The Abu Dhabi conference was surely a significant indicator of an increasingly positive view on engagement with Jewry on the part of religious and political authorities in the region.
Indian journalist and Project Interchange participant Rezaul Laskar writes in the Hindustan Times about Israel’s Ziv Medical Center and its care of injured Syrians.
After an 18-year increase in antisemitic hate crimes, it appears that some political leaders have come to the realization it is the symptom of a troubled country, of a deep-rooted democratic crisis. However, the fundamental question now facing us is what should be done?
It is to defend such civic-mindedness, that I created, together with Audrey Lebioda and Xavier Brandao, the Facebook group #jesuislà (#iamhere). We can no longer remain silent in the face expressions of hate, and urge others to join our ranks.
‘Anti-Zionism isn’t the same as antisemitism,” we keep hearing. A new study suggests that for Jewish Europeans, the distinction is without a difference.