Palestinian non-profit belatedly apologizes for blood libel article

Published on April 2, 2013

A Palestinian non-profit organization has removed an article from its website that accused Jews of using "the blood of Christians in the Jewish Passover.”

A Timeline of Myself and Judaism

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 20, 2013

Study: Jews are world’s most migratory religious group

Published on March 9, 2012

A new study found that Jews are the most internationally migratory of all the world’s major religious groups.

Israel to increase number of Ethiopian immigrants

Published on February 28, 2012

Israel will increase the number of immigrants from Ethiopia for the next several months after bringing in many fewer than it had promised. Some 1,000 Falash Mura, Ethiopians whose ancestors converted from Judaism to Christianity, will be brought to Israel over the next four months, about 250 per month.

Seventh-day Adventists celebrate 9th Circuit ruling on Prop. 8

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 8, 2012

The big tent:  Jews, Muslims, Christians celebrate spirituality in a shared sacred space

By Rachel Heller
Published on December 21, 2011

Whirling Dervishes, an elaborate feast and a lecture by a prominent Muslim scholar – Musallah Tauhid’s joyous celebration of its move to a new home in 2008 heralded good times ahead for the Sufi Muslim worship group.

Christians, Jews gather for pro-Israel rally at U.N.

Published on September 21, 2011

Several hundred supporters of Israel gathered near the United Nations to protest the Durban III meeting and oppose the Palestinian statehood bid.

Why Chaz Bono Just Might Win Dancing With The Stars

By Ilana Angel
Published on September 3, 2011

A Creepy Actor + A Good Christian Girl = An Unfit Mother

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 22, 2011

Christians arriving in Israel for Tabernacles event

Published on September 21, 2010

About 7,000 Christian tourists are arriving in Israel for the Feast of Tabernacles celebration.

Different Faiths Ignore Differences in Holiday Sharing

Published on March 23, 2010

When Jewish and Christian holidays converge — like Passover and Easter or Chanukah and Christmas — Southland communities with large Jewish populations often witness a competition between the celebrations, from public schools to shopping centers.

VIDEO: Christian Arabs celebrate Christmas in Nazareth, Israel

By The Web Guy
Published on December 23, 2008

Kassams land near mayor of Sderot’s house; Interfaith fellowship group denies missionary ties

Published on September 17, 2008

The rocket landed Sunday not far from the home of Mayor Eli Moyal

Pope in Paris: ‘To be anti-Semitic is to be anti-Christian’ [VIDEO]

Published on September 15, 2008

Jews and Christians should get to know each other better, Pope Benedict XVI said at a meeting with French Jewish leaders.

Our image problem: Jews have no ‘big picture’

By David Klinghoffer
Published on January 31, 2008

Christianity has an image problem, and Christians ought to pay earnest attention to it, rather than dismissing it as the product of media bias. That's the message of a new book that should be of interest to Jews, because it shows the kind of questions that Christians have started asking themselves -- questions that we Jews don't seem to be asking ourselves. Yet we, too, have an image problem.

Briefs: ‘Christian Nation’ vote; Aid to P.A.

Published on December 20, 2007

A seemingly benign U.S. congressional resolution supporting Christmas has become the latest fodder in the debate over whether America is a "Christian nation."

Nearly all the members of the House of Representatives, including a majority of Jewish members, voted for the Dec. 11 resolution acknowledging the celebration of Christmas and the role Christians have played in U.S. history.

When Faiths Jam

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 13, 2006

The evening had three acts. First came ritual. Taubman and Rabbi Naomi Levy of Nashuva, another co-sponsor, lit the traditional Havdalah candle, woven together from three wicks.

Battle Lines Emerge on Marking Holiday

By Matthew E. Berger
Published on December 22, 2005

The sound of angry Christians railing against the marginalization of Christmas has become the new tune of this holiday season. Across the country, from department stores to town halls, battle lines have been drawn over how to mark the winter holidays.

Three Faiths Unite in Pilgrimage

By Mahmoud Abdel-Baset
Published on February 10, 2005

On Feb. 10, 40 Jews, Christians and Muslims will embark on a joint "spiritual pilgrimage" to Israel and Jordan. The trip will focus solely on religious themes common to all three faiths. The author, an Egyptian-born engineer, is one of the trip's organizers. You can learn more about the trip and follow its progress at www.abraham.la.

Garbage Mouth

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 16, 2004

When the controversy over Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" first erupted, Jewish leaders like Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League angered Christians by coming out forcefully against the movie.

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, took umbrage. "A lot of Catholics in this town are saying, 'Is that how Jews are looking at us,'" he told The Jewish Week, "'that you scratch a Catholic and out comes a latent anti-Semite?'"

Last week, Donohue provided the answer to his rhetorical question. And the answer is, in his case, yes.

Prolific Neusner Takes on Mishnah

By David Klinghoffer
Published on November 25, 2004

I don't know how many times I've been in a conversation with a Christian who suddenly out of nowhere asked, "What do you think of Neusner?" They don't even feel a need to mention the man's first name, which is Jacob, assuming that as a Jew I would obviously be familiar with the rabbi and scholar who, for non-Jews interested in Judaism, is the No. 1 go-to guy.

When a Christian wants to know something about Judaism, which lately more and more do, a typical first course of action is a visit to Barnes & Noble, to the Jacob Neusner section of the Judaica shelves. His singularity is worth pondering.

Letters to the Editor

Published on October 21, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Quiet Debut for ‘Passion’ DVD

By David Finnigan
Published on September 2, 2004

When Rabbi Harold Shulweis learned that the DVD of "The Passion of the Christ," which debuted on Aug. 31, would be just a bare-bones, no-frills copy of Mel Gibson's controversial movie, the spiritual leader of Encino's Valley Beth Shalom said, "That's very good. I don't think the Jewish community has to repeat, regurgitate, all the anguish, all the anger."

Melting Pot for Peace

By Gaby Wenig
Published on June 10, 2004

It's hard to imagine a period when Jews and Arabs got along -- but that's apparently what they did from 800-1400 B.C.E., in the historical Al-Andalus period. In Spain and North Africa, Jews, Christians and Muslims got together and collaborated on arts and sciences to create one of the world's most advanced societies.

Now, Al-Andalus, an eclectic group of musicians from all over the world is recreating the spirit of the historical Al-Andalus in concerts that celebrate the mystical pluralism of the Arab-Jewish music traditions.

Community Briefs

Published on April 15, 2004

Community Briefs

Passion of Pesach

By Rabbi Michael Beals
Published on April 1, 2004

In my junior year at UC Berkeley, I brought an Egyptian co-resident from International House named Khalid to Purim services.

This was my gesture toward international understanding and cultural appreciation between Muslim and Jew. What a disaster!

The Simple Son

By Rob Eshman
Published on April 1, 2004

When I was in college in New Hampshire, the pastor of a nearby church asked our Hillel rabbi to send over a Jewish student who could help his parishioners learn about Passover. I volunteered. For all the fuzzy, feel-good reasons that a liberal arts education supplies in abundance, I felt it was important to teach others about my faith and culture.

Evangelical Media Gather Around Israel

By Gaby Wenig
Published on March 25, 2004

"Free soup's on us!" That was the invitation David Suissa's Los Angeles-based charity Meals 4 Israel extended to all 5,000 participants of the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Charlotte, N.C. last month -- and it was pastors and ministers who made their way to the booth to sample some soup and learn more about the charity.

We Should Not Reject Evangelical Alliance

By Abraham H. Foxman
Published on March 18, 2004

The lesson to be learned from recent differences between many American Jews and conservative Christians -- on Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ," and on equal rights for gays -- is not to walk away from relationships with evangelicals.

Gibson Film Is a Frontal Assault on Jews

By Marvin Hier
Published on February 19, 2004

Mel Gibson's film is nothing less then a frontal assault and a collective indictment of the entire Jewish community during the time of Jesus.

What Jews Need to Know About Jesus

By Jack Miles
Published on February 19, 2004

Mel Gibson's Jesus movie, "The Passion of the Christ," became controversial long before its release when learned critics, Christians as well as Jews, who had been invited to read a draft of the script objected that the film was, if not actually anti-Semitic, then all too apt for anti-Semitic exploitation. The initial response of the Gibson camp to these charges included a lawsuit charging the critics with a malicious attempt to sabotage the film.

Will Jesus Film Poison Christian-Jewish Ties?

By Joe Berkofsky
Published on January 29, 2004

Jesus will appear on the Christian holy day of Ash Wednesday -- thanks to Mel Gibson. The Hollywood star directed and financed the $25 million epic "The Passion of the Christ," which is emerging from a nearly yearlong media storm and is due to hit 2,000 screens nationwide Feb. 25.

Israel Links With Cyberkids

By The Washington Jewish Week
Published on October 9, 2003

Get them while they're young. The Israeli embassy has just launched a new Web site, and the hasbarah -- an Israeli word which means public relations as well as propaganda -- is aimed at children.

Should We Shun 80 Million Friends of Israel?

By Rabbi Steven Weil
Published on September 25, 2003

One of the more unusual characters in Jewish literature appears in the Book of Esther.

Unorthodox Alliance

By Gershom Gorenberg
Published on December 26, 2002

The idea is supposed to make me tingle warmly: While I sit in my home here in Jerusalem enjoying the Friday evening calm, thousands of Christian Coalition supporters will be gathering at the Ellipse in Washington to proclaim solidarity with Israel.

A Thanksgiving to Fill the Spiritby

By Elliot Fein
Published on November 21, 2002

On the evening before Thanksgiving, my synagogue, Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, always gets together with a neighboring church, Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist, for an interfaith service.

A Thanksgiving to Fill the Spirit

By Elliot Fein
Published on October 31, 2002

On the evening before Thanksgiving, my synagogue, Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, always gets together with a neighboring church, Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist, for an interfaith service. What is remarkable about this joint venture, and other pre-Thanksgiving services like it throughout the United States, is the fact that Jews and Christians can pray together under one roof.

My parents entered a church only for a neighbor's wedding, funeral or other life-cycle event. On those rare occasions, they were invited guests, not participants.

Jerusalem Mayor’s Visit Sparks Snub

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 10, 2002

Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert will appear in San Diego Oct. 15, but there will not be any official representatives from the Jewish community to welcome him at the $1,000-a-plate dinner.

The Man Who Knows Too Much

By Jonathan S. Tobin
Published on March 21, 2002

It began by happenstance. CNN reporter Steve Emerson was stuck in Oklahoma City on Christmas 1992 with nothing to do and wandered by the city's convention center, where a gathering of the Muslim Arab Youth Association was taking place.

Faith in Exodus

By Dennis Prager
Published on April 19, 2001

During Passover and on Good Friday the Los Angeles Times published a front-page article titled "Doubting the Story of Exodus."

Righteous Reflection

By Dennis Gura
Published on February 8, 2001

In "Dangerous Diplomacy," Theo Tschuy introduces a forgotten hero of the Shoah, Carl Lutz, a man who certainly deserves to take his place among the Wallenbergs and Schindlers.

Cardinal Repentance

By Ruth E. Gruber
Published on September 23, 1999

In a High Holiday letter to Jewish friends, New York's Roman Catholic cardinal has expressed "abject sorrow" for centuries of anti-Semitism, and called for a new era of respect and love between Christians and Jews.

Concerned Christians

By Shlomit Levy
Published on July 31, 1997

Strains of somber organ music resonated in the large sanctuary as the eight Holocaust survivors told their stories. As each spoke about horrors endured, loved ones lost and, ultimately, faith reclaimed, the congregation punctuated their speeches with murmurs of "Thank You, Jesus."