As "Israel" has referred in the biblical and Judaic tradition to the descendants of Jacob, or the Jewish people, naming the country "Israel" sought to conflate all Jews with the state of Israel.
His relatives now live in the US, Israel, and Mexico. Their decision to leave Syria is common to nearly all of the country’s Jews. Before dwindling to its current size, Syria’s Jewish ...
Reformed Jews, Orthodox Muslims, liberal Muslims and conservatives and others all getting together and putting their differences aside." The faith groups are bridging divides and forging new bonds ...