Israel launches a virtual coin
Jewish Journal
March 27, 2014
A virtual currency called “Bitcoin” has become popular in the past few months.
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Mother of slain soldier presents Gilad Shalit with Spirit of Hope Award
Jewish Journal
March 18, 2014
The woman whose poignant pleas to the Israeli government to do whatever it would take to repatriate captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
Crossing the Evros: Last chance for Syrian refugees
Jewish Journal
February 18, 2014
The bridge across the Evros River is rife with tourists.
Flamboyant billionaire Stewart Rahr wows Israel
Jewish Journal
February 3, 2014
What amazes about Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency first response organization is the speed with which its “ambucycles” [motor bikes equipped with the latest life-saving equipment] arrive at the scene of an accident or to a person in need of medical assistance.
Syria’s Assyrian Christians find refuge with Turkish neighbors
Jewish Journal
January 27, 2014
Miydat\’s Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. In every home, tables groan with remnants from the recent celebrations, which for many of Midyat\’s residents found themseslves in situations far safer than the previous holiday spent in Syria.
Israeli parliament to convene in Poland
Jewish Journal
January 27, 2014
Moved by concern that few eyewitnesses to the Holocaust remain and determined to ensure that memory of the atrocities of that era pass to the next generation…
Story of a Palestinian honor killing
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2013
Thamar Zeidan married when she was just 16, and had her first child at 17. While this is not uncommon in traditional Palestinian society, the marriage eventually foundered. Four years ago, she and her husband divorced and she moved back to her parents’ home in the small conservative village of Deir Al Ghusun near the West Bank town of Tulkarem.
Al-Quds University president denounces extremist rally
Jewish Journal
November 21, 2013
A Nov. 5 rally at the West Bank-based Al-Quds University that featured demonstrators from the Islamic Jihad flashing Nazi-like salutes resulted in Brandeis University recalling its faculty from a joint program.
Egypt ranks last in Arab world’s women’s rights
Jewish Journal
November 12, 2013
Just about every woman in Egypt has experienced some form of sexual harassment. The country also has high rates of violence and genital mutilation, according to a new study on women in the Arab world by the Thomson-Reuters Foundation. All of that makes Egypt the worst place for women among the 22 member-nations of the Arab League.
Joint Israeli-Palestinian film broadcast simultaneously on Channel 2 and Ma’an
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2013
United by the small screen, Israelis and Palestinians will transcend their divisions this week when “Under the Same Sun,” a film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is broadcast simultaneously on Israel’s Channel 2 and the Palestinian Ma`an television stations.
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