Jews
White supremacist to be sentenced for Kansas murders
By Reuters — November 10, 2015
Frazier Glenn Cross admitted during the trial that he committed the April 13, 2014, killings and said he had wanted to kill as many Jews as he could. None of those killed were Jewish.
Netanyahu blames Muslim leader for inspiring Hitler’s Holocaust
By Reuters — October 21, 2015
The Israeli prime minister's political opposition, historians and Palestinians quickly condemned him for distorting the historical record of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem's meeting with Hitler.
Jewish singer Matisyahu’s concert canceled in Spain when he refuses to denounce Israel
By Reuters — August 18, 2015
He refused demands by a boycott-Israel group to make a political statement supporting Palestinians. No other performers were asked to make statements.
Israeli Jewish brothers jailed for Jewish-Muslim school arson
By Reuters — July 22, 2015
Authorities said the men torched the Hand in Hand school, one that was seen as a symbol of co-existence in Jerusalem.
The future map of religions reveals a world of change for Christians, Muslims and Jews
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — April 2, 2015
(RNS) Muslims will grow, "nones" will lose market share and Christians will hold steady, according to new projections from the Pew Research Center.
Mayor: ‘Without Jews Paris would not be city that it is’
By Oren Dorell — February 20, 2015
French citizens of all stripes are part of a "national community" that transcends religion, village and country of origin, she said. "We cannot accept this opposition or violence of one group over another within a national community in Paris."
Auschwitz was about the Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 27, 2015
(RNS) Some question whether American Judaism is still overly focused on the morbidity of the Holocaust. I have often raised that question myself, but not now. Not when a new, groundbreaking documentary about the Holocaust can barely say the word “Jew.”
The ‘Splainer: blood libel and the synagogue massacre
By Lauren Markoe — November 19, 2014
(RNS) Hours after two Palestinians, armed with guns and hatchets, killed four Jewish worshippers and a Druze police officer at a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday (Nov. 18), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack a "blood libel." Why, and what did he mean?
Israeli institute gets $2.2 million to help Christians study Jewish thought
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 13, 2014
(RNS) “This is completely new dialogue, where we look at Old Testament text and rabbinic texts, and Christians are willing to look at Judaism and the Jewish text through Jewish eyes with Jewish lecturers," says Yoram Hazony of the Herzl Institute.
Ted Cruz booed off the stage when he touts Israel-Christian solidarity
By Lauren Markoe — September 11, 2014
(RNS) The Texas senator is heckled off the stage at a conference to protect Middle Eastern Christians after he calls Israel an ally.
50 years of public opinion toward Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, (the second graph is the most important)
By Tobin Grant — July 25, 2014
Taking the long view: Feelings toward Protestants, Catholics and Jews have equalized over time.
COMMENTARY: Why evangelicals’ love for Jews is a case of unrequited love
By Michael Schulson — July 18, 2014
(RNS) As a young Jew, I can’t help but see expressions of evangelical philo-Semitism as an attempt to keep Jewishness in its New Testament box, and to continue the old fallacy of conflating the Jewish people (of Bible fame) with living Jewish people.
Americans view Jews, Christians warmly; atheists, Muslims get cold shoulder
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 16, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) A new survey finds -- surprise!-- we like ourselves. U.S. adults feel most warmly about those who share their religion.
Tweetfest: Eric Cantor and the death of the Jewish GOP
By Lauren Markoe — June 11, 2014
(RNS) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor -- the only Republican Jewish member of Congress -- lost his primary. The Twitterverse responds.
New documentary recounts story of heroic Muslim spy
By Omar Sacirbey — February 27, 2014
(RNS) The filmmakers knew they wanted to tell a story about a Muslim who did something heroic during World War II, because so few stories are known. Noor Inayat Khan’s story was the most alluring because of her deep spirituality.
