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News PHOTOS: Inside the Life of the Jewish Sufis
In 1971 a mysterious Sufi mystic arrived in America from Sri Lanka to spread a message of religious and racial unity. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen was his name and he amassed a following — in a country reeling from the social, political and religious upheaval of the 1970s, his message resonated. All along, Bawa’s inner circle of…
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News 5 Jewish Sufis You Should Know
You’ve heard of Jewish Buddhists — “Jewbus” — and secular Jews. You likely know Jews who favor yoga over synagogue — there are even Jews for Jesus. But Jewish Muslims? With a grim deadlock between the Israelis and Palestinians, which often takes on a religious dimension — and a rise in both Islamophobia and anti-Semitism…
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Israel News Israeli Terror Survivors and War Vets Get Inked To Help Heal
Five of the world’s top tattoo artists traveled to Israel this week to ink Israelis injured in terrorism and war. A project of the group Artists 4 Israel, which beautifies Israeli bomb shelters, the Healing Ink event sought to exhibit the power of tattooing to help trauma victims externalize their pain. Tattoos are prohibited in…
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Breaking News Last Nuremberg Prosecutor Says Make Law — Not War
Everyone who participated in the Nuremberg Trials — defendants, prosecutors, judges — is now dead. Except one – Benjamin Ferencz, the 96 year old who almost seven decades ago secured convictions against 22 top Nazis in the historic war crimes tribunal. The retiree and son of Romanian Jews told National Public Radio on Monday that…
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News French Jewish Intellectual Faces “Praising Terrorism” Charges
After praising the courage of jihadists, the French Jewish intellectual Eric Zemmour might face charges for “apology for terrorism.” According to “Le Monde,” the prosecutor’s office in Paris opened a preliminary investigation last Friday into remarks Zemmour made to the magazine “Causeur,” during an interview titled “The Muslims Must Choose Between France and Islam.” “What…
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News Writer Designs ‘City of Women’ Subway Map to Transform NYC’s ‘Manscape’
New York is a man’s city, or at least seems like that from the names of so many places of note — Columbus Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park, the Ed Koch Bridge. As the writer Rebecca Solnit points out, the city itself was named for a male: the Duke of York, later known as King…
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Israel News Israel’s President Brings Muslims, Jews Together to Make Anti-Terror Statement
Jewish and Muslim leaders gathered at Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s Jerusalem home on Thursday night in a meeting intended to discuss tensions between the two groups and make a united front against religious violence. But while reported by The New York Times, no record of the meeting exists, because the Palestinian attendees refused to be…
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Breaking News Israel Reacts With Anger to UNESCO Temple Mount Vote
PARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) – UNESCO member states have renewed a resolution criticizing Israel for restricting Muslim access to a Jerusalem holy site, a European diplomatic source said, angering Israel’s government by also referring to the area only by its Muslim names. The site is revered by Jews and Muslims alike, known to Jews as…
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