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thailand
Yom Kippur in Bangkok
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2015
I was the only American in the room and definitely the most clueless.
Bomb in Thai capital kills 16, wounds 81 in bid ‘to destroy economy’
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2015
A bomb planted at one of the Thai capital\’s most renowned shrines on Monday killed 16 people, including three foreign tourists, and wounded scores in an attack the government called a bid to destroy the economy.
Are Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims the world’s ‘least wanted’ people?
Jared Sichel
June 4, 2015
Abu Tahay, a Rohingya Muslim activist who lives in Myanmar, says his people face a simple calculus when deciding whether to remain in their western Myanmar homes or escape via the Andaman Sea on overcrowded, hopelessly equipped fishing boats: “Do — or die.”
Surviving a childhood in refugee camps, and thriving
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2015
It was late at night when my family and I climbed into a boat to cross the Salween River into Thailand.
Israeli girl, 12, dies in Thailand ferry fire
Jewish Journal
April 9, 2015
A 12-year-old girl from Israel was the lone fatality in a fire aboard a ferry in Thailand, where her family took her as a bat mitzvah present.
Thai minister meets Israeli ambassador after Hitler gaffe in official film
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
A senior Thai cabinet minister met Israel\’s ambassador to Thailand on Thursday after the diplomat said he was \”saddened\” by a government propaganda film that includes an image of a Thai school child painting a portrait of Adolf Hitler.
Relocate nationals from near Gaza border, Thai embassy asks
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2014
The Thai embassy in Tel Aviv asked the Israeli government to relocate Thai nationals working in southern Israel near the Gaza border.
Rabbi David Wolpe in Thailand: Have you ever seen a menorah dance?
Rabbi David Wolpe
November 6, 2013
Traveling reminds us that the old is distinctive and the new melds together. I had never been to Thailand, or indeed to any country in Southeast Asia. As the bus rolled through the streets, nothing in the facade of the 7-Eleven convenience store or the crushed muddle of Bangkok traffic proved startling.
Conversion: Kimia Sun
Kylie Ora Lobell
September 4, 2013
Kimia Sun was born a refugee. Her parents were survivors of Cambodia’s Khmer Rogue, which claimed nearly 2 million lives in the late 1970s. The couple was among the lucky ones and escaped to a refugee camp in Thailand, where Sun was born and spent her first months. Next, the family traveled to the Philippines, where Sun’s parents learned English and purchased plane tickets for America.
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