by Lee Gordon | Feb 9, 2012 | Opinion
There was a criminal attack on the Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem. When school principal Nadia Kinani arrived early one morning, she found “Death to Arabs” spray-painted in huge letters across the walls of the school. Close by, at the large Greek...
by Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch | Feb 2, 2012 | News
CAIRO (RNS) From her home, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face of the Virgin Mary as visitors outside come to look upon the spot where Egypt’s Coptic Christians believe Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus found refuge after fleeing Bethlehem. Once...
by Nabil Costa | Jan 20, 2011 | Opinion
No different from other regions of the world, the Middle East-North Africa is saddled with its own share of challenges. They come in different forms and combinations. Over the years, our Lord has taught us to seek in every challenge an opportunity to light a candle...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jun 22, 2009 | Opinion
“How should Jews treat their Arab neighbors?” That was the question posed in the Ask the Rabbis section in the May/June issue of Moment Magazine. Beloved Chabad Rabbi Manis Friedman gave this answer: “I don’t believe in Western morality,...
by Bader Mansour | Apr 24, 2009 | Opinion
Farewells were said as a determined young man left his family in Safed, the crown jewel of the mountains overlooking the Sea of Galilee, to make his way to America. In 1909, under the love and guidance of Dr. George W. Truett, Shukri Musa found the desire of his heart...