“Our life is at the mercy of the gentiles,” my great-grandmother said to my grandfather after a Muslim boy beat him to the point of bleeding. This is one of many stories that reflect the life of the Jews of Baghdad and more generally, the experience of many Jews in...
From 150,000 to None: The Jews of Iraq
Photo: Levi Clancy/Wikimedia Commons Nearly 3,000 years ago, after the destruction of Jerusalem’s First Temple, the Jewish people were forced to disperse, with many ending up in Babylon, now modern-day Iraq. Throughout the years, the Jews of Iraq maintained their Jewish identity through culture and traditions, such as observing Shabbat and...
Miss Iraq Reunited with Miss Israel in Jerusalem
They weren’t supposed to be friends. While the governments of most Arab nations maintain hostile positions towards Israel, the same cannot be said for all of their citizens. Many citizens of these countries are becoming increasingly frustrated with their government’s policies vis-a-vis Israel, taking it upon themselves to create a...
Water Shortages – Scarier Than ISIS?
Israel is a country with constant droughts. A good year in Israel is a year full of rain. Since it is impossible to depend on a sufficient rainy season, Israelis have developed ways to preserve water resources and manage their limited water resources. In the 1960’s, Israel’s famous water drip...
Why ISIS Lacks Nuclear Weapons
Contributed by CAMERA intern Shoshana Kranish There are two huge names in the Middle East that stand at the end of any and all scales and spectrums: ISIS and Israel. if you’ve rarely seen these two in the same sentence, you’re not alone. ISIS has yet to attempt to invade Israel,...
America’s Lingering Al-Qaeda Problem
This piece was written by Andy Wallin and originally published in “The Eagle Online,” American University’s campus news paper, on March 27th 2014. Andy is a junior in the School of International Service at American and writes a bi-weekly column which is published every other Tuesday. Andy is a proud CAMERA Fellow and is...
