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How will Jews in Muslim countries mark Purim?

March 10, 2017 Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-will-jews-in-muslim-countries-mark.htmlHow are Jews in Muslim countries preparing to mark the festival of Purim? The foiling of a genocidal plot against the Jews of Persia is a particularly delicate matter to celebrate in present-day Iran. Rachel […]

World’s oldest Jew – a Kurdish rabbi – dies

March 10, 2017 Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/03/worlds-oldest-jew-kurdish-rabbi-dies.htmlThe world’s oldest Jew has died in Jerusalem, purportedly aged 117. Zecharia Barashi was born in Kurdistan and came to Palestine in the 1930s. (However, it is impossible to verify his age as there were […]

From Horned Helmets to Pussy Hats

March 10, 2017 Ian

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/03/from-horned-helmets-to-pussy-hats.htmlBy Daphne Anson   If you thought Sweden’s men have become mice think again. They are yet worthy of their warrior ancestors! They are still a fighting breed whom Sweden’s great seventeenth century soldier-king Gustavus […]

A Moroccan ‘olah’ in Israel, then and now

March 9, 2017 Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-moroccan-olah-in-israel-then-and-now.htmlHome in Morocco for Soly Anidjar was an apartment with servants and family holidays. When her family arrived in Israel, they did not have electricity, running water, a paved road or enough beds to sleep […]

David Singer: PLO Humiliated for Denying Free Speech and Elections

March 8, 2017 Ian

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/03/david-singer-plo-humiliated-for-denying.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Photo credit: Al Jazeera Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: Frustration with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has surfaced at a Conference […]

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