Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A 21st-Century Statesman
Newsweek
2-20-2011
In the age of Twitter-shortened attention spans, fame is an increasingly powerful weapon of diplomacy. How George Clooney is helping to bring change--and a hefty dose of hope--to Sudan.
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As Greece seeks closer ties to Israel, anti-Semitism rears its ugly head
International Business Times
2-21-2011
While the Greek government seeks to establish closer diplomatic ties with Israel (in the wake of a cooling of relations between Israel and Turkey), incidents of anti-Semitism are rising in Greece, inflamed by the deepening economic crisis.
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Italy's first Holocaust museum to be built in Rome
By Lisa Palmieri-Billig
Jerusalem Post
02/22/2011
Country was partner, not victim, of Nazis, but hasn't done soul-searching like Germany, says director.
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Germany opens its first Reform synagogue since the Holocaust
By Reuters
2-21-2011
Haaretz.com
The synagogue in northern city of Hameln was built on foundations of predecessor destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht.
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