The Guardian profile: Ken Livingstone (Guardian Unlimited)
The mayor sat amid a scene of high drama at City Hall and sank back into his chair, as if someone had knocked the wind out of him. Behind Ken Livingstone were Holocaust survivors, a golden-haired woman, her tearful eyes blazing, and a stocky man, mouth tightly pursed, cheeks reddened by fury.
The Brutal Truth (Houston Press)
"I'd never read a worse story of a murder of a single individual," says Houston author Patricia Bernstein . "And that includes all the stories of the Christian martyrs during the Spanish Inquisition. Many are equally bad, but I don't think any are worse."
'Trotsky on anti-Nazi assassin Herschel Grynszpan' - Socialist Worker (Socialist Worker)
Herschel Grynszpan, a young Jewish man, assassinated a Nazi diplomat in the German embassy in Paris on 7 November 1938. Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels used the event to launch attacks on Jews in Germany.
The Guardian profile: Ken Livingstone (Guardian Unlimited)
London's mayor uses the second world war as a moral compass-point and has always been sceptical of the media. The mayor sat amid a scene of high drama at City Hall and sank back into his chair, as if someone had knocked the wind out of him.
Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Cleveland Jewish News)
Israel finalized details for freeing the first group among 900 Palestinian prisoners. Under Sunday's Cabinet decision, 500 prisoners will go free this week as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli diplomat's posting in doubt (The Age)
Another Israeli diplomat's future in Australia is in doubt following allegations he was involved in a sex scandal in South America five years ago. The claim comes after Israeli diplomat Amir Laty in December was thrown out on national security grounds.
Congress says it s modernizing advocacy function (Canadian Jewish News)
Same names, different titles? Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) recently announced an internal shift of personnel that it says goes beyond the cosmetic and is intended to strengthen and modernize the organization s advocacy functions nationwide.
Pressure on new Israeli envoy builds (The Age)
Israel is coming under increasing pressure to reconsider its latest diplomatic appointment to Australia after complaints that the official had been involved in a South American sex scandal.
Dime-store finds a blast from the past (Jewish World Review)
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | There aren't many small town dime stores left these days, which is why when one crosses your path, it is your civic duty to go inside. On some back road travel, we recently discovered an old dime store with wooden floors and bulk candy in open bins.
Faces of autism giving kids a life (Cleveland Jewish News)
An 8-year-old boy bounces down the hallway, covered head to toe in a stretchy, royal blue stocking. A weary 11-year-old swings back and forth in a hammock hung from a doorway. An active 9-year-old dons a weighted green vest.
