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arabic
A-WA’s Liron Haim, Tagel Haim and Tair Haim on Making Music that’s Diverse
A settler’s Nakba
How does a passionate, religious Zionist who is also committed to Israel-Palestinian reconciliation and dialogue deal with nakba, the Arabic term for the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the founding of Israel?
N.Y. teen charged with hate crime for anti-Semitic graffiti in Arabic
A 15-year-old from Staten Island was charged with a hate crime for writing “death for Jewish religion” in Arabic at a school in the New York borough.\n
Divers discover huge hoard of gold coins off Israeli coast
Scuba divers have discovered a rare haul of gleaming 1,000-year-old gold coins inscribed in Arabic on the sea bed off Israel, a find archaeologists say may shed light on Muslim rule in that age.
Chaos is my Heaven: Q-and-A with Itai Anghel
Rob Eshman: What year did you first meet Commander Media, the leader of the female militia you film in your documentary.
ADL alerts U.S. synagogues to protect against online hackers
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has issued a security alert to Jewish institutions across the country concerning a potential uptick in the number of online attacks by foreign hackers targeting the websites of synagogues and other Jewish organizations, which could compromise synagogue membership lists and financial data.
Providing books to Jaffa preschoolers makes Israel stronger
The children at the Arabic-speaking Ofek preschool in Jaffa spent a lot of time this past year thinking about a mouse named Samsoum, the character in a picture book all the kids have read at home with help from their parents.
Small steps on NewGround for Muslims and Jews
On Saturday night, I joined 250 or so of my fellow Muslim and Jewish Angelinos at a storytelling event hosted by Mack Sennett Studios and sponsored by NewGround, an organization working to “replace the current atmosphere of mutual suspicion among Jews and Muslims” with a feeling of trust, partnership, and cooperation.