International
In bipartisan March for Israel, crowd rejects cease-fire, demands release of hostages
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — November 14, 2023
(RNS) — The march was intended as a response to numerous demonstrations across the country and the world — some led by Jews — calling for an end to Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza.
More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war
By Barbara Surk and Sylvie Corbet — November 13, 2023
PARIS (AP) — France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, but given its own World War II collaboration with the Nazis, antisemitic acts today open old scars.
Pope Francis to join other clergy at first ‘Faith Pavilion’ at climate summit
By Adelle M. Banks — November 9, 2023
(RNS) — ‘This demonstrates the significance of the interfaith movement in helping to tackle the climate emergency,’ said one faith leader about the pavilion.
When it comes to defusing Hindu-Muslim tensions, college kids may know best
By Richa Karmarkar — November 9, 2023
(RNS) — The Interfaith Harmony Student Fellowship, an inaugural initiative from progressive Hindu organization Hindus for Human Rights, aims to prove that the younger generation will lead the cause into lasting change.
Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
By Michael Vicente Perez — November 7, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar who has studied Palestinian refugees for 20 years explains the history of their displacement and the stakes involved for those living in an indefinite exile.
Israelis overwhelmingly are confident in the justice of the Gaza war, even as world sentiment sours
By Amy Teibel — November 7, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
Ailing Pope Francis meets with European rabbis and condemns antisemitism, terrorism, war
By Frances D'emilio — November 6, 2023
ROME (AP) — "Not weapons, not terrorism, not war, but compassion, justice and dialogue are the fitting means for building peace,'' Francis said in the speech.
Jewish students on campus feel threatened, scared amid antisemitic spike
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — ‘There’s definitely a foreboding sense — when’s the next tragedy?’ a Cornell University sophomore said.
After weeks in besieged Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians are allowed to leave
By Najib Jobain, Lee Keath, and Jack Jeffery — November 1, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The isolated Palestinian enclave, home to 2.3 million people, is in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis.
Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire
By Najib Jobain, Lee Keath, and Samy Magdy — October 30, 2023
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza Health Ministry later said three people were killed in the car that was hit. The Israeli military declined to comment on where its forces were deployed.
Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
By Christine Shepardson — October 30, 2023
(The Conversation) — Many Christian and Muslim families in Gaza today were displaced following the creation of new Arab and Jewish states. Today, Palestinian Christians occupy a complicated place in this region.
Day of the Dead is taking on Halloween traditions, but the sacred holiday is far more than a ‘Mexican Halloween’
By Mathew Sandoval — October 30, 2023
(The Conversation) — Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of Mexico in some fascinating ways.
Protesters occupy New York’s Grand Central to demand cease-fire in Gaza
By Fiona André — October 28, 2023
New York (RNS) — The event was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Zionist organization created in 1996 that also occupied Congress a week ago, asking for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli bombings rise
By Najib Jobain, Lee Keath, and Samy Magdy — October 25, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. says about 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are now internally displaced, with almost 600,000 crowded into U.N. shelters.
Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucuses
By Thomas Beaumont — October 25, 2023
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Support for Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses now less than three months away, according to interviews with more than a dozen Iowa conservative activists.
