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Daily Archives: October 15, 2019

Meyer & Meyer clothing store in downtown Albuquerque in the 1940s.(Courtesy of the author)

New Mexico’s Crypto-Jews subject of informative tour

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When Jordi was just ten years old, his grandfather said, “This is how we butcher a chicken,” as he demonstrated the kosher slaughtering method. Jordi’s grandfather thereby revealed that the family was Jewish, a...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas lays a wreath on the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Nov. 11, 2012. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

The Palestinian Authority donor machine

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When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency and accountability are non-existent. Critics of P.A. practices are met with arrest by Palestinian security. The result is a rich Palestinian elite and largely...
Photo by Sonia Ionescu, Via Flickr

BDS, anti-Semitism and class

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Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, anti-Semitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of belief and behavior, though some of these patterns are...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, on May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu to request official pardon for Na’ama Issachar

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon 26-year-old Israeli-American Na’ama Issachar, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Tuesday. A day prior, President Reuven Rivlin sent Putin a letter, in...
Saudi Arabia's national soccer team, June 14, 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi soccer team visits Jerusalem ahead of first-ever West Bank match

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Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team arrived in Israel this week ahead of a Tuesday match against the Palestinian national team in the West Bank. On Sunday, the team was greeted by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud...
The Island of Peace in Naharayim, northern Israel, on the border with Jordan, on March 31, 2017. Photo by Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.

Israeli farmland set to be handed back to Jordan

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Israel will have to return two parcels of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to Jordan soon, after the Hashemite Kingdom refused to extend a lease on the lands outlined in the 1994 Israel-Jordan...
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the G20 Summit Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump demands Turkey halt Syria incursion, authorizes new sanctions

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on Turkey to immediately halt its offensive in northern Syria and authorized new sanctions against the NATO member state. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the United States...
A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Developments in northern Syria ‘disturbing for Israel’

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Israel has been closely monitoring Turkey’s brutal offensive against the Kurds in northeast Syria in recent days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Turkish invasion on Oct. 10, stating that Israel “warns against the...

Sukkot Song

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Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel when they...

Men Drool as Women Rule in New Play

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Bad Hombres, Good Wives, a delightful new comedy at the San Diego Repertory Theater, is a cheeky take on Northern Mexico’s narco culture and the relationship between men and women. Written by Playwright in...