Palestinians Are Building Illegal Settlements to Extend Their Claims to Jerusalem
With funding from the EU, the PLO, and some Arab and Muslim countries.
December 8, 2016
Jewish Salonica between Ottomans and Greeks
A bygone Sephardi metropolis.
At the turn of the century, the Ottoman city of Salonica (now Thessaloniki) was home to the world’s largest Ladino-speaking population, descended primarily from Jews who came there from Spain following the expulsion of 1492. In 1912, the city became part of Greece. Devin Naar, discussing his recent book Jewish Salonica, explains how the community was transformed by the events of the early 20th century. (Interview by Lisa Newman. Audio, 19 minutes.)
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Iran Shouldn’t be Allowed to Get Away with Producing Chemical and Biological Weapons
Something the nuclear deal ignores.
The World’s Largest Christian Humanitarian Organization and Its Decades-Long Campaign against Israel
World Vision and Hamas.
Jewish Salonica between Ottomans and Greeks
A bygone Sephardi metropolis.
Does God Still Talk to People? And If So, What Does He Say?
The daughter of a voice.