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The Bosnians who speak medieval Spanish

On our way to Sarajevo's Ashkenazi Synagogue for the Friday evening Shabbat (Sabbath) service, my friend Paula Goldman and I walked down cobblestone streets through the Baščaršija, the old Ottoman are... read more

Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book

They're a wonderful combination of very familiar Bible stories but through the prism of somebody who's living in medieval Spain, so Pharaoh looks just like a Spanish medieval prince ... because part o... read more

A Model for Europe?

The medieval kingdom has had a great symbolic value for Bosniaks ... Thus, the Bosnian army was on its own, and Bosnians felt abandoned by the Western world, the UN, the EU and the major powers. The p... read more

How far back will we set our clocks?

This picture is going around Facebook. I tried to find the original, but it’s hopeless, so I’ll just put this here. Remember, in the US we’re not just voting on the President, we’re voting on lots of ... read more

Jewish-Arab child: My parents' marriage was a mistake

Ynet carries today an interview with a girl of 14, daughter to an Arab father and a Jewish mother. The girl, presented under the false name of “Amanda”, explains that although her father, who has sinc... read more

Canada Can, And Must, End The Macedonia/Greece Name Dispute – OpEd

It just takes one Western country to stand up for common sense and denounce the nonsensical name negotiations between Macedonia and Greece as an attack on human rights and a country’s basic right to s... read more

Study shows increase in negative messages about Muslims in the media

Organizations using fear and anger to spread negative messages about Muslims have moved from the fringes of public discourse into the mainstream media since the Sept. 11 attacks, according to new rese... read more

Steven Pinker Wants Enlightenment Now!

But are we still an Enlightenment nation? "The Enlightenment principle that we can apply reason and sympathy to enhance human flourishing may seem obvious," writes Steven Pinker in his new book Enligh... read more

Is there a European Islam?

Not a headscarf in sight, let alone a hijab or burkha. Is there a European Islam that is as different from Wahhabism as the Church of England is from Baptists of the Bible Belt? Is it to be found in t... read more

Steven Pinker Wants Enlightenment Now!

Pinker: Right. Or the progress that we've experienced so far is illusory, since we're breathing in carcinogens as we speak and since species are dropping like flies, so actually our situation is getti... read more