Interfaith leaders commemorate Yom Hashoah

Published on April 10, 2013

In what was anything but a typical Yom HaShoah assemblage, more than 300 people — including two rabbis, a Methodist preacher, a Catholic priest and a U.S. congressman — packed into Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge on April 7 for an interdenominational observance titled “Remembering the Past, Securing the Future.”

Christians picking on Israel

By David Suissa
Published on October 16, 2012

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?

Methodists reject divestment motion

Published on May 2, 2012

The general conference of the United Methodist Church voted not to divest from three companies that trade with Israel.

The Methodist rift over gay marriage

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 19, 2012

Calif. Methodist seminary to train rabbis, imams

Published on May 16, 2011

The Claremont School of Theology, a Christian divinity school in Los Angeles, will use a $40 million gift to begin training Jewish and Muslim clergy. The gift from David and Joan Lincoln of Arizona, which was announced Monday, will help Claremont transform itself into a multifaith institution offering interfaith degree programs as well as training for rabbis, imams and ministers, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Methodist learns it’s 5769, says it’s awesome Jews live in the future

By The Web Guy
Published on October 1, 2008

Interfaith Dialogue Can Bring Change

By Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Published on November 24, 2005

Institutions change. Change is not spontaneous, easy or automatic. It requires face-to-face encounters and a determination to dialogue. As Martin Buber famously put it, "All real life is meeting." Absent dialogue, the vacuum creates disinformation and resentment.

Symphony to Debut Fiery ‘Soul’ Music

By David Finnigan
Published on December 16, 2004

Wayne Hinton is a Methodist, and he understands what Jewish audiences will feel when they hear a performance by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.

"It's like when you hear a Frenchman conducting French music," said Hinton, the symphony's executive director. "It's akin to their soul."

The soul, or more specifically the soul aflame, will anchor the symphony's Dec. 19 performance at Temple Israel of Hollywood, where the shul's Nimoy Concert Series will host the West Coast premiere of "Souls on Fire," an oratorio based on Elie Wiesel's book on centuries of Chasidic leaders.

Put Mitzvah in Bar Mitzvah for non-Jews

By Rabbi Ken Chasen
Published on January 29, 2004

On Jan. 14, you could hear the wake-up call sounding for Jews all across America. Perhaps you noticed the article by reporter Elizabeth Bernstein in that morning's Wall Street Journal. Perhaps someone e-mailed it to you. Perhaps numerous someones emailed it to you.