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Armenian Christian community caught between Israelis and Palestinians
By Daoud Kuttab — December 31, 2020
(RNS) — The controversy has taken on added significance because of a recent rise in anti-Christian sentiment among Palestinians.
The top Jewish stories of 2020
By A. James Rudin — December 30, 2020
(RNS) — As for all the world, COVID-19 dominated Jewish life in 2020, but not all the news in the Jewish world was about the virus — and even some events driven by the pandemic were not without a silver lining.
Christians in Holy Land face bleak Christmas season due to COVID-19
By Michele Chabin — December 18, 2020
(RNS) — A usually festive and economically important time for the Holy Land’s tiny Christian minority has been changed with an absence of pilgrims.
Four facts that will change relations between Christians and Jews in the next decade
By A. James Rudin — December 15, 2020
(RNS) — As relations between Christians and Jews have changed and will change, we must change, too.
Vatican and US join to condemn rising anti-Semitism
By Claire Giangravé — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — The event coincided with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the occupied West Bank in the company of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jewish voters edge further away from Trump
By Mark Silk — October 22, 2020
(RNS) — Republican politicians — Trump above all — have failed to grasp that Israel policy has never had much impact on the voting behavior of American Jews.
Dear AOC: You blew it
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2020
(RNS) — US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a huge mistake. There is still time to correct it.
Trump’s Israel strategy makes few inroads with Jewish voters
By Elana Schor and Jack Jenkins — September 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP/RNS) — With battleground states like Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan collectively decided in 2016 by fewer than 200,000 votes, any loss of the Jewish support by Democratic nominee Joe Biden could be pivotal.
Trump campaign launches new Jewish outreach coalition
By Jack Jenkins — September 16, 2020
(RNS) — Nevada casino mogul and conservative donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, will co-chair the initiative.
Second coronavirus lockdown in Israel frustrates many religious Jews’ plans for High Holidays
By Michele Chabin — September 16, 2020
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The three-week shutdown is timed not only to take advantage of the slow pace of the High Holiday period, but is also an acknowledgment that crowded religious institutions were a coronavirus breeding ground this past winter.
Poll: Biden bests Trump with Jewish voters on every issue but may have lost ground overall
By Jack Jenkins — September 14, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The survey asked Jewish voters who they trusted more on a number of issues; they chose Biden on all topics, including U.S.-Israel relations. Even so, the former vice president may be slipping compared to past Democratic presidential candidates.
Mike Pompeo accused of violating Hatch Act in Jerusalem RNC speech
By Jack Jenkins — August 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Hatch Act, which was passed in 1939, prohibits executive branch employees from ‘engag(ing) in political activity’ while on duty.
Orthodox Jewish students embrace gap year in Israel, despite COVID-19
By Michele Chabin — August 25, 2020
JERUSALEM (RNS) — COVID-19 can’t keep 17,000 international students from taking a gap year in Israel.
Praising Israel-UAE deal, Trump points to influence of evangelicals
By Jack Jenkins — August 17, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Trump’s focus on the domestic implications of the Israel-United Arab Emirates deal points up the importance of religious conservatives to his strategy in the general election campaign.
