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Emily Rose
Emily Rose
February 15, 2017, 3:05 pm
Talking about Gaza in New York
How she held her tongue when her new Palestinian friend expressed his take on Zionists and the land she holds dear
By Emily Rose
Two Yazidi families being greeted by local volunteers after a privately sponsored mission called Operation Ezra brought them to Winnipeg, Manitoba on December 20, 2016 (Nafiya Naso)
December 21, 2016, 6:48 pm
Jewish community brings Yazidis fleeing IS brutality to Canada
Winnipeg's Operation Ezra privately sponsors refugee families who have been chased from their homes
By Emily Rose
Yazidi Kurdish women chant slogans during a protest against the Islamic State group's invasion of Sinjar city, in Dohuk, Iraq, August 3, 2015. (AP/Seivan M. Salem)
December 21, 2016, 6:42 pm
Yazidi victims of IS abuse get help from Israel aid group
As part of IsraAID mission, Israeli sent to Iraqi Kurdistan to work with women survivors of torture and sexual violence at hands of Islamic State militants
By Emily Rose
Bestselling author Scott Turow addressing students at Bar Ilan University’s Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing on December 12, 2016. (Yoni Reif)
December 14, 2016, 9:19 am
On first visit in 48 years, author Scott Turow grapples with Israel ‘enigma’
The father of the ‘legal drama’ genre discusses crime, America's future, and his effort to get a 'sense of society' on his trip here
By Emily Rose
The cast of AACI's production of the musical Avenue Q (Photo credit: Hanan Schoffman)
December 1, 2016, 7:10 pm
Jerusalem AACI theater stages raunchy puppet show
Cast of coming-of-age story 'Avenue Q' hopes to challenge audiences with such songs as 'Everyone's a Little Bit Racist'
By Emily Rose
Students in PICO Jerusalem offices attending a writing workshop offered by WriteSapce Jerusalem (credit: Nadia Jacobson)
November 24, 2016, 4:17 pm
A sacred space for writers in Jerusalem
Anglo immigrants open an English writing school offering workshops, a space and a community
By Emily Rose
A displaced Iraqi woman from the Yazidi community, who fled violence between Islamic State (IS) group jihadists and peshmerga fighters in the northern town of Sinjar, stands at a camp for internally displaced persons in the Sharia area, some 15 kilometers from the city of Dohuk, on November 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)
November 23, 2016, 10:50 pm
Ex-journalist is lonely lifeline for Yazidis sold into sex slavery
Nareen Shammo quit her TV job to rescue her kinswomen from torture, rape and death at the hands of Islamic State
By Emily Rose
Stephen Bannon, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign chairman, attends Trump's Hispanic advisory roundtable meeting in New York, Saturday, August 20, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
November 15, 2016, 12:47 am
White nationalists hail Trump pick of far-right Bannon for White House job
Ex-Breitbart editor has been accused of racism, anti-Semitism; NGO reports uptick in racist, xenophobic incidents
By Emily Rose and TOI staff
The first privately sponsored mission called "Operation Ezra" brought this Yazidi family to Canada on July 11, 2016. (Courtesy of Michel Aziza)
November 6, 2016, 10:03 pm
Canadian Jews press government to accept Yazidi refugees
Yazidi families fleeing IS brutality are being privately sponsored by Jewish donors to come to Canada
By Emily Rose
June 1, 2015, 10:39 am
Selective integration in the IDF
The army is disbanding a remarkable Druze-only unit, while keeping Haredi soldiers together
By Emily Rose
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