Albania's secret Jewish history, how its population saved Jews during the Holocaust
During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this ...
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Herzl’s Jewish-Arab Utopia, ‘Old New Land’ – Doomed Never to be Realized?
With the exception of Binyamin Netanyahu, perhaps Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s prime ministers, of all political ...
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Who are Turkey’s Jews?
Their positive impact on trade convinced the land’s Ottoman rulers to welcome more Jews. When Spain and Portugal expelled their Jews during the 15th and 16th centuries, tens of thousands of ...
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Turkish newspaper tries to save a dying Jewish language
For Turkish Jews, preserving Ladino is a historical obligation, says Sami Aker, a journalist at Salom. He notes that Ladino was developed in the Ottoman Empire by Sephardic Jews who arrived as ...
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Hamas wants the world of Safiyyah back
Hamas is not a resistance movement. It is a restorationist movement. It seeks to go back in time to a specific point in time: ...
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
They may have been second-class citizens, but Jewish and Christian communities in the Ottoman Empire did have a degree of autonomy from the central government. The Ottoman Empire’s treatment of ...