In first sign of life since her March abduction, an Israeli-Russian academic appears in a video
Elizabeth Tsurkov spoke Hebrew in a video in which she claimed — apparently under coercion — to be a spy for the West
Elizabeth Tsurkov spoke Hebrew in a video in which she claimed — apparently under coercion — to be a spy for the West
University statement sought by sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov affirms that she was doing work approved for her Ph.D. when she was abducted in March
Nadia Murad wants the world to bring wartime rapists to trial
Dozens of religious relics and buildings conjure up memories of a long-ago interfaith community
An American Jew who settled in Iraqi Kurdistan and dedicated himself to preserving its Jewish history has been expelled from the country. Levi Meir Clancy said officials told him he was a security threat, but that he believes the real reason for his expulsion is his outspokenness about those in the region who falsely claim…
The title of Jon Stewart’s new show might have had a double-meaning for almost anyone else. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” sounds like the beginning of a rant by your conservative uncle, or maybe a gripe from a pedantic comedy critic. In its current usage, there is little publicly problematic about the diminutive host, beloved…
For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of Israel in 1948, all its Jewish caretakers began leaving the region, and in more recent years, the Islamic State embarked on its campaign to destroy holy sites…
According to Jewish scripture, after the prophet Jonah suffered his ordeal in the belly of the whale, he found himself in what is today called Mosul, in modern-day Iraq. Jews lived there in Biblical times, and continued to do so for nearly three millennia until the 1950s. Today, none remain. There is, however, one Iraqi,…