Kurt Waldheim: Austria’s Dream Candidate
The Impact of Muslim Fundamentalism on the Israeli-Arab Conflict
The Montebello Mystery
The 1988 U.S. Presidential Race
Idealology and Raison D’Etat in Israel’s Relations with the USSR
The New Status of the Italian Jewish Community
The Other Refugees: Jews of the Arab World
The Other Refugees: Jews of the Arab World
Jews have lived in the Arab-speaking countries of western Asia and North Africa for millennia. Indeed, in certain countries such as Iraq, Yemen and Morocco, Jewish communities can be traced back to the period of the first exile, following the destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. If one includes the Muslim but non-Arab countries of Iran and Turkey, more than one million Jews lived in this region before the establishment of Israel in 1948.
Judea and Samaria: Behind the Uprising
Political Reform in China in the 1980s
The Last Jews in India and Burma
The Last Jews in India and Burma
One Shabbat in July 1987, for the first time since the synagogue was built 419 years ago, there was no minyan in the fabled Paradesi Synagogue of Cochin. Since the beginning of 1987, the population of Jew Town, once about 300, has diminished from 33 to 29 due to immigration to Israel. Similar forlorn scenarios are being repeated throughout India.
Decision Making in Israel: Partnership and Interaction Between the Political and Military Establishment
Some Paradoxes in American Jewish Life
During two decades of Jewish communal service, I have been continually confronted by the numerous paradoxes I see in American Jewish life today. The following list of fifteen paradoxes represents my personal assessment. The list is not exhaustive but, for me, intriguing.
