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Wisdom of the United Arab Emirates
The Jerusalem Post / 2-minute read
AJC’s Director of Media Relations Kenneth Bandler writes in The Jerusalem Post that, in order to defeat COVID-19, leaders must set aside political differences and conflicts to focus on containing the spread of the disease, seek treatments to heal those stricken, and develop vaccines. As a positive example, he points to Lana Nusseibeh, the Ambassador to the UN for the United Arab Emirates, who recently shared in a rare public dialogue how her country is dealing with the pandemic, interfaith coexistence in her country, and Israel’s place in the region. The conversation between Nusseibeh and AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson aired last week on Advocacy Anywhere, AJC’s digital platform. Read more |
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Why Muslims and Jews Should Work Together
The Jakarta Post / 3-minute read
Rabbi David Rosen, AJC’s Director of International Interreligious Affairs, writes in The Jakarta Post, that few religions have as much in common as Islam and Judaism. More importantly, few traditions have such a rich history of cooperation and collaboration. With that in mind, Muslim and Jewish leaders have a duty to their communities and faith traditions to push back against extremists who turn territorial disputes into religious conflicts, he wrote. “This requires that first and foremost, we educate ourselves genuinely about one another and not allow prejudice, bigotry, stereotypes and propaganda, to poison our minds.” Earlier this year, AJC launched 'An al-Yahud, or “About the Jews,” a groundbreaking Arabic-language online video series aimed at increasing understanding of the Jewish people in the Arab world. The series, which has thus far garnered millions of views, includes an introduction to the Jewish people, a history of Muslim-Jewish relations, and an explainer about the Holocaust. Read more |
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The Curious Case of a Palestinian Surgeon, Jewish Patient, and Nazi Text
The New York Times / 3-minute read
At the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, Dr. Madi el-Haj uses the Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy to guide him through the tangled nerves of about 90 percent of his peripheral nerve procedures. But he always seeks his patients’ permission first as the textbook’s diagrams are believed to be based on the dissected victims of Nazi terror. The Times tells the story of how Dr. el-Haj successfully treated a Jewish settler in the West Bank who, as a teen, stepped on a mine planted by Palestinian terrorists. The injuries caused him to suffer excruciating pain for decades for which he blamed all Arabs. But the controversial atlas is just a piece of this story about an unlikely doctor-patient relationship that evolved into a friendship and a change of heart. Read more |
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