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Charlottesville put focus on alt-right, but watch out for the anti-Semitic left
Irma Schwager, Austrian-Jewish activist in French resistance, dies at 95
Irma Schwager, an Austrian-Jewish refugee who lost most of her family in the Holocaust and worked with the French resistance, has died.
Barghouti calls for Palestinian popular resistance campaign
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti called on Palestinians to launch a popular resistance campaign against Israel.
Shock claim: Obama encouraged Palestinian ‘resistance’
\nThe Obama administration has encouraged \”resistance\” by Palestinians to protest Israel\’s presence in eastern Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian Authority official claimed to WND.\n\nThe senior PA official, speaking from Ramallah on condition of anonymity, said that in recent meetings with U.S. envoys to the region, the American diplomats supported and encouraged the concept of Palestinian protests to pressure Israel into evacuating eastern sections of Jerusalem.
‘Defiance’ celebrates Jews’ daring acts of WW II resistance
\”Every day of freedom is like an act of faith,\” says Tuvia Bielski, one of three brothers who led a partisan group battling Nazi troops in the forests of Belarus.
Zwick’s ‘Defiance’ brings heroes of Jewish anti-Nazi resistance to screen
Once he read the amazing story of the Bielski brothers, who not only fought the Nazis, but also struggled with hostile local populations and anti-Semitic Soviet troops, Zwick gradually discovered that there were hundreds of similar reports on Jewish resistance fighters.
‘A Secret’ lets French director explore his Jewish past
More than 60 years have passed, yet French filmmakers are still wrestling with their country\’s less than heroic role under Nazi occupation during World War II.
Newsroom Rebellion Silences Gossip About Mayor’s Family
The tip/rumor/innuendo in question involves personal information, as yet unconfirmed and unpublished, about a member of Mayor James Hahn\’s family. Faced with resistance from reporters, management at the Daily News has since dropped the subject. The L.A. Weekly\’s editor, apparently, still wants the story. Editors at the Los Angeles Times, for its part, elected to let the matter lie; no reporters\’ rebellion was required.