Tag: Judaism
A Tragic Anniversary: The End of Jewish Life in Libya
by David Harris A classroom in a Benghazi synagogue before World War II. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Fifty-one years ago this month, the world was transfixed by the Six Day […]
In Queen Esther’s Time, Persia’s Baghdad Was the Center of the Jewish World
by Maria Bywater Happy Purim! To mark the occasion, I’m posting this piece about the Jews in one of the cities of Queen Esther’s Persian Empire: Baghdad. It’s an […]
Canada’s oldest Jewish congregation celebrates 250 years
By Janice Arnold, Staff Reporter From left, Rose Simon Schwartz, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue’s co-ordinator of its 250th anniversary celebrations, shul president Edmond Elbaz and Rabbi Avi […]
A Rational Jewish Approach to Homosexuality
by Shmuley Boteach [ This posting is not intended to necessarily represent the position or voice of the IJAO nor Beit Eliahou on the matter of homosexuality; it is intended […]
Changes in the Social Status of Urban Jewish Women in Iraq as the Nineteenth Century Turned
by: Dr. Shaul Sehayek, Tel-Aviv Translated from the Hebrew by: Dina Ripsman Eylon and Dalia Maishlish Forward [1] During the nineteenth century Arab countries underwent an awaking process, which […]
