Michael Kuttner: The unfolding tragedy now enveloping the Kurds, recent massacres of the Yazidis and current persecution of Christians & Bahai’s should be a stark reminder to Jews that history does indeed repeat itself.
President Reuven Rivlin visited the Sukkah of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau in Modi’in as part of the tradition of presidents to visit the Sukkah of the Chief Rabbis, “a tradition that brings together the State of Israel with the Jewish religion,” he said.
Kurdish scholar Diliman Abdulkader said the Kurds “defeated [the ISIS] caliphate, protected ethnic and religious minorities, brought stability to a third of Syria ... 11,000 angels sacrificed their lives so the rest of the world can be at peace.”
Over 90% of Iraq’s Kurdish population have now voted for independence from Iraq. While the referendum is not binding, it reflects the will of a minority group that has a long history of persecution and statelessness...writes Alan M. Dershowitz.
