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Opposition continues despite new Boy Scout policy
In 2001, Temple Israel of Hollywood (TIOH) overwhelmingly decided to end its sponsorship of Cub Scout Pack 1300 to protest the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) policy banning openly gay…
Jews should get offended
If there’s one thing the Palestinians are great at, it’s saying no. For years now, many peace-loving Jewish heads have been bruised from banging against the brick wall of Palestinian rejectionism.
NSA and JEW
If you ever needed a sign that Jews feel fully integrated and accepted by society, consider this: Not one major Jewish group made a peep over the revelations of National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance.
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“Curb” star Jeff Garlin spends two days in jail following parking lot confrontation
Actor Jeff Garlin ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") was released from a Van Nuys jail yesterday, at approximately 7:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) website. An incident…
‘Man of Steel’ screenwriter David S. Goyer on Superman and religion
“People are always so quick to point out the Christ allegory in “The Man of Steel” but Superman has always struck me as a combination of Old Testament and New…
Superman is a Jewish Fantasy
This past week my wife surprised me with tickets to the new Superman movie “Man of Steel” for my birthday. So late Saturday night, we sat in a packed movie…
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Archie Comics feature film in the works
Archie comics lovers, rejoice!
Israel’s SodaStream inks deal with KitchenAid
The Israeli company SodaStream agreed to develop a home system for making carbonated drinks for KitchenAid appliances.
Barbra Streisand receives Honorary Doctorate from The Hebrew University
Barbra Streisand, after receiving an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University, stands in front of the plaque of the Institute of Jewish Studies Building, established in 1984 in honor of…
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Summer Peaches Are Here
I always figured peaches were a super sugary fruit as they are so darn good. But it is not so. Peaches: are often less than 100 calories, making them a…
The Power of Language: Cultivating Positive Emotions
Language affects the heart. When we’re surrounded by others who speak negatively, it can really affect our mood and disposition. Are we aware of how much negative language there is…
Attention Forward: We Aren’t That Radical
It has been said that most of us believe newspaper reporting to be generally accurate, until we read an article on a subject with which we are intimately familiar. It…
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Jews and Christians
I have spent much of my adult life working to bring Jews and Christians together. In particular, I have tried to explain to fellow Jews that traditional Christians are our best friends in the world today.
Tensions run high in Egypt after sectarian clashes
The strong social fabric that historically bound Egypt's Muslim and Christian communities is being tested by economic, political and religious tensions. Conflict between the two groups has been escalating since the New Year 2011 bombing of Alexandria's Coptic Church.
“Ex-Muslim” preaches the Gospel
When Hazem Farraj was 15, he became a Christian. But as a Palestinian Muslim living in East Jerusalem, he couldn’t tell anyone, especially his father.
Netanyahu thanks Pope for deepening Christian-Jewish ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked outgoing Pope Benedict on Monday for his efforts to shore up often troubled relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Jews, including with his 2009 visit to the Holy Land.
Iconic Jewish educator mourned by all faiths
The revered Jewish teacher David Hartman, who died in Jerusalem at the age of 81 this week, is being celebrated for his success in bringing together diverse thinkers from among rarely-interacting Jewish denominations.
Heeding religious groups, Obama administration tweaks contraception mandate
The Obama administration simplified its definition of religious groups that would be exempt from allowing staffers contraceptive coverage.
Pro-Israel figures join ad endorsing Hagel as defense secretary
A number of prominent pro-Israel Jewish figures joined an ad endorsing Chuck Hagel for the U.S. defense secretary post.
L.A. mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel’s coalition building
Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, born and raised Christian, is married to a Jew. The couple’s 10-year-old son studies Hebrew and is being raised in the Jewish tradition. The family attends synagogue.
Peres calls peace a top priority at reception for Christian leaders
Israeli President Shimon Peres at a reception for Christian leaders called peace a top priority.
Chanukah lessons in a post-Sandy world
Late last month, I was in Breezy Point, the isolated beachfront neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., that has become an iconic image for the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
Ban at interfaith meeting in Vienna offers hopes for lasting cease-fire
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a meeting promoting interfaith dialogue said he hoped the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza would hold.
Jews and abortion
One of the most frequent questions Christians ask me as a Jew is, “Why aren’t Jews committed to protecting the unborn?”
A Jew tours for Mitt Romney
I spent last week speaking to thousands of Romney supporters in four “battleground” states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Virginia. I traveled with my Salem Radio Network colleagues Hugh Hewitt and Michael Medved and the actor Jon Voight, one of the few Hollywood stars who is a politically outspoken conservative.
Christians’ letter was reasonable, worded sensitively
There has long been an unwritten covenant between the Jewish establishment and Christian leaders when it comes to interfaith dialogue: “We can talk about any religious issues we like, but criticism of Israel’s human rights violations is off limits.”
Israel promotes first female Christian Arab to combat commander
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) promoted a female Christian Arab to become a combat commander for the first time ever on Oct. 17.
Why the Wiesenthal Center left the interfaith roundtable
Sometimes, only a period of separation will save a troubled marriage. That is why the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other Jewish groups are pulling out of the Christian-Jewish Roundtable. Fifteen liberal Protestant leaders, including those of the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist denominations, chose the Jewish High Holiday season to urge Congress to curtail U.S. aid to Israel.
An open letter to Dr. Talaat Afifi, Egyptian minister of religion
Dear Dr. Afifi, Many of us involved in global contacts between leaders of the world's major religions seek to understand the new Egyptian government views about non-Muslims.
Jewish groups pull out of interfaith dialogue over Protestants’ letter to Congress
Jewish groups pulled out of an upcoming meeting with Protestant colleagues over a letter from Christian leaders to congressmen calling for a possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel.
Christians picking on Israel
With Christians being persecuted and threatened across much of the Middle East, guess which country the leaders of several major U.S. Christian denominations have decided to pick on?
Jewish, Christian groups in N.Y. subway ads urging tolerance
A Jewish group and a Christian group are hanging ads in the New York subway system urging tolerance.
In southern Italy, long-lost Jews returning to the fold
In the Christian cemetery of this sleepy farming town on the spur of Italy’s boot, Lucia Leone looks up at a row of tombs marked incongruously by Stars of David.
John Hagee: Christian pastor with a Zionist message
It’s become a standard part of John Hagee’s stump speech, the story of how the evangelical pastor and founder of the 1.2 million-member Christians United For Israel (CUFI) first got started on the path of Israel advocacy.
Abbas denies Jerusalem’s Jewish heritage
Jerusalem's identity is Arab, and the city's and Christian holy sites must be protected from Israeli threats, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said.
Uncle Maury and the Chris-Craft
Imagine a new member to the family. The real or prospective son- or daughter-in-law is not sat down and explained the family ways, nor given diagrams, lists and rules for behavior. They are told stories.
Christian publisher pulls Christian historian’s book presenting a “Christian” Jefferson
Mahmoud Abbas adviser visits Auschwitz
An adviser to Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas visited Auschwitz on Friday.
In Christian version of AIPAC, CUFI draws 5,600 to Washington for pro-Israel lobbying
Seven years on, many Jews still have lingering questions about the addition to the pro-Israel lobbying scene of Christians United for Israel, the project of evangelical leader Rev. John Hagee.
Dennis Prager: Man of hard truths
As I was reading Dennis Prager’s new book, “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph,” I found myself increasingly frustrated. The words themselves didn’t bother me; rather, it was that silly contraption I was holding in my hands, what’s known as a Kindle.
Interfaith relations: do the math!
Why I love Jews by Choice
The first conversion I ever performed as a rabbi was for a 45-year-old father of two who was in the final stages of liver cancer.
Stop Christian missionaries at Israel festivals
On Sunday April 29, 2012 at the Israel Festival in Los Angeles, many people visited Jews for Judaism’s booth to acquire literature and show their support for our efforts to keep Jews Jewish.
Jason Segel on the universe—and ‘The Five Year Engagement’
‘60 Minutes’ slammed on segment on Christians in Israel
Thousands of Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel have bombarded CBS executives with complaints about a "60 Minutes" segment that blamed Israel for the exodus of Christians from the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The deadly sounds of Christian silence
This just in: Get married or baptized in a church adjacent to Jesus' birthplace, and it won't be recognized by the law. You can't make this up. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has just declared that it deems the First Baptist Church of Bethlehem to be illegitimate.
The Michael Coren Christians Who Cowardly Deny Church History
The Methodist rift over gay marriage
Jeremy Lin giving God all the credit
Jeremy Lin: Asian American Christian basketball star
Seventh-day Adventists celebrate 9th Circuit ruling on Prop. 8
Obama grounds financial reform in ‘love thy neighbor’ at National Prayer Breakfast
Sacks tells pope Jewish-Christian relations in Britain good
Following an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Britain’s chief rabbi described relations between Christians and Jews in his country “as good as you’ll find anywhere in the world.”
Don’t be fooled!
Evangelical missionary David Herzog stooped to a new low deceiving the Jewish community with ads which intentionally avoided any mention of their Christian evangelical agenda.
Protestant leaders call for U.N. endorsement of Palestinian membership
Leaders of four American Protestant denominations issued a statement endorsing the Palestinian U.N. bid for statehood.
Preserving our story
Some months ago, I was asked by a group of Christian pastors to lead a series of study sessions on Jewish mysticism. We agreed to explore Isaac Luria’s late medieval kabbalistic model.
Dear Gov. Perry: Instill Christian values with some Jewish ones
DWTS: We Have Spoken and Gay is Good! God Bless America!
Quit Christian prayer rally, religious leaders urge Texas governor
Sixteen rabbis are among the more than 50 Houston religious leaders who signed a letter asking Texas Gov. Rick Perry to reconsider participating in a Christian prayer rally.
Interfaith program an intersection of religious leaders
Jewish, Christian and Buddhist religious leaders discussed their respective faiths’ support for reproductive choice during a recent program at the National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles’ (NCJW/LA) Fairfax headquarters on July 28.
Broadening Shoah Remembrance
It was the British establishment at its finest. Six years ago, several hundred Holocaust survivors filed into the Palace of Westminster for the annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations. The day also marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau. Her Majesty the Queen, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair, and members of Parliament and the House of Lords were in attendance. The London Philharmonic Orchestra provided the music, and BBC reported the proceedings. Earlier that day, the Holocaust survivors had sipped tea with the queen at St James’s Palace. And the person who organized this day of remembrance was a Muslim.
Evangelical Protestants sympathize with Israel, survey finds
Evangelical Protestant leaders from around the world said they sympathize more with Israel than with the Palestinians, although a small majority said they sympathize with both sides equally, a survey found.
What is right in the Middle East
Did you hear the story about the rabbi and Christian minister? It sounds like an old joke, but our story isn’t old, nor is it a joke. We are two clergymen who were the most unlikely to know each other, let alone be friends. One of us is an African American evangelical leader of a church group based in Los Angeles with connections to South Africa, while the other is an Orthodox Rabbi with a synagogue located on the border of Beverly Hills.
Who wrote the Christian Bible?
Plenty of Bible scholars have attempted to explain what they know and what they do to a general readership. But only a few of them do it quite as well as Bart D. Ehrman, a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina. His books on the Bible, including such bestsellers as “Misquoting Jesus,” “God’s Problem,” and “Jesus, Interrupted,” are like a cool drink of water — clear and bracing.
Ignorance is Bliss…
Sarah Palin must be so proud - Bristol is cashing in!
Christian Israel supporters urge Rand Paul on aid
Christians United for Israel garnered more than 20,000 signatures on a letter urging U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to drop calls to end aid to Israel. "Eliminating aid to Israel would abandon a key ally in a dangerous region at a turbulent time," said the letter organized this week by the evangelical group. "Such a cut would betray our highest principles, endanger our nation, and, in the long run, end up costing us far more."
Muslim leaders visit Auschwitz
Some 150 Mideast Muslim leaders, as well as Jewish clergy and Christian representatives, visited Auschwitz together. The Muslims, from Morocco, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, were joined by political leaders from around the world as they gathered in the snow at the site of the former Auschwitz- Birkenau concentration camp Tuesday to commemorate the camp's liberation in 1945.
Brouhaha in Texas House a Jewish test case for Tea Party
In Texas, the Tea Party passed its first Jewish test even before its legislators had been sworn in.
What is it with people wishing me a Merry Christmas???
Conductor Barenboim awarded German peace prize
Conductor Daniel Barenboim was awarded a German peace prize for his efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.
Journey to Judaism
I grew up in Valparaiso, a predominantly white, Christian city in northwestern Indiana. Brought up in a fervently Lutheran family, I attended a Lutheran parish (a church-run school) for eight years, went to church twice a week, and prayed before every meal and every night before bed. Even with all of the influences around me that should have produced a dedicated young Christian woman, I did not feel like I was in the right place.
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