Nicholas Jagdeo

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May 2, 2024, 11:35 PM

How Premature Recognition of a Palestinian State Jeopardizes the Peace Process

Currently, the Israeli government and the interim government of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority, are bound by the Oslo Peace Accords, with Oslo I being signed in 1993 in Washington, DC, and Oslo II being signed in 1995...

Jul 25, 2023, 6:06 PM

An Open Letter to the Israeli Police

In the summer of 2015, my cellphone was stolen. This is no unique occurrence in Tel Aviv. If you are not vigilant, your cellphone, your wallet and/or bike will, at some point, be stolen in the city. At the time,...

Jun 24, 2023, 9:23 AM

Shifting Trinidad & Tobago’s Israel policy

The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago and the State of Israel have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1962 when they mutually recognized each other on Trinidad’s Independence Day. Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, sent an independence gift, an...

Jul 3, 2020, 10:55 PM

Finding the lost Jews of Trinidad

The Jewish Society of Trinidad’s Executive Board. Submitted by Mr Scott Mandel

I'm on a mission to document those who found refuge in the Caribbean nation and connect with their children: Maybe you know of someone?

Jun 14, 2020, 11:26 PM

Statues and heroes

A worker sits down as they take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London (Yui Mok/PA Wire via Jewish News)

The anger of the masses being mistreated burns hot, but it also burns quickly, and pulling down statues does little, when there are more important things at hand

Nov 6, 2019, 7:11 AM

Tzniut at the expense of someone else’s self-worth

My cousin -- who isn’t Jewish but works in a very male-dominated industry in NYC -- has faced the very derogatory response of no response when she writes to Orthodox Jewish men. These men would only respond to her...

Sep 22, 2018, 9:33 AM

Moving to Tel Aviv? Here’s what you should know.

Last month, I was posed the question, "What should I know before moving to Tel Aviv?", and I thought I'd share my answer with everyone. 1. Weather: Tel Aviv is hot during it's very long summers, which begin in May and...

Jun 23, 2018, 12:07 AM

A twenty-first century Abraham and a Trini.

UK-born T&T novelist Nicholas S Jagdeo’s The First Jew – The Resurrection of Abraham does not, in its storyline at least, travel down entirely familiar Caribbean literary terrain, but there is more than a hint of Trini engagement of...

May 20, 2015, 2:14 PM

‘OMG! I’m so JELLY!’: How the modern phrase has completely nullified the Tenth Commandment

Being last is never good. Being last means you tend to get overshadowed, understated, and well - forgotten. Although everyone else before you is being made a big deal of: "Oh my God! Number 1?! Hello! You are super...

Apr 28, 2014, 10:25 AM

All of Israel just came to a standstill for 2 minutes just now. I was in my room changing, pulling up my pants when the sirens went off. The music was playing, but as soon as I heard the...

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About Me

Nicholas Jagdeo is the founder and executive director of "Understanding Israel Foundation", a Trinidad & Tobago-based NGO which is lobbying for greater relations between Trinidad & Tobago and Israel. Nicholas' debut novel, "The First Jew: The Resurrection of Abraham", is available on amazon.com in print and kindle formats. He is a Schusterman Foundation ROI Alumni (2019) and holds a Master of International Business, an MSc in Strategic Leadership and Innovation, and is currently pursuing his MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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