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Hindu and Jewish Americans foster kinship through shared traditions, connections to homeland
By Richa Karmarkar — September 11, 2023
(RNS) — Hindu and Jewish organizations hope interreligious dialogue will aid in the broader goal of allyship between India, Israel and the United States.
Jewish organizations laud White House plan to fight antisemitism
By Yonat Shimron — May 25, 2023
(RNS) — The new strategy, the first of its kind, was developed in consultation with some 1,000 federal officials, faith leaders and civil society groups and contains more than 100 recommendations.
As a rabbi, he worked on Jewish-Catholic relations. Now the pope is knighting him.
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2022
(RNS) — A Reform rabbi and a longtime columnist for Religion News Service, James Rudin has met with popes, presidents and world-famous evangelists in his efforts to improve Jewish-Christian relations.
Ukraine’s only woman rabbi among the many Jews fleeing war
By Vanessa Gera — March 14, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With some 200,000 Jews in Ukraine, one of the world's largest Jewish communities, it is inevitable that many Jewish people are also among those fleeing.
From conflict to cooperation: Lessons from the road to Muslim-Jewish partnership
By Ari Gordon — December 29, 2021
(RNS) — For the first time in history Muslims and Jews are living side by side as minorities in free democracies with robust civic engagement. The opportunities are unprecedented, as are the challenges.
In battleground states, American Jews prefer Biden over Trump by a wide margin
By Yonat Shimron — October 21, 2020
(RNS) — A pair of surveys of likely Jewish voters in Florida and Pennsylvania shows that former Vice President Joe Biden has a massive lead over Donald Trump.
In response to rising anti-Semitism, Jews plan march and declare #JewishandProud
By Yonat Shimron — January 3, 2020
(RNS) — American Jews have increasingly been scared to identify their faith publicly. An October survey by the AJC found that 31% of Jews avoided wearing symbols or objects identifying them as Jews.
Anti-Semitism tops American Jewish concerns in latest survey
By Yonat Shimron — October 23, 2019
(RNS) — The AJC survey found that 31% of Jews avoided wearing symbols or objects identifying them as Jews. Another 25% said they sometimes or frequently avoided certain places, events or situations out of concern for their safety.
Why did Robert Bowers attack Tree of Life synagogue?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 23, 2019
(RNS) — Jews' pesky determination to bring an ethical, spiritual vision to the world has made us a target since ancient times.
Most US Jews oppose Trump but the Orthodox stick with him
By Yonat Shimron — September 13, 2017
(RNS) — The vast majority of Jews did not vote for Trump, exit polls showed. But those who identify as Orthodox were the most supportive of Trump on Election Day and continue to give him high marks.
I love Israel. Her government: not so much
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 26, 2017
(RNS) A few 'inconvenient truths' about Israel and non-Orthodox Jews.
U.S. Jewish groups join recovery effort after Israeli church arson attack
By Michele Chabin — July 17, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee have each donated funds to the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes after an arson attack.
Vatican decision to recognize Palestine upsets Israeli government, Jewish advocacy groups
By Michele Chabin — May 13, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israel's Foreign Ministry representative said the government was “disappointed by the decision."
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