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Surveys show sharp differences between Jews in US and Israel
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — June 14, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — While most Israeli Jews recognize the Jewishness of their American counterparts, the majority do not share the Americans' dreams to make Israel a more religiously pluralistic country.
Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
By Paul O'Donnell — May 23, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A leading Jewish organization has criticized the Vatican's decision to move World War II-era Cardinal August Hlond along the path to possible sainthood, saying the Polish primate was 'extremely' hostile to Jews and failed to condemn a 1946 pogrom.
Philip Roth, acclaimed and controversial novelist who probed Jewish themes, dies at 85
By Kimberly Winston — May 23, 2018
(RNS) — Though Roth was an avowed atheist, Judaism was a perennial theme in much of his work.
Crash of small plane kills Jewish seminary’s president
By Lauren Markoe — May 7, 2018
(AP) — The seminary Rabbi Aaron Panken led is the leading institution for the training of rabbis in the Reform movement, the largest stream of Judaism in the U.S.
People of faith should support prison reform legislation
By Abraham Cooper — April 26, 2018
(RNS) — Writing together, as an Orthodox rabbi and a Christian minister, we feel deeply for victims of crime, and we take comfort in our American system that demands justice for those who violate the rule of law. But we also affirm these efforts to reform a prison system that invests too little money and too little energy in rehabilitation programs for inmates and for those re-entering society.
At Auschwitz, thousands join the March of the Living to honor the dead
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2018
OSWIECIM, Poland (RNS) — This year a record 12,000 youths and adults from nearly 50 countries — one third of them non-Jews — took part in the march.
Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit
By Kristen De Groot — March 20, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernstein's lifelong effort to find the solution to 'the 20th century crisis of faith' through music is on moving, and sometimes surprising, display at Philadelphia's National Museum of American Jewish History.
Saudi-backed interfaith center boosted by crown prince’s surprising reforms
By Tom Heneghan — March 9, 2018
VIENNA (RNS) — Change in the Desert Kingdom has helped establish it as a serious player in interfaith dialogue.
Parliament’s action imperils Polish-Jewish relations
By Agnieszka Markiewicz — February 5, 2018
WARSAW, Poland (RNS) — The ultimate cause of the current crisis is that Poland has not sufficiently confronted its past.
Four Chaplains Day: honoring the faith leaders who serve our troops
By Abbi Sharofsky — February 2, 2018
(RNS) — Decades later, military chaplains tear up when they speak of these four men.
Why God and Ben Franklin pick the Pats
By Joshua Hammerman — February 1, 2018
(RNS) — 'For many years, I’ve been using biblical and other Jewish sources to pick the winner, and I’m almost always right,' writes Rabbi Joshua Hammerman.
Four trends that demand Christian and Jewish leaders’ attention
By Lauren Markoe — January 30, 2018
(RNS) — Four powerful and irreversible forces are rapidly transforming the Jewish and Christian worlds.
Mazel tov, Mrs. Maisel
By Mark Silk — January 9, 2018
(RNS) — The award-winning comedy celebrates postwar Jewish success.
Salaam Shalom: Muslim and Jewish women start a movement to thwart religious bigotry
By Sheryl Olitzky — January 5, 2018
(RNS) — "The so-called “Trump effect” has brought Muslim and Jewish communities together in new ways," writes Sheryl Olitzky.
My top 10 Jewish stories of 2017
By Yonat Shimron — December 22, 2017
(RNS) — Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, anti-Semitic outbreaks, and the death of Otto Warmbier were among the top Jewish stories this year.
