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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

interfaith relations

Rev. John Bettin, head pastor at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic parish, prepares to mount a revised version of the church's history of its antisemitic founder Father Charles Coughlin, Royal Oak, Michigan, Novemver 7, 2023. The new version includes a QR code for visitors to learn more about Coughlin's antisemitism. (Courtesy of Levi Smith via JTA)
June 27, 2024, 2:10 am
Father Coughlin’s Detroit-area church will now teach visitors about his antisemitism
Local Jews praise Catholic parish seat for updating its history of the popular national radio host who distributed ‘Protocols’ and suggested Jews deserved Nazi persecution
By Andrew Lapin
Religious leaders head an interfaith march in support of peace and human rights down Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 3, 2024. (Jacob Lazarus/Rabbis for Human Rights)
June 4, 2024, 8:13 am
Interfaith ‘march for peace’ held in capital, in counter to Jerusalem Day Flag March
Decrying use of religious rhetoric to promote war, liberal Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze religious leaders say event sends message of ‘peace, justice and equality’
By Charlie Summers
Interfaith leaders issued joint declaration against Islamophobia and antisemitism at summit held by 'Shoulder to Shoulder' in Washington, DC, December 20, 2023. (Courtesy)
December 21, 2023, 9:39 pm
Islamophobia and antisemitism condemned by dozens of US interfaith leaders in DC
Interfaith leaders convene at National Press Club to sign declaration against antisemitism and Islamophobia; prominent Rev. blames ‘Christian nationalism’ for surge of racism
By Matt Lebovic
File: Activists work together at a joint Arab-Jewish operations center in Rahat to assist Israelis affected by the war, October 2023 (Social media)
November 11, 2023, 8:59 pm
Amid war, poll finds Arab Israelis’ sense of kinship with state at a 20-year high
70% of Arabs, 94% of Jews say they feel a part of the country and its problems; but views on future diverge, with 72% of Jews and only 27% of Arabs optimistic
By ToI Staff
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of Shemot, or Exodus, while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Courtesy Yeshiva University via JTA)
August 17, 2023, 3:35 am
Yeshiva University launches master’s program for Christian students
The 2-year track at the Modern Orthodox flagship is being called an ‘experiment,’ but what’s certain is that it reflects a growing Evangelical interest in Jewish practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women, speaking at an interfaith rally in front of the Supreme Court on January 18, 2023. (Courtesy of NCJW)
January 22, 2023, 4:41 pm
50 years after Roe v. Wade, fight for choice turns into battle for religious freedom
After a 2022 decision to overturn the longstanding right to abortion, religious women’s groups unite in protesting laws reflecting a Christian-centric view on when life begins
By Cathryn J. Prince
From left, Jeimer Candelario, Nelson Cruz and Cesar Hernandez pose for a photo at a baseball field in Ra'anana, Israel. (Nico Andre' Duran via JTA)
November 28, 2022, 2:50 am
Nelson Cruz, Hispanic MLB players visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations
Devout US group including Cesar Hernandez, Jeimer Candelario tours land where Jesus once walked; visitors say they’ll advocate for Israel in Latin America and in world of baseball
By Hillel Kuttler
Yosef Abramowitz smashes tablets atop Jebel Musa in Egypt, thought by some to be the site of Mount Sinai, to symbolize the world’s lack of action on climate change, November 13, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 13, 2022, 9:53 pm
Activists smash tablets atop ‘Mount Sinai’ to launch faith-based climate push
Saying officials gathered at COP summit need to do more, Sinai Climate Partnership will seek to recruit religious leaders globally to lobby for faster action on climate change
By Sue Surkes
Religious leaders call to stop using fossil fuels at at the UN COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 9, 2022. Among them (center) is Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founder and director of the Israeli Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. (Courtesy)
November 13, 2022, 10:47 am
Multifaith leaders to gather in Israel and around the world for ‘climate repentance’
Jews to join forces with Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists; citing security concerns, Egypt refuses to let event be held at site believed by many to be biblical Mount Sinai
By ToI Staff
Members of the MuJu & Co. pass under the infamous 'Work Will Make You Free' sign at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum in Poland on October 1, 2022. (Courtesy of Dan Meyrowitsch)
November 9, 2022, 12:42 pm
From Auschwitz to Iftar: Danish Muslim-Jewish biker club revs up interfaith dialogue
Uniting over a common love of motorcycles, members of MuJu & Co. hit the road to fight bigotry, including guarding over a Jewish cemetery in Copenhagen every Kristallnacht
By Melanie Lidman
Clergy from the Peace Cathedral and its inspirations, including the House of One in Berlin, seen outside the complex in Tbilisi. (Nano Saralishvili/ via JTA)
August 6, 2022, 6:02 am
Can an interfaith Peace Cathedral help save Tbilisi’s dwindling Jewish community?
A house of worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims seeks unity in an increasingly divided Georgia. Its founder, Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, says it’s so crazy it just might work
By Johanna Ginsberg
Pastor Chris Harris, who leads two Church of God in Christ congregations in Chicago, and Rabbi Ari Hart of the Orthodox Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue teamed up for a shmita debt relief fundraiser. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)
June 2, 2022, 2:19 am
Inspired by biblical tenet, interfaith group cuts medical debt for 2,000 Chicagoans
Taking a page from sabbatical year loan forgiveness outlined in the Good Book, two churches and an Orthodox congregation team up to buy $1.9M worth of debts – and let them go
By Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman
A customer makes a purchase at a a Starbucks coffee shop, in Philadelphia, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
May 14, 2022, 9:38 am
Interfaith leaders demand Starbucks stop ‘taxing’ vegans with milk surcharge
Rabbi among religious figures calling extra cost for plant-based milks ‘unethical and unfair’; coffee chain charges 50 cents to a dollar more for vegan-friendly customization
By AP
Illustrative: The campus of American University in Washington, D.C., 2016. (Raul Pacheco-Vega/ Creative Commons via JTA)
April 22, 2022, 2:00 am
AU Muslim student group withdraws from interfaith seder over Hillel Israel support
American University’s Muslim Student Association pulls out as co-sponsor an interfaith Passover and Ramadan event amid clashes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
By Andrew Lapin
Hassen Chalghoumi speaks during an interview with France 2 TV, on January 13, 2022. (Screenshot/MEMRI)
January 29, 2022, 6:05 pm
French imam recounts death threats from Islamists for asking to respect Holocaust
In emotional TV interview, Hassen Chalghoumi says his family has been assaulted, harassed for years over his interfaith work
By ToI Staff
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