J.R. Wolff, at The Blogs

Oct 31, 2016, 2:32 PM

Grace under fire on the Syrian border: The Druze of Majdal Shams

Statue in Majdal Shams commemorating the Druze uprising against French colonialism in the 1920s. In August 2012, a Syrian flag flew from the sword of Sultan Al-Atrash (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel photo)

Residents of the Druze border town told him their future may be with Israel but their hearts are in Syria

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J.R. Wolff writes short stories, television pilots, and just completed his first novel. Most recently he worked as a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee. J.R. is a California native and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.