BDS
America is getting dumber by the minute
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 4, 2016
If you call another Jew a "kapo," you are beneath contempt.
Will young Jews stand up for Judaism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 4, 2016
Young Jews need to stand up for themselves and their narrative. A manifesto.
Presbyterians vote to continue pressure on Israel
By Lauren Markoe — June 25, 2016
(RNS) Advocates for Palestinians cheer the PCUSA as Jewish groups denounce measures that "demonize" Israel.
Christian Broadcasting Network links Tel Aviv attack to BDS
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 9, 2016
(RNS) The Christian Broadcasting Network issued a statement condemning the attack that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv and blaming it on violent anti-Semitism it says is encouraged by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
United Methodism’s global evangelical transformation
By Mark Tooley — May 27, 2016
(RNS) Decades ago it never occurred to me nor to many evangelicals in United Methodism that our church's membership decline and theological liberalism in America would be reversed by dramatic growth in Africa.
United Methodist conference seen as confusing even to God
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 22, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) But delegates on all sides of the issues were hopeful as the conference ended.
Methodists vote to cut ties with group some consider anti-Israel
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 17, 2016
(RNS) On a 478-318 vote, delegates called for their church to cancel its membership in the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
Methodist supporters of Israel-related divestment regroup after setback
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 16, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The contentious issue of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions arises at the United Methodist Church's general conference.
Why do some mainstream churches dislike Israel?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 10, 2016
This Israel Independence Day, let's celebrate the Israel that really exists. Not the one of imagined perfection.
Hillary Clinton: ‘Make countering BDS a priority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 9, 2016
(RNS) On the eve of the Methodist General Conference, Hillary Clinton has expressed her opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or “BDS,” one of the major issues set to be considered at the conference.
Anti-BDS legislation violates free speech (COMMENTARY)
By David Wildman — April 15, 2016
(RNS) Churches, student and faculty groups, musicians and artists are among the groups legislators seek to silence.
United Church of Christ votes to divest from Israeli companies in occupied territories
By Lauren Markoe — June 30, 2015
(RNS) The vote marks a victory for a broad international movement which aims to pressure Israel into extracting itself from Palestinian lands by a strategy known as BDS -- Boycotts, Divestment, Sanctions.
Embroiled over Israel, Presbyterians invite a rabbi to the pulpit
By Lauren Markoe — June 4, 2014
(RNS) Jewish-Presbyterian relations are rocky. Will things get better or worse after a top rabbi addresses the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)?
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