Judaism

Since Oct. 7, we have been in an earthquake

By Jeffrey Salkin — May 3, 2024
(RNS) — More than 200 years ago, an earthquake shattered faith. We are living in similar times.
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At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

By Kirsten Grieshaber — May 2, 2024
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) —It features videos of survivors from around the globe reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms.

Azerbaijan named among religious freedom violators by religious liberty watchdog

By Adelle M. Banks — May 1, 2024
(RNS) — The commissioners recommended the State Department also retain the dozen countries that are currently designated as ‘countries of particular concern.’

What we have to learn from students leading the charge for justice

By Serene Jones — April 30, 2024
(RNS) — We need to be the kind of faith and public leaders we want our students to become.

Arizona pro-Palestinian protesters sue, argue authorities violated their religious freedom

By Jack Jenkins — April 30, 2024
(RNS) — ‘We were doing nothing but standing on that piece of property, singing, chanting, praying in the road when we were dragged off,’ said the Rev. Seth Wispelwey.

How unconditional support for Israel became a cornerstone of Jewish American identity

By Yonat Shimron — April 29, 2024
(RNS) — A new book shows how those who dissented were effectively sidelined.

What didn’t happen on Passover?

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 29, 2024
(RNS) — It is not only history. Read to the end for my message to the anti-Israel crowd.

Can secular health care institutions be trusted to make a moral brain death policy?

By Charles C. Camosy — April 29, 2024
(RNS) — A lack of consensus on the definition of ‘brain death’ has led to a default policy that declares living people dead.

Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege

By Rod Mcguirk — April 29, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range of offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act.

A Jan. 6 antisemite is sent to prison. What do the presidential candidates say?

By Mark Silk — April 25, 2024
(RNS) — One condemns antisemitism. The other holds former Proud Boys up as victims.

Brandeis invites Jewish students to transfer in response to campus protests

By David I. Klein — April 25, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Students elsewhere should know we welcome all — Jews and students from every background — who seek an excellent undergraduate education and an environment striving to be free of harassment and Jew-hatred to apply,’ Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said.

With graduation near, colleges seek to balance safety and students’ right to protest Gaza war

By Steve Leblanc and Jocelyn Gecker — April 25, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This is commencement season 2024, punctuated by the tension and volatility that has roiled college campuses since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.

At ‘Seder in the Streets,’ protesters in Brooklyn denounce US support to Israel

By Fiona André — April 24, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — As the Senate voted on an aid package for Israel, participants of a ‘Seder in the Streets’ denounced the death and devastation in Gaza and urged Congress to end military support for the war.
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