Why Some Intermarried Couples Get Subsidized Honeymoons in Israel
Source: NBC News JERUSALEM — How would you like a nine-day vacation with your new spouse up to 7,000 miles from home for just $1,800 including flights and hotels? There’s […]
Know Thy Neighbor as Thyself: Small-Town Values and the Study of World Religions
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Deighton PhD Student in Islamic Studies, Writer, Contemplative If you grew up in rural Ontario, you would probably agree that cultural diversity wasn’t a […]
Lessons from 5 World Religions that Will Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Deighton is a PhD student in the program for West and South Asian Religions at Emory University. She holds an M.A. from the University of […]
Armed protesters take over federal wildlife refuge in Oregon
By Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN Updated 5:28 AM ET, Sun January 3, 2016 (CNN) A group of armed protesters have taken over a building in a federal wildlife refuge […]
Do immigrants have to integrate to be happy in Switzerland?
By Jeannie Wurz http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/inline?urn=urn:swi:audio:41845760 SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES DOWNLOAD MP3 FILE JAN 3, 2016 – 11:00 Living in a foreign country can be challenging, no matter how old you are. How well you adapt depends on the support available from family, friends, and the community. SWISSINFO.CH
Hundreds attend funeral of 17 Palestinians from Hebron
Hundreds attend funeral of 17 Palestinians from Hebron National News Related Articles IOF break into Bethlehem, violent clashes break out PNN/Hebron This Saturday afternoon hundreds of people are gathering together in Hebron for the funeral of 17 Palestinians whose bodies were returned to their families yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces. […]
Historic Vatican accord with Palestine takes effect
Source: AFP and Yahoo News January 2, 2016 The Vatican signed the accord in June, just over two years after the Roman Catholic Church recognised the Palestinian territories as a sovereign state […]
Syrian army launches assault against rebels near border with Israel
By Reuters – Dec 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A man carries an injured child amidst rubble near a burning vehicle in a site damaged from what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad in the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria on Wednesday […]
Saudi Arabia’s executions were worthy of Isis – so will David Cameron and the West now stop their grovelling to its oil-rich monarchs?
The executions were certainly an unprecedented Saudi way of welcoming in the New Year – if not quite as publicly spectacular as the firework display in Dubai which went ahead alongside the burning of one of the emirate’s finest hotels Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices 233 comments Saudi Defence […]