The Pope, the Abraham Accords, and the Hope for a More Tolerant Middle East
What Francis’s visit to Iraq means for Israel and the Jews.
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Countering ignorance and denial in India.
In 2009, a fourteen-day event was held in the Indian city of Lucknow—home to a large Muslim minority—where films about the Shoah were shown and lectures on the subject delivered. Its purpose was to counteract Holocaust-denial propaganda emanating from Iran, a country with long and deep-seated cultural connections to Lucknow. There Anwar Nadeem, a distinguished Urdu-language poet, read a poem he had written about the extermination of European Jewry. Navras Aafreedi explains its significance:
What Francis’s visit to Iraq means for Israel and the Jews.
Despite the objections of progressive Jewish organizations.
Putting in danger one of the Arab world’s largest Jewish communities.
Countering ignorance and denial in India.
A window on how Roman soldiers relaxed.
In 2009, a fourteen-day event was held in the Indian city of Lucknow—home to a large Muslim minority—where films about the Shoah were shown and lectures on the subject delivered. Its purpose was to counteract Holocaust-denial propaganda emanating from Iran, a country with long and deep-seated cultural connections to Lucknow. There Anwar Nadeem, a distinguished Urdu-language poet, read a poem he had written about the extermination of European Jewry. Navras Aafreedi explains its significance:
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