South Africa’s Tutu expected home from hospital next week

South Africa’s Tutu expected home from hospital next week

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was responding well to a two-week intravenous antibiotic course and could be discharged from hospital at the end of next week, Tutu's daughter said on Thursday (Aug. 27).

The 83-year-old, who used the pulpit to preach against apartheid, was admitted to hospital for the second time in a month for treatment of an "inflammation."

In the Ashkenazi heartland, a struggle over ruins and Jewish memory
Ashkenazi

In the Ashkenazi heartland, a struggle over ruins and Jewish memory

Jewish News Service

Written by Eitan Arom/JNS.org

Walking through Lviv, a Ukrainian city near the Polish border whose Jewish population is a small fraction of what it once was, it's not uncommon to spot faded Hebrew letters on the outside of shops. Scattered through town are plaques commemorating vanished sites of Jewish heritage. Graffiti swastikas here and there tell of an age-old hatred etched into cultural memory.

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