NEW YORK (JTA) — Elie Wiesel called an upcoming exhibit at the Jewish Museum New York a “betrayal” of the Holocaust.
In an article published in Newsday Feb. 1, the Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor said some of the works — such as a Lego reconstruction of a death camp — slated to be exhibited “exceeded the limit” of “simple decency.”
The exhibit, “Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art,” to be shown at the museum starting March 17, includes contemporary artists’ renderings of the Holocaust in a manner museum officials believe will present the Nazi horrors in a new and thought-provoking manner.
U.S. judge: Israel no place for a kid
NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel is too dangerous for a woman to take her 2-year-old daughter to live there, a judge ruled late last week.
In awarding custody to the child’s father in Birmingham, Ala., the judge said he considered the “day-to-day dangers of living in Israel due to military and suicide bombings having occurred on a random basis.”
The mother had gone on a trip to Israel, then allegedly cut off contact with the father for some 14 months.
Michael Korn accused his wife of kidnapping their child, and demanded that the girl be returned.
Turnout falls short at the Zionist polls
NEW YORK (JTA) — The number of Americans who registered to vote in this year’s world Zionist elections is down by nearly one-third.
Although the final numbers are not yet tallied, the American Zionist Movement estimates 110,000 to 115,000 people registered for the March elections, as opposed to nearly 150,000 in 1997.
The AZM primarily blamed Sept. 11 for the decreased participation in the elections.
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