Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

August 8, 2016

Discovering Jewish Saudi Arabia

The "Fortress of the Jews."

The recent visit of a delegation of Saudi notables to Israel has raised hopes that the two countries might establish diplomatic relations in the foreseeable future. Likely or not, such a development would presumably give Jews access to historic sites in the Arabian peninsula, once home to a Jewish population predating the time of Muhammad. Jessica Steinberg writes:

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