Tag Archives: palestinian

Drama surrounding Met’s Klinghoffer opera playing out on and off stage

The political conflict between Jews and Arabs is now being played out both on the opera stage and behind the curtain. Just last week, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, by all accounts the gold standard of the international opera world, canceled…

Obama Is Surrendering The Middle East To Terrorists

In his commencement address at West Point last week, President Obama got one thing right: “For the foreseeable future, the most direct threat to America at home and abroad remains terrorism.” I agree. While I have said and written many…

Ten tips for the best faith-promoting experience through the Middle East

The ‘Dome of the Rock’ in Jerusalem. (iStock) From visiting the Sea of Galilee to the Dome of the Rock, walking the paths Jesus walked or where Bible stories took place is a once-in-a-lifetime experience those of many faiths say…

Experts suggest Hamas overestimated Arab world support for strikes on Israel

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have drawn a more muted response from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi than Hamas might have hoped for. (AP) If Hamas thought provoking an Israeli crackdown by raining rockets down on the Jewish state would rally Arab…

Hobby shop magnate’s own passion is massive collection of Bible artifacts

This manuscript contains the Gospels, Eusebian Canon Tables and portraits of the Evangelists. Each Gospel begins with a folio written with gold-over-magenta. Similar to other eastern Mediterranean and Palestinian Gospel manuscripts, it ; ;was copied ;in 1156 for the ;John…

The Tea Party Movement, Racism and the Lesson of the NPR Scandal

At a time when it seems most rational people have moved on from false allegations that the tea party movement is steeped in racism, the accusation once again reared its ugly head. This time, thankfully, it came with repercussions —…