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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 561

Ottoman Empire

Muhammad leads Abraham, Moses, Jesus and others in prayer. Persian miniature, 15th century. (Public domain)
March 10, 2025, 3:10 am
This Muslim scholar wants to revive the ‘Judeo-Islamic tradition,’ starting with Moses
In his new book ‘The Islamic Moses,’ US-based author Mustafa Akyol turns to the Quran’s focus on a shared prophet to highlight a historic closeness and foster interfaith relations
By Zack Rothbart
A group shot of the main characters in new costume melodrama 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' coming to Netflix on May 20, 2022 (Courtesy Yes Studios)
April 27, 2022, 6:14 am
Netflix picks up Ottoman-era Israeli drama ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’
First ten episodes drop May 20, with star Michael Aloni dubbing own character into English for international audience
By Jessica Steinberg
A replica of the Siloam Inscription at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The original is in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. (יעל י CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
March 11, 2022, 9:01 am
Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem
The 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem
By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish chassidic dynasty of Toldot Avraham visits Meron, Northern Israel, on May 25, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
May 1, 2021, 8:59 pm
110 years ago, 100 people fell from a balcony at Mt. Meron; 11 were killed
Disaster in 1911 underlines the perennial safety concerns, and failures, at the holy site where 45 ultra-Orthodox pilgrims were fatally crushed on Thursday night
By ToI Staff
Actors Michael Aloni and Yuval Scharf in 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' a historical series produced in Israel by Yes Studios. (Courtesy: Nati Levi)
April 13, 2021, 12:45 pm
Trailer drops for summer TV ‘romantic drama’ of pre-state Israel
From the producers of ‘Fauda’ and ‘Shtisel,’ Yes’s multigenerational family story, ‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,’ is one of the most expensive Israeli productions ever
By Jessica Steinberg
A railway bridge on the Hejaz Railway. (Construction on the Hejaz Railway. Photo - Karl Lorenz Auler, from the National Library of Israel archives)
July 28, 2020, 6:00 pm
Epidemic-avoiding Ottoman pilgrim railroad seen in rare National Library photos
Hejaz Railway, built in early 1900s, ran from Damascus to Arabian Peninsula; brought hajjis to Mecca and Medina, moved military forces
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Mexican Jewish children at the Monte Sinai school, established in 1943 on Zacatecas Street in Mexico City by Jews from Damascus, Syria. (Zihronot Archive/Monte Sinai Community/via JTA)
February 2, 2019, 6:50 pm
Oscar frontrunner ‘Roma’ is set in a former Jewish neighborhood in Mexico City
Once an important center of Mexican-Jewish life, thousands of Syrian Jews created a small version of their Middle Eastern homeland in a new city’s streets and plazas
By Alan Grabinsky
In this September 26, 1918, photo, a US Army 37-mm gun crew man their position during the World War One Meuse-Argonne Allied offensive in France. (AP Photo, File)
October 28, 2018, 6:44 pm
How World War I shaped the 20th century and beyond
The ‘war to end all wars’ turned out to be the opposite, as the post-war settlement provided fertile ground for the rise of Nazism and its horrors
By Pierre GLACHANT
A man places a poster of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, on a barrier that blocks the road leading to the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, as people gather in his support, October 5, 2018. (Emrah Gurel/AP)
October 21, 2018, 5:50 am
With eye to history, Khashoggi saw Turkey as base for new Middle East
Friends say slain Saudi journalist found his ancestral homeland to be a fertile ground for talent and ideas among fellow Arab dissident exiles
By Sarah El Deeb
In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018 photo, released by the Tower of David Museum, a visitor uses goggles on a new virtual reality tour that allows visitors to experience how archaeologists believe Jerusalem looked 2,000 years ago (Tomer Zmora/Tower of David Museum via AP)
September 5, 2018, 12:32 pm
Virtual reality tour brings ancient Jerusalem to life
Visitors will be able to ‘walk the streets’ of the city at the time of King Herod in the first century BCE
By Ilan Ben Zion
Drinks and snacks are sold to passersby outside Damascus Gate. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 25, 2018, 9:27 am
Museums, markets, caves and concerts: An ancient plaza is reborn in Jerusalem
Romans, Crusaders, Ottomans and Jews left their mark on Palms’ Plaza, outside Damascus Gate. Its newest iteration it is a boon for visitors and residents alike
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Armenians marched long distances and were said to have been massacred in Turkey, in 1915. (AP Photo, File)
May 16, 2018, 12:02 pm
Taking aim at Turkey, lawmakers propose recognizing Armenian genocide
Two MKs submit bills calling on Israel to acknowledge massacres carried by Ottoman forces and hold annual memorials
By Stuart Winer
Sabbatai Zevi (1626–76), depicted in an illustration from an early 20th-century Russian encyclopedia of the Jews, was regarded by some Jews in his day as the messiah, until his forced conversion to Islam in the 17th century. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
February 22, 2018, 9:19 am
For some Balkan Muslims a Jewish false messiah inspires interfaith understanding
In certain circles emphasizing mysticism, 17th century figure Sabbatai Zevi has recently become ‘an element through which to express their genuine philosemitism’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Soldiers stand guard in front of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, during a commemoration ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, on April 24, 2015. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
February 21, 2018, 7:55 pm
Dutch lawmakers set to recognize Armenian ‘genocide’
Vote likely to ratchet up already strained relations with Turkey, which vehemently denies 1915 massacres sought to exterminate ethnic minority
By AFP
Detail from travelogue poster for 'With Allenby in Palestine' and 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Lowell Thomas. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2017, 4:07 am
How the 1917 Battle of Jerusalem surrender flag ended up in Greenville, Ohio
From the Jaffa Gate to a small Midwestern museum, an artifact representing the creation of the modern Middle East makes an incredible journey
By Marshall Weiss
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