Tag: Middle East
Israel-India diplomatic relations celebrated
American Jews and Indian Americans from South Florida recently joined together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and India at the Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables.
This reception marking the 25th...
History at risk: 20,000 archaeological sites threatened by conflict
From the ancient cities of Petra and Jericho to historic religious temples, thousands of archaeological sites in the Middle East and North Africa are severely at risk, according to a new online public database.
In...
Trump’s titanic foreign-policy shift
(The Washington Post) - This newspaper’s legendary former publisher, Philip Graham, famously described journalism as the business of writing the “first rough draft of history.” This week, as President Donald Trump gave a historic...
Jared Kushner Struck Out in His First Foray Into Middle East Diplomacy
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s principal Middle East advisor, embarked on his maiden diplomatic mission even before his father-in-law was inaugurated. His task: get Britain to help scuttle a U.N. Security Council resolution denouncing...
Divine Intersection: The Surprising Story of the Jews Who Became Sufi Muslims
At a burial shrine set in the rolling farmland of Pennsylvania, a group of Sufi devotees swayed in prayer, chanting the many names of God. The women, heads covered in loose shawls, sat on...