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Ewan Horrocks as Helmuth Hubener holds a sign in a still from 'Truth and Treason.' (Courtesy Angel Studios)
October 29, 2025, 5:29 am
New film revives little-known legacy of Mormon teen executed for opposing Hitler
Now in US theaters, ‘Truth and Treason’ tells story of Helmuth Hubener, a German whose religious convictions inspired him to speak truth to power even if it meant risking his life
By Rich Tenorio
A Hasidic Jew walks past a closed synagogue in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, on October 9, 2020. (Angela Weiss / AFP)
March 17, 2023, 9:45 am
Americans feel more favorably than not about Jews — survey
Most Pew poll respondents hold neutral feelings toward religious groups, but Jews have net positive rating across all surveyed, even as FBI report finds rise in antisemitism
By Michael Horovitz
View of the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with its six spires in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, DC, on April 18, 2022. (Eva Hambach/AFP)
April 19, 2022, 6:53 pm
After nearly half a century, Washington Mormon Temple reopens to the public
The pristine white spired structure, one of the US capital’s most mysterious buildings, is usually only open to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By Ines Bel Aiba
The Silversteins, from left: Joshua, Ami, Laila, Shel and Cinthya, outside of their Los Angeles home. (Casey Durkin/NBC/ via JTA)
November 18, 2021, 10:47 pm
Meet the multiracial Jewish family who swapped lives on NBC’s ‘Home Sweet Home’
In director Ava DuVernay’s first episode involving Jews, the Silversteins and the Baltzers, a Mormon family, walk in each others’ shoes for a week — with heartwarming results
By Andrew Esensten
The Lebaron family, targeted in an apparent drug cartel attack that killed at least 10 on November 5, 2019, in northern Mexico. (Facebook screen capture)
November 5, 2019, 4:36 pm
At least 9 American Mormons killed in ambush in notorious drug area in Mexico
Suspected cartel members attack family in 3 vehicles, killing 3 adults and at least six children; one van set on fire with victims inside
By Mark Stevenson
A flyer sent by Todd Zenger calling on people to "vote in memory of our God" Twitter)
November 7, 2018, 12:23 am
In Utah, Mormon facing Jewish incumbent urges a vote ‘in memory of our God’
Candidate says he never meant to be ‘insensitive’ or ‘malign’ other religions after Jewish groups rail against comment
By JTA
In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, photo, Helen Radkey, a researcher of the Mormon church's massive genealogical database, is at her home in Holladay, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
December 21, 2017, 7:32 pm
Mormons defy church to again perform baptisms on Holocaust victims
Proxy baptisms, meant to offer the deceased a choice in the afterlife to accept or reject salvation, seen by many Jews as insulting to the memory of the dead
By BRADY McCOMBS
In this October 26, 2017 photo, Donia Jessop holds her mayoral campaign sign outside her store in Colorado City, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
November 10, 2017, 1:26 pm
After a century, polygamous sect loses control over Utah town
Hildale, long run by fundamentalist Mormons, may have elected its first female mayor, an ex-member of the sect who sports modern clothes and hairstyle
By BRADY McCOMBS
Illustrative: A woman breaks the middle matzah at a model seder on March 11, 2016. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU)
April 5, 2017, 6:17 pm
Let all who are hungry come and eat: Mormons make model seders
Brigham Young University hosts annual ‘simulations’ of the traditional Passover meal to educate about the ties that bind Judaism and Christianity
By Rich Tenorio
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sing in the Conference Center at the morning session of the two-day Mormon church conference Saturday, April 1, 2017, in Salt Lake City (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
April 2, 2017, 3:17 am
Despite Jewish backlash, Mormon leaders encourage baptisms for the dead
The church has come under fire for posthumously converting Holocaust victims, including Simon Wiesenthal’s parents
By BRADY McCOMBS
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (screen capture: YouTube)
December 31, 2016, 12:05 am
Mormon chorister quits rather than sing at Trump inauguration
‘I could never “throw roses to Hitler.” And I certainly could never sing for him,’ Jan Chamberlin writes on Facebook
By AFP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a Truth PAC election ad. (screen capture: YouTube)
November 7, 2016, 7:40 pm
Anti-Trump ad substitutes ‘Jews’ for ‘Muslims’ in nominee’s speech on migrants
‘We changed one word,’ Truth PAC clip says in pre-Election Day message airing in Florida; similar video in Utah refers to ‘Mormons’
By ToI Staff
Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin speaks during a rally, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
November 4, 2016, 2:25 am
Gaining in Utah, McMullin attacked by white supremacists
As polls show him beating Trump in conservative state, Indepedent candidate accuses rival of racism and sexism
By BRADY McCOMBS
HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (L) and Bishop Dean M. Davies, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (R), October 31, 2016. (courtesy HIAS/Rachel Nusbaum)
November 3, 2016, 9:00 pm
Mormon church pledges $200,000 to Jewish refugee resettlement group
HIAS, formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, to use funds for food, furniture, legal services and to help reunite families
By JTA
In this April 2, 2016, file photo, members of the combined Choir from BYU-Idaho raise their hands during a sustaining vote at the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
October 2, 2016, 11:34 am
Mormon leader: Challenge the critics of our founder’s ‘miraculous mission’
Joseph Smith’s story is being attacked with ‘erroneous, misleading, superficial information,’ church leader tells faithful at conference
By BRADY McCOMBS
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