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Religious leaders react to Trump’s orders on visitors and refugees
By Lauren Markoe — January 29, 2017
(RNS) The ban 'traumatizes refugees, most of whom are women and children, keeps families separated and punishes people who are themselves fleeing the terror we as a nation are rightly fighting to end,' said World Relief President Scott Arbeiter.
Madeleine Albright: ‘I stand ready to register as a Muslim’
By Sean Rossman — January 27, 2017
(Reuters) The president on the campaign trail said he would create such a registry but chief of staff Reince Priebus has said that Trump has no plans for one.
How I’m happy despite my brain cancer diagnosis
By Jeffrey Weiss — January 9, 2017
(RNS) For me, there’s a particularly Jewish attitude toward life and death that I think my late father helped plant in me.
Religious makeup of the new Congress overwhelmingly Christian
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 3, 2017
(RNS) Nearly 91 percent of members of the 115th Congress convening Tuesday (Jan. 3) describe themselves as Christian, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center.
My top 10 Jewish news stories of 2016
By Yonat Shimron — December 20, 2016
(RNS) Anti-Semitism, UNESCO and ambassador pick David Friedman make the list.
Ivanka Trump and other Orthodox Jewish converts to fall under new guidelines
By Lauren Markoe — December 9, 2016
(RNS) Israel's two chief rabbis are promising new guidelines that will make it possible to determine whether a conversion performed outside of Israel would be valid in their eyes.
Hillel gets record $38 million gift
By Lauren Markoe — December 6, 2016
(RNS) The largest Jewish college organization in the world gets a cash infusion from the philanthropist who founded Home Depot.
Meet the soft-spoken US-born rabbi challenging Israel’s religious establishment
By Yonat Shimron — November 30, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Modern Orthodox rabbi founded ITIM, an organization that helps converts and others navigate the religious establishment’s legendary bureaucracy.
FBI reports spikes in anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic incidents
By Lauren Markoe — November 15, 2016
(RNS) Incidents against Muslims rose 67 percent from 2014 to 2015, newly released FBI data show.
Vandals paint swastikas around home of Indian-American, Christian candidate
By Lauren Markoe — October 25, 2016
(RNS) Someone sprayed swastikas on Peter Jacob's home.
On Twitter, Jewish journalists targeted by a torrent of anti-Semitism
By Lauren Markoe — October 19, 2016
(RNS) 'The spike in hate we've seen online this election season is extremely troubling and unlike anything we have seen in modern politics,' said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
Parliament committee: Labour Party not doing enough on anti-Semitism
By guest — October 15, 2016
A multi-party committee of lawmakers concludes that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn helped create a safe space within Labour ranks "for those with vile attitudes towards Jewish people."
Philip Roth and his Jewish people
By Lauren Markoe — October 10, 2016
(RNS) Philip Roth has not 'come home' to the Jewish community. He never really left, writes Rabbi A. James Rudin.
More aid promised to poor elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union
By Lauren Markoe — September 27, 2016
(RNS) Tens of thousands of poor, elderly Jews -- some of them Holocaust survivors -- live in the former Soviet Union.
Chabad is Orthodox, but Jewish students it caters to are not
By Yonat Shimron — September 20, 2016
(RNS) Only 15 of the 2,400 respondents said they joined ranks and identify as Chabad. About 88 percent of those who visited Chabad at least once do not identify as Orthodox.
