Daily Archives: November 30, 2020
Hebrew-language, Israeli-culture institute opens in UAE
Here’s an item you never would have read in the United Arab Emirates’ Khaleej Times until quite recently: “First Hebrew institute to open in UAE in January.”
Josh Samet, director of the forthcoming Educational Hebrew Institute, told the Khaleej Times that...
From Mecca to Jerusalem
The dispute that is now rocking the Muslim world is not about whether the Prophet Muhammad’s famous “Night Journey” actually took place or was merely a dream. The current debate, which is intertwined with...
Who was Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the ‘mysterious’ nuclear scientist killed outside of Tehran?
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the senior Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated by a hit squad outside of Tehran on Friday, was being “reserved” by the Iranian regime for the day that Iran’s nuclear program would enter a...
November 30: Israel commemorates the expulsion of the Jews from Arab lands
On June 23, 2014 the Knesset adopted a law which designates November 30th as an annual, national day of commemoration for the 850,000 Jewish refugees who were displaced from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th...
When Life Doesn’t Smell Right
It is encouraging to see that there are still some people around who are interested in propping up one of the five senses that is normally pushed aside in the technological transformation of society. ...