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French Legion of Honor

Justus Rosenberg before receiving the award of the French Legion of Honor medal from French ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud at the French Consulate on March 30, 2017, in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
November 22, 2021, 11:41 pm
Last surviving WWII hero who smuggled Jewish academics to safety from Nazis dies
Justus Rosenberg, a professor whose long career teaching literature was preceded by a remarkable tenure in the French resistance during the Holocaust, died aged 100 last month
By Shira Hanau
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2017 Yvette Lundy poses for a picture at a retirement home in Epernay, northeastern France ( FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP)
November 4, 2019, 10:47 am
French Resistance hero Yvette Lundy, who saved Jews in WWII, dies at 103
Lundy provided fake papers to Jews fleeing Nazis, survived the concentration camps and went on to teach reconciliation, giving talks to French as well as German students
By AFP
Producer Harvey Weinstein arriving on the red carpet for the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, March 2, 2014. (AFP/ROBYN BECK)
October 16, 2017, 12:30 am
Macron: France to strip disgraced producer Weinstein of Legion of Honor
French president says he has begun procedure to remove award given in 2012
By Agencies
Professor Justus Rosenberg receiving the French Legion of Honor from the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (Emily Stern)
April 3, 2017, 1:19 pm
Still teaching at 96, a WWII hero professor receives the French Legion of Honor
Justus Rosenberg worked for the American Rescue Committee, the French resistance, the US Army, and the UN, to clandestinely save thousands from the Nazis
By Cathryn J. Prince
Beate Klarsfeld speaking to the German press in 2012. (Photo credit: CC BY Dielinke Sachsen, Flickr)
January 3, 2014, 1:50 pm
Several prominent Jews on French Legion of Honor list
Nazi-hunting Klarsfelds, fertility pioneer Frydman and journalist Fitoussi among the honorees
By JTA
Author Philip Roth. (courtesy of Film Forum/File)
September 30, 2013, 10:14 am
Philip Roth awarded France’s highest honor
Jewish author told a French magazine last year he was done writing fiction
By JTA
Chief rabbi of France Gilles Bernheim (photo credit: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Olevy/Wikimedia)
April 7, 2013, 2:56 pm
French chief rabbi suspected of faking university degree
Gilles Bernheim, already mired in plagiarism scandal, now faces accusation of falsely claiming academic achievement
Eleonora Bergman (photo credit: Courtesy)
October 27, 2012, 5:33 am
Jewish historian awarded Legion of Honor
Eleonara Bergman receives France’s highest decoration for contribution to Jewish heritage of Poland
John Galliano in mid-tirade (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
August 30, 2012, 1:19 am
Galliano reportedly sues Dior over firing for anti-Semitism
Ousted fashion designer refuses to comment on claims he’s seeking $18.7 million following infamous anti-Jewish rant
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