admin | October 7, 2020
She is a student in Britain born in Dubai to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother. But it is her secret Jewish heritage that has made her eligible for a Spanish passport and opened up a world of possibilities. Dubai resident Heba Nabil Iskandarani, 26, was classed as stateless and had a Lebanese travel document that defined her as a Palestinian refugee, but after searching familys ancestral tree a new branch has emerged.
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admin | October 7, 2020
How do you protect a culture that is being wiped out? For Uighurs, this is more than just a hypothetical
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admin | October 7, 2020
The late esteemed English actor Christopher Lee traced his ancestry directly to Charlemagne. In 2010 Lee released a symphonic metal album paying homage to the first Holy Roman emperorbut his enthusiasm may have been a tad excessive.
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admin | October 7, 2020
It wasnt surprising to hearso much despair leading up to the High Holidaysgiven the state of the world.
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admin | October 7, 2020
Welcome to FAHRENHEIT 411, a special newsletter on disinformation and conspiracy theories ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It is produced in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism, and written by Molly Boigon, an investigative reporter at The Forward. A Wikipedia articleabout genetic studies on Jews was among the most shared links in antisemitic online spaces at the end of September, used to spread disinformation about Jews role in the slave trade, Islamophobic tropes and other conspiracy theories, according to ISD
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admin | October 4, 2020
History wars on a plate: a 17th-century ceramic basin from Puebla, Mexico, borrows the Habsburg double-headed eagle motif. Is it cultural appropriation or supplication to an imperial power
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admin | October 4, 2020
The highlight of the Sukkot holiday has always been nabbing an invite to the Sheff familys sukkah party. Every year explored a new theme, ranging from Mariachis and Margaritas to Western-Style Beers and Barbecue to Moroccan Cigars to Cuban Stogies, not to mention the memorable night that famous Armenian singer John Bilezikjian brought his oud and we had an authentic Middle Eastern hafla (party).
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admin | October 4, 2020
MONACO (JTA) This tiny wealthy country on Frances southeastern coast is famous for its beautiful beaches, coastal mansions and splendid casinos. Outside of Israel, Monaco also has the highest ratio of Jewish inhabitants of any country in the world, at over 5%, according to statistics provided by its two rabbis
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admin | September 29, 2020
This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Monday, September 28th, 2020. Previous daily updates can be found here, and up-to-date statistics are here
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admin | September 29, 2020
FAIRFIELD What do Louisville, Kentucky; Elche, Spain; Patras, Greece; and Fairfield, California have in common? Well, right off the bat, they are each at 38.2 degrees latitude on the globe, which puts all of them on the map, so to speak, for this years Visions of the Wild Film and Arts Festival, produced for the past seven years by the U.S
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