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The change has come to Jewish life in Eastern Europe
Twenty years ago, Jewish life in Eastern Europe seemed on the verge of disappearing. Today it looks more like Jewish life in free societies the world over. Read more »
Eastern Europe’s Jews now out of the shadows
When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are part of Europe's contemporary mosaic -- often unabashedly so. Read more »
A sea change in 20 years
Before the Iron Curtain collapsed 20 years ago this month, being Jewish in Eastern Europe was no easy feat, recalls Ruth Ellen Gruber. Read more »
Holocaust memorials go up in Eastern Europe, with some flaws
Some new monuments whose positioning and design make them prominent provide little or no information as to what they commemorate, but still are important as a permanent presence. Read more »
In Eastern Europe, advances toward accountability but more to do
Since the fall of communism 20 years ago, Eastern European countries gradually have been memorializing the Holocaust, but the process of reckoning with the past remains far from complete. Read more »
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Updated 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
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- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
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