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BERLIN (WJC) — The notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann could have been caught sooner if Germany’s intelligence agency had assisted, new information has revealed. The German Information Agency knew as early as 1952 that Eichmann, a chief organizer of the Nazi genocide against the Jews, was hiding in Argentina under a false name, the German tabloid […]

Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray; Running time: 86 minutes. By Norman Manson   SAN DIEGO –A noticeably neglected aspect of American Jewish history is the role of Jews in the Civil War. Not only in general Civil War histories but in the overall history of the American Jewish community is Jewish participation in the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Majdal Nijem, 15,  of the Palestinian Territories is one of two winners in a U.S. State Department photo contest called “postcards from home.”  Her photo, “Frames,” taken near the crossing from Israel into the West Bank near Ramallah, shows the controversial wall between the Palestinian Territories and Israel in the background, and

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which documents the tragic fate of Europe’s Roma at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II, is alarmed by the precarious situation of the Roma in today’s Europe. It calls on European central and local governments to be mindful of

  PORTLAND, Oregon (Press Release)– A charity headquartered in Portland and its founder and former CEO entered pleas of guilty to federal conspiracy charges today in District Court. Mehrdad Yasrebi, 53, of Clackamas, founded the tax-exempt charity Child Foundation in 1994 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until his resignation last year. The Information

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The 21st Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center,  Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 10-20, 2011.    The San Diego Jewish Film Festival showcases more than 45

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. Department of State’s next Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) delegation will be to Cairo, Egypt, from January 9 to 12, 2011. In coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the U.S. Department of State is sending 13 prominent U.S. investors and entrepreneurs–along with several U.S. government employees

EN ROUTE TO ABU DHABI, January 9 (Press Release)– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she does not favor letting up the pressure on Iran just because Israeli intelligence sources believe Iran is farther away from development of a nuclear weapon than prevously thought.   She met with reporters aboard her plane en route to the

By Charlotte Thalmay COPENHAGEN –Telling about the Rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust is of course a very personal thing. However, this is a story that has affected almost 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark and is therefore something most of us share in this community. Denmark was the only occupied country

By Dave Block SAN DIEGO — I am proud of my Jewish heritage. Being Jewish is a gift. I treasure that identity. It has been a source of the important values of all: family, charity, wisdom, compassion, social justice, and culture. To be Jewish today is to recognize that every person is created in the image of God and