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We are not the enemy

Jewish Journal February 23, 2011

If I were in a position to go on Al Jazeera this week and deliver a message to the people of the Middle East, including Israelis, I would proudly declare myself an Arab Jew and remind everyone that Jews have been an integral part of the Middle East mosaic for millennia. We are not the enemy, and often we speak the same languages—Arabic, Farsi, Turkish etc. Our ancestors have lived in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Turkey and even Afghanistan for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years.

Converso cowboys who tamed the U.S. frontier

Jewish Journal June 12, 2008

Among the conquistadors were Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, some of whom became America\’s first cowboys. Stillman writes about them — and the horses of the conquest — in the first chapter of her new book, \”Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West.\”

Pink Floyd’s Waters Caught Red-Handed

Ali Austerlitz June 29, 2006

Waters\’ performance received much acclaim in Israel, but it is his spray-painting stint at the security fence in the West Bank the day before the showcase that is making lasting waves there and abroad.

Couple Fights Harassment

Mike Levy May 9, 2002

Jacobson and Dorman have installed a security system and now keep a video camera by the door, which they take whenever they leave the house. They are afraid of their neighbors, and the tapes they have made show good reason to be.

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