Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on January 22, 2016

The terrorist attacks on Paris, a nerve centre of European culture, was a dj vu moment. Nearly 15 years ago, 9/11 had evoked similar sentiments: shock, disbelief and confusion.

Raza Rumi

Writer, journalist and international development practitioner. Faculty, Ithaca College; C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C.

Ruminations about assimilation come naturally to Jews in North America at the winter holiday season. How much should a parent insist that Hanukkah is part of public school celebrations that give students a heavy dose of Christmas?

This week, I visited the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, Egypt, which houses the most extensive collection of Pharaonic antiquities and treasures in the world and I truly had a blast in the past.

Chaker Khazaal

Writer, Reporter, Public Speaker and Author of the 'Confessions of a War Child' trilogy

The benefits of traveling are extensive -- and often surprising. Traveling has been accredited with the ability to heal, educate, and expand our horizons. The feeling of inspiration many of us get after traveling is undoubtedly one of the best consequences of a trip away.

Oyster

Visiting, photographing, reviewing, and rating each hotel

I love traveling. I visited various countries alone or in the company of my best friend. I did not feel any fear before visiting the United Kingdom or...

Why is it that we can see B-list white actors, such as Gerard Butler, Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver, Geoffrey Rush and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Egyptian gods and kings? Better yet, why is it that they can see themselves in those roles? But not A-list black actors such as Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Idris Elba or Kerry Washington?

A DKT Indonesia midwife counsels a client in her clinic in Jember, East Java. In 2014, this network of nearly 5,000 midwife clinics helped DKT Indon...

Sixty-eight years ago, following the recommendation of a decisive majority of the 11-member United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, the UN General Assembly met to consider Resolution 181. The measure called for the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states in the land west of the Jordan River

David Harris

AJC Executive Director, Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the Executive Director; Senior Associate, St. Antony's College, Oxford (2009-11)

Her conversational tone pulls the reader in, so that I felt like a new friend she was explaining her customs to, and not an unwelcome voyeur peeking through a window. Humorous, lighthearted, respectful but not unduly submissive, Soad Nasr's book gives a glimpse into one woman's life in the Middle East that will break down stereotypes and create space for real understanding.

Certainly, looting has been occurring since there was buried treasure. But ISIS and its sympathizers have taken it to a new level. They are intentionally targeting the symbols that define our culture as a means to destroy our spirit.

Deborah Lehr

Chairman and Founder, the Antiquities Coalition, CEO, Basilinna;Senior Fellow, The Paulson Institute

Terrorism aimed at civilians leads to justifiable fears about our dangerous world. If we love to travel we need to continue to travel: exploring and enjoying, staying savvy, smart -- and comfortable.

Lea Lane

Author, Travel Tales I Couldn't Put in the Guidebooks

Violent extremism knows no particular faith. It is rather a perversion of the human condition, and must be dealt with as such. It is important that we refrain from demonizing Muslims without cause -- not because it is good for Muslims, but because our future ability to eradicate the menace of terror depends on it.

Emigrating from Gaza legally is an option open to only a vanishingly small percentage of residents. And that's why some, like hundreds of thousands of others from Syria, Eritrea, Iraq and elsewhere, turn to illegal, dangerous means.

I'll pray that the politicization of death ends soon. And for people to recognize the irony of dismissing victims anywhere and everywhere based on politics, race, color and religion.

Caught between military rule and increasing violence from Islamist groups, there is less space for peaceful dissent. Perceiving threat everywhere, the government is becoming a new sacred cow, inscrutable and unquestionable even to the most established and unimpeachable critical voices.

Tanya Monforte

Research Fellow at McGill Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism

"Sticks and stones will break my bones. But words will never harm me." Journalists, academicians and activists at a seminar in Egypt this month would beg to differ, notably since hate speech by and via various media can take a life of its own and lead to untold damage.

Originally posted here:
Egypt: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News - The Huffington Post

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