware teenager in Queens in the 1960s, Gary Krupp shared the prevailing opinion of Pope Pius XII, the controversial leader of the Roman Catholic Church during...
View ArticleHidden Lens
by George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week It is estimated that there are 4.2 million closed-circuit TV surveillance cameras operating in Great Britain, one for every 15 residents of the country....
View ArticleWhat Is It About Shylock?
Ted Merwin Special To The Jewish Week In post-Madoff New York, two new productions of ‘Merchant of Venice’ (one starring Al Pacino) are on the boards this month.If any theatrical character continues...
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