For many people, the word \’Islam\’ conjures up images of violence, suicide bombings and holy war. But not for Maryam Kabeer Faye, a Jewish-born American. She believes the religion she adopted after a long spiritual journey represents peace, love and mercy.
I\’ve obtained a document that the Rand Paul campaign is circulating to those interested in his views on Israel, and it\’s interesting to see how the positions he\’s taking as a Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky differ from those adopted by his father, Rep. Ron Paul, a harsh critic of U.S.-Israel ties.
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has joined a lawsuit to force the Norton Simon Museum to return two 500-year old paintings to the heir of a Dutch Jewish art dealer.
Luck seems to smile on Andras. He has a happy home and a loving family. He has a scholarship for his studies. Four pages into this long and elaborately embellished novel, he meets a wealthy woman who asks him to carry a mysterious package to Paris for her and inadvertently helps Andras find the love of his life. On the train to France, he also meets a man who will become his benefactor. Once he enters school, his budding architectural work is admired by Le Corbusier.
Touching base with a friend recently, she asked what I was up to, and having just returned from the pool of a local Jewish community center, I whimsically replied, \”I\’ve been swimming with Jews.\” This inside joke became a bit more pertinent as we discussed the New York Times piece \”On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree,\” a roundtable discussion regarding the discomfort many Jews feel about Israel and the pressure not to go against \”acceptable\” currents on the matter.
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