Strategic Lessons for Israel from the Turkish Intervention in Syria
Erdogan’s accidental favor to Putin.
November 1, 2019
How Iran Became a Home to Jewish Refugees from Soviet-Occupied Poland
And the Land of Israel for Polish Gentiles.
In 1942, over 100,000 refugees of Polish origin made their way to Iran. Many had been in the eastern parts of Poland during the Soviet invasion, and were from there exiled by Stalin to Central Asia, whence they made their way to Iran. Others had been part of the so-called Anders Army, a Polish fighting force organized with the approval of London and Moscow to fight Germany. Among both soldiers and civilians were a large number of Jews; one of the officers, in fact, was the future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. Mikhal Dekel tells part of their story:
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Anti-Israel Activists Now See the Holocaust as a Topic Inherently Inimical to Them
“Nakba supercessionism.”
Azerbaijan Commemorates Its Jewish War Hero
Albert Agarunov.
How Jewish Was Herod?
His ancestry was questionable, but he may have kept kosher.
How Iran Became a Home to Jewish Refugees from Soviet-Occupied Poland
And the Land of Israel for Polish Gentiles.