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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Protestant church

Princess Beatrix, 14-week-old daughter of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, appeared in public for the first time, when she was christened in the Groote Kerk, the Protestant Church on May 12, 1938, in the Hague, Holland, Netherlands. (AP Photo)
October 22, 2020, 6:20 pm
Dutch Protestant Church to admit failing Jews in Holocaust
Confession set to be made public next month at 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht; church official admits institution ‘lacked the courage’ to side with Jewish residents during WWII
By AFP
The gravestone of Johann Ludwig Schneller, a German-born missionary who established an orphanage for Syrians in Jerusalem, in the Mount Zion Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 22, 2020, 6:14 am
Preachers, soldiers, a long-lost skull: Unearthing Mt. Zion Protestant cemetery
The historic Jerusalem graveyard is home to the remains of Royal Engineers, missionaries, archaeologists and philanthropists, and built atop remnants of the Second Temple era
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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
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
A picture taken on October 28, 2016 shows a bronze statue of German theologian Martin Luther outside the Marktkirche (Market Church) in Hannover, Germany. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Holger Hollemann)
October 31, 2017, 5:48 am
Martin Luther 500th anniversary marred by anti-Semitism row
Controversy erupts over ‘Judensau’ carving on church showing Jews suckling the teats of a sow as a rabbi looks under its leg and tail
By Yannick Pasquet
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
October 30, 2017, 1:59 pm
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Martin Luther and the Jews, 500 years later
The theologian is about so much more than anti-Semitism, but how his teachings went wrong is an object lesson for religion
John Barrows
October 24, 2017, 2:40 pm
John Barrows
Martin Luther paved the way for the Holocaust
500 years after the Protestant Reformation, Germany celebrates its anti-Semitic founder
Rabbi Mendel Alperowitz delivers a speech at the 2016 International Conference of Chabad Emissaries Screen Capture: chabad.org)
November 29, 2016, 9:07 am
After years without rabbi, South Dakota is about to get one
Sioux Falls Chabad House to provide religious services to a 150-year-old Jewish community that came with the gold rush
By regina garcia cano
Pioneering humanist Catholic theologian Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 as depicted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Wikimedia commons)
May 14, 2016, 10:38 pm
Dutch humanists spurn call to condemn Erasmus’ anti-Semitism
Association says offensive remarks about Jews made by 15th century Catholic theologian should be seen in historical context
By JTA
A Catholic pilgrim carries a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Good Friday procession on March 25, 2016. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
March 25, 2016, 4:52 pm
Thousands trace Jesus’s footsteps on Good Friday in Jerusalem
Procession of Catholics and Protestants passes along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City; Orthodox Christians mark Easter Sunday on May 1
By AFP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall, in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 18, 2016. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
February 19, 2016, 6:45 am
Trump’s pope spat could have political calculus
Ahead of South Carolina primary, GOP front-runner might seek to score points with Protestants by sparring with the pontiff
By Michael Mathes
This carving on the facade of Martin Luther's church in Wittenberg, Germany shows Jews suckling at a sow's teat. (Toni L. Kamins/JTA)
November 13, 2015, 6:15 pm
German Protestant church denounces founder’s anti-Semitism
In unanimous decision, the decision-making synod renounces Martin Luther’s calls to persecute and banish Jews
By JTA
The United Church of Christ marching in a rally in 2010. (illustrative photo: CC BY Lizard10979, Flickr)
July 1, 2015, 8:48 am
Foreign Ministry slams US church boycott as immoral
Spokesperson says United Church of Christ move to divest from companies operating in West Bank is ‘demonization’ of Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
The Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ (YouTube screenshot)
June 30, 2015, 9:23 pm
US church votes to divest from companies operating in West Bank
United Church of Christ urges boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products, SodaStream; two more churches weigh similar resolutions
By AP and ToI Staff
Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference following his election in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on November 30, 2014. (AFP/Daniel Roland)
June 18, 2015, 5:42 pm
German Jewish head to Protestants: Condemn Martin Luther’s anti-Semitism
Founder of Protestant Reformation 500 years ago called to burn down synagogues and drive Jews from their homes
By JTA
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