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Some Notes from My Back Pages

While looking for something else recently, I came across a long and interesting interview with Patrick Hayes, a former Provisional IRA terrorist who was jailed for 30 years for his part in the second Harrods bombing in London in 1992, … Continue reading

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Searching for the Last Jews of Damascus: A Journey Through Memory and Ruins

Jerusalem Post, 24/1 In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to fully stamp their authority on … Continue reading

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