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Mossad’s Mistake

The attack that began the Yom Kippur War caught everyone in Israel, including Golda Meir, by surprise—everyone except the Mossad.  A new look at Israel’s Pearl Harbor. Romania’s Final Solution

Romania’s wartime leaders were so enamored of Nazi Germany that they developed their own Final Solution. So, why did half of Romania’s Jews manage to survive?  How Orientalism Shaped Obama

Blaming the recent attacks against U.S. targets on a cheap video reflects Edward Said’s argument that Europe subjugated Muslims by distorting perceptions of their culture.Drawing a Line

Angoulême is proud of its history as the center of France’s comics and animation industry.  The city is less keen to acknowledge the role it played during the Second World War. (Comic)  Is Journalism Just Lashon Hara?

Halakhah has yet to confront the gamut of prohibitions violated by modern mass media, from the sin of rekhilut to the greater sin of motsi shem ra, or slander.  Noam Gershony’s Incredible Gold

The Israeli war hero lost the use of his legs in a helicopter crash in the 2006 Lebanon War.  At this year’s Paralympics, he became a hero again. The Rest of the Leaked Romney Video

In that fundraiser video, Romney also talked about Israel: “Pushing the Israelis to give something up to get the Palestinians to act is the worst idea in the world.”