Reengaging the Syrian Government Has Brought Jordan an Influx of Narcotics, but Little Stability
A cautionary tale.
October 3, 2022
The Origins of Moroccan Jewish Music, and Its 21st-Century Heirs
A blend of Spanish, Berber, Arabic, and Hebraic influences.
In the 15th century, thousands of Jews made their way from Iberia to Morocco and other parts of northwest Africa, joining an existing Jewish community that had its own long history. Mohamed Chtatou describes how the musical traditions they brought with them from southern Spain (Andalusia) blended with local Jewish, Arab, and Berber (Amazigh) musical tradition to create a unique Moroccan-Jewish art form—and that art form’s modern legacy:
October 3, 2022
As Campus Hostility to Israel Grows, Jews Are Learning to Keep Their Mouths Shut
The Marranos of anti-Zionism.
Reeling from Its Battlefield Defeats, Russia Returns to Anti-Semitism
A long hiatus may be coming to an end.
The Origins of Moroccan Jewish Music, and Its 21st-Century Heirs
A blend of Spanish, Berber, Arabic, and Hebraic influences.
Kol Nidrei with the Prussian Army
The Jewish soldiers who laid siege to Metz in 1870.