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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Protestant Christians

Church of 'Our Lord in the Attic' (Rebeka Mell/Our Lord in the Attic)
June 28, 2023, 5:21 am
Why a church in Amsterdam’s Red Light District was hidden even as Jewry flourished
Catholic church Our Lord in the Attic was forced underground during Golden Age in which Dutch Jews built large synagogues in public. Now it’s nominated for Europe’s Heritage Label
By Matt Lebovic
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
'Embarkation of the Pilgrims,' by Robert Walter Weir, circa 1857. (Public domain/ Brooklyn Museum online collection)
November 26, 2020, 1:39 am
Back in 1620, the Pilgrim leader behind the 1st Thanksgiving was Hebrew-obsessed
William Bradford’s ‘Of Plymouth Plantation’ features about 1,000 words in the biblical tongue. But although many early Protestants studied Hebrew, they were hardly philo-Semitic
By Rich Tenorio
Illustrative: People worship at a Baptist church in, New York, April 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
April 18, 2019, 6:42 pm
Poll: US synagogue membership stable, as number of churchgoers plummets
Slightly over half of American Jews are members of a place of worship, Gallup finds; for Christian worshipers, biggest drops are seen among Democrats and Hispanics
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pastor Piet van Veldhuizen has lunch inside his congregation’s sukkah in the Netherlands, September 18, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 22, 2018, 12:23 pm
Why these Dutch Christians are celebrating Sukkot
With a rising awareness of the environment, an increasing number of Protestants embrace some Hebrew holidays as a commonality between Judaism and Christianity
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Part of a September 1543 letter signed by Protestant reformer Martin Luther. The letter, penned in German, was to be put up for auction, July 11, 2018. (Courtesy of RR Auction via AP)
July 10, 2018, 9:33 am
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews goes up for auction
Though Protestant reformer wrote Jewish people are ‘devils incarnate,’ experts say he was not a racist anti-Semite, just frustrated at their refusal to convert to Christianity
By AP
Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, consecrated in 1675. The sanctuary, still without electricity, is lit by 1,000 candles for special occasions, January 2018 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
March 25, 2018, 4:03 am
Why Amsterdam’s beloved nickname is a centuries-old Yiddish word, ‘Mokum’
Recalling a golden age for the Netherlands and Dutch Jewry, on today’s streets of Amsterdam, mamaloshen still peppers local slang
By Matt Lebovic
Barrett Duke, chairman of the 2017 Committee on Resolutions, at a news conference in Phoenix, Arizona, following the passage of nine resolutions on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP/Angie Wang)
June 14, 2017, 8:37 pm
Southern Baptists in turmoil over ‘alt-right’ rebuke
Evangelical denomination thrown into discord in debate over initiative to repudiate the controversial political movement
By Rachel Zoll and Angie Wang
Sister Frances Carr, one of the last remaining Shakers, died January 2, 2017. (Courtesy Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village website)
January 4, 2017, 3:33 am
One of last remaining Shakers dies, leaving just 2
Sister Frances Carr, 89, joined the nearly extinct Protestant religious society after being orphaned as a child
By David Sharp
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