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Righteous Among the Nations

Yad Vashem's recognition of Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, who recruited rescuers and sheltered Jews in the cardinal’s palace, shows the complexity of the wartime role of the Catholic Church.I Led Three Lives

Former neo-Nazi and PLO collaborator Willi Voss was prosecuted for his role in the Munich massacre. He went on to become a valuable CIA informant in Lebanon.The Secret Jews of Terceira

"In all my travels, I had never seen anything like this.  I had beheld hidden arks and sequestered shelves that held objects of worship, but an entire synagogue?"From Cyrus to Ahmedinijad

Liberated by Cyrus, protected by the Sassanids, and even favored for a time by the Mongols, Jews had a relatively good time in Persia—until Shia Islam became dominant.Broadway and the Jews

As they say in Spamalot, "You won’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews."  A new documentary film emphatically agrees. Sh’mot: The Gathering

A mysterious connection between Moses and Elijah—coincidence? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:47Wingate of Zion

Israel remembers Orde Wingate for turning Jews in Mandate Palestine into a fighting force—as T. E. Lawrence had done for the Arabs.  But Wingate's legacy stretches further still.Finding Books Within Books

Ancient Hebrew fragments that were used as bindings for Latin manuscripts are being rescued across Europe.  But they are not a European Genizah.