Archives for January 2016

Nurith Aizenman | 1 January 2016 | NPR When a poor country is hit with a sudden catastrophe — say, an earthquake or a tsunami — the world is quick to send aid. But a slow-moving disaster, the kind that unfolds over weeks or even months, is another story. There are no immediate, dramatic TV images, no screaming headlines. And that means it's really tough for aid groups to … [Read more...] about What Happens When A Disaster Unfolds In Slow Motion in Ethiopia

2016-01-01 | FRANCE24 Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country's high school curriculum, reportedly over concerns that it could encourage intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews. The rejection of "Borderlife," a novel published last year, created an uproar in Israel, with critics accusing the … [Read more...] about Israel bans Arab-Jewish romance novel from schools