“We and the Jewish people are brothers. We have a covenant with them, and we fight beside them”
Author - Rachel Avraham
Rachel Avraham is the editor of the Economic Peace Center, which was established by Israeli Druze leader Ayoob Kara, who formerly served as Israel’s Communication Minister. She also is an Israel-based journalist that writes for a variety of publications and a political analyst working at the Safadi Center for International Diplomacy, Research, Public Relations and Human Rights.
Avraham is the author of Women and Jihad: Debating Palestinian Female Suicide Bombings in the American, Israeli and Arab Media, a ground-breaking book published by the prominent Gefen Publishing House that was endorsed by former Minister Kara and former Israel Consul-General Dr. Yitzhak Ben Gad. She has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben-Gurion University and a BA in Government and Politics with minors in Jewish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Maryland at College Park.
More articles from Rachel Avraham
Israel Today speaks with regional experts as Iran accelerates its preparations for a final showdown with the Jewish state
The fascinating story of the woman who defied kings and led Jews to Israel
Israeli official urges President Biden to stop being “naive” and finally face down Iran, which threatens not only Israel, but the region
Simchat Torah is one of the more special Israeli holidays, and demonstrates the Jewish people’s ongoing love for and connection to G-d’s Word
It is important to start out the new Jewish year with an act of faith, which alone can bring the ultimate redemption
Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, is celebrated in about as many ways as there are Jewish communities around the world
Commemorating Yom Kippur in the State of Israel is a special experience, very different to what one will find in the Jewish Diaspora
Now more than ever, we need a community of prayer around us. People of faith should not recoil in fear
As we celebrate the Jewish New Year, there are things we worry about, but there is always hope, too
