How Iran and Turkey Spread Their Propaganda to Young Americans
With the help of U.S. professors.
July 27, 2021
How Coffeehouses Came to Jerusalem
Imams and rabbis condemned them, but they flourished nonetheless.
At Jerusalem’s Museum of Islamic Art, a new exhibition focuses on the history of coffee-drinking in the city, which developed under the combined influences of both Europe and the Middle East. The first cafés appeared in the Levant in the 16th century, shortly after coffee itself arrived in the region. Ronit Vered speaks to some of the experts about the beverage’s history, citing first Amnon Cohen of Hebrew University:
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How Coffeehouses Came to Jerusalem
Imams and rabbis condemned them, but they flourished nonetheless.