Jamey Keaten

Jamey Keaten is an author at Religion News Service.

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With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe’s Jews worry

By Jamey Keaten and Laurie Kellman — November 27, 2023
GENEVA (AP) — Faced with fears that antisemitism will spread, communities are taking action.

Church: Israel limiting rights of ‘Holy Fire’ worshippers

By Laurie Kellman and Audrey Horowitz — April 12, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — The chief superintendent of the Jerusalem District Police told reporters that the police's top priority is safety on a day when Muslims, Christians and Jews are celebrating their own holidays in the square-kilometer (square-half mile) Old City.

Harry Reid remembered as a fighter, skilled Senate dealmaker

By Ken Ritter and Laurie Kellman — December 29, 2021
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reid died Tuesday at 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

‘Anti-feminist’ vandals in Israel deface images of women

By Laurie Kellman — October 1, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — The joyful glint in Peggy Parnass’ eyes is so sharp it can be seen from the walls of Jerusalem’s bustling Old City. Posted across the street at the gateway to City Hall, twin images of the Holocaust survivor and activist gaze out at the ancient warren of holy monuments of Christianity, Judaism […]

Israeli PM: No change to ban on Jewish prayer at mosque

By Laurie Kellman — July 19, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is not changing the norms at a contested site in Jerusalem to allow Jewish prayer there.
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