Finally face to face, after growing up learning about the other

An overlooked golden age of Jewish culture flowered in the cities of Istanbul, Edirne, Salonica, Izmir, Aleppo, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, and Alexandria—where almost no Jews live today

Abrupt decision comes in wake of sharp rebukes, bafflement, and concern about politicization of Shoah memory

Israel’s government is also exploring ways to bring injured Syrians to its hospitals

Watch Israeli-Arab newscaster Lucy Aharish’s passionate speech about the ‘genocide’ in Syria: ‘Nobody is doing anything to stop it’

How American Jews are wooed with meaningless gestures

Days into the so-called ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria, opposition and governmental forces are already pointing fingers at each other

In a small border town on the way to Europe, Syrian refugees tell stories that the world is determined not to hear

The disturbing connection between drug trafficking and modern terrorism

Developments in the saga of the missing perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible, whose future is still unknown

Thanks to outside forces waging a proxy battle in Syria, 2013 has become a year of attrition rather than endgames

A look at Syria of today and Aleppo of old

The Syrian diaspora in Israel watches its once-vibrant ancestral home fall to ruin in the country’s civil war

The mighty culinary reach of the Ottoman Empire

Struggling to maintain a Mizrahi heritage in an Ashkenazi-dominated culture