Roundup UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL The Liggett Lecture Series Roundup from page 6 in conjunction with The Jewish Forum and the Jewish Community Center presents Theologian Dr. Jon D. Levenson of the Harvard Divinity School in a talk titled "Abraham Our Father: What Does He Father?" 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10 Jewish Community Center 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield Free Dr. Levenson is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at the Harvard Divinity School. His work concentrates on the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. His books include "Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews" and "Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life" which won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award. The Liggett Lecture Series presents experts who explore ideas in education and culture. For information call 313-884-4444 or 248-354-6415, ext. 2 THE EWISH CRL1M 8 March 31 . 2011 Israel May Reopen Case Against Reporter Jerusalem/JTA — Israel may seek charges against the journalist who allegedly accepted classified docu- ments from a soldier. Uri Blau, an investigative reporter for Haaretz, allegedly accepted more than 1,500 classified military docu- ments from Anat Kamm, who is await- ing sentencing after accepting a plea deal. Blau was abroad when the Kamm case broke last year, and returned only after brokering a deal through lawyers that would give him immunity from prosecution as long as he handed over classified documents in his possession. The Justice Ministry is now consid- ering charging Blau for holding unau- thorized information. Synagogue Apologizes For Murder Footage New York/JTA — A New York syna- gogue apologized to its members for screening a video about the murders of five members of the Fogel family in the West Bank settlement of Itamar. The video shown March 19 at the the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale prior to the Purim Megillah reading includ- ed photos of the crime scene, includ- ing the body of the Fogel's 3-year-old son, from the Sabbath eve attack on March 11. The New York Jewish Week reported that in an e-mail to its membership, Rabbi Avi Weiss, Rabba Sarah Hurwitz and Associate Rabbi Steven Exler wrote, "We deeply regret the terrible mistake we made in the video which we showed." They explained that they had down- loaded the wrong video presentation, and then made a second mistake by not halting the screening, the newspa- per wrote. "We recognize the real and profound trauma and hurt this has caused chil- dren and adults in our bayit (home), and we take personal responsibility:' the letter said. The spiritual leaders and the con- gregation's social worker made them- selves available to discuss the footage with members and their children. Hitler's Den Pool Hall Raises Objections Bombay/JTA — The owner of the Hitler's Den pool hall in central India is refusing to change the name, despite objections from the Israeli Embassy and a Jewish group. "There is no way we will change the name," owner Baljeet Ghosal told the Times of India. "We have been operat- ing under this name since 2006 and now opened another one in Laxmi Nagar under the same banner. It is our identity." Ghosal told the newspaper that he had sought a "different-sounding name He also told the newspaper that people in Nagpur are not aware of Hitler's atrocities against the Jews. Author's First Novel Wins Rohr Prize New York/JTA — Austin Ratner was awarded the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his debut novel. Ratner will receive the Jewish Book Council's first prize award of $100,000 for The Jump Artist. The book is based on the true story of Austin Ratner Phillipe Halsman, a man who Adolf Hitler knew by name, who Sigmund Freud wrote about in 1930, and who put Marilyn Monroe on the cover of Life magazine. Joseph Skibell, author of A Curable Romantic, is the runner-up and recipi- ent of the $25,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Choice Award. Other finalists were Allison Amend, author of Stations West, Nadia Kalman, for The Cosmopolitans, and Julie Orringer for The Invisible Bridge." Greece OKs Compensation For Jewish Cemetery Athens/JTA — The Greek government will compensate the Salonika Jewish community for the destruction of its cemetery during the Nazi occupation. New income tax legislation included the more than $14 million for the com- munity payable in five- and 10-year government bonds with interest. The 500-year-old cemetery was one of the oldest and largest in Europe, with more than 300,000 graves. The earliest grave was dated 1493, one year after the Jewish expulsion from Spain. On Dec. 6, 1942, the cemetery was destroyed by the Greek puppet gov- ernment with connivance of the Nazi occupiers. Three months later, the transport of Salonika Jews to the Nazi death camps started. After the war, the cemetery was expropriated by the Greek government in favor of the Aristotelian University and its campus.