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US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Rabbi Abraham Cooper attends the morning prayers at the Bahrain synagogue, June 25, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
March 12, 2024, 10:48 pm
Riyadh says demand that US delegation chair remove kippah an ‘unfortunate incident’
Saudi Embassy in DC says request was made of Rabbi Abraham Cooper, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, due to ‘misunderstanding of internal protocols’
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
March 12, 2024, 3:02 am
US government delegation cuts short Saudi trip after rabbi is asked to remove kippah
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who chairs the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, says ‘no one should be denied access to a heritage site… simply for existing as a Jew’
By AFP
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah joined others at a 2016 press conference condemning the appearance of Smith & Wesson's CEO at a conference. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
August 3, 2021, 11:00 am
Rabbi of New York City LGBTQ synagogue to rejoin US religious freedom commission
Biden picks Sharon Kleinbaum, long-time leader of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, for panel that works advance international freedom of belief
By JTA and ToI Staff
American Values president Gary Bauer speaks during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
June 1, 2018, 11:40 pm
Trump names evangelical pro-Israel activist to religious freedoms commission
Christians United for Israel director Gary Bauer aims to confront rising persecution of Jews and Christians in Muslim countries
By JTA
James Zogby speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., October 2012. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
April 29, 2017, 6:52 am
A US government body on religious freedom is accused of going easy on Israel
Chairman of Commission on Religious Freedom suggests the body declined to address Israel to maintain bipartisan solidarity
By Ron Kampeas
Reform movement leader Rabbi David Saperstein. (screen capture: YouTube/Union for Reform Judaism)
March 21, 2017, 11:16 pm
Rabbi David Saperstein named senior policy adviser by Union for Reform Judaism
Veteran civil rights activist served as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom under Obama
By JTA
Jewish cemetery in Checiny, Poland (photo credit: Nikodem Nijaki/Wikimedia Commons/File)
August 13, 2014, 10:33 am
Protection of Cemeteries Act becomes law
The US can now place economic and academic sanctions on countries that obstruct religious freedom
By JTA
President Barack Obama signs an executive order extending work protection rights to LGBT employees of federal contractors, as Rabbi David Saperstein (left), director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, looks on, at the White House, on July 18, 2014. (Hadar Susskind/Bend the Arc via JTA)
July 28, 2014, 10:17 pm
Rabbi first non-Christian tapped for US religious freedom post
David Saperstein, longtime head of Religious Action Center and Obama favorite, gets nod for prestigious State Department position
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 photo, a damaged grave after a vandal attack is shown in the Protestant Cemetery of Mt. Zion, Jerusalem. (Photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue)
July 18, 2014, 12:36 pm
US Senate panel advances bill on cemetery desecration
Under the proposed change, the US could penalize and sanction countries that obstruct religious freedom
By JTA
February 28, 2013, 8:21 pm
Congress hears testimony on European anti-Semitism
Inter-religious experts include Muslim activist and president of Catholic University
December 4, 2012, 4:15 pm
Hungarian PM slams Jobbik lawmaker’s anti-Semitism
Viktor Orban’s comments follow international outcry and mass rally protesting anti-Jewish politician
Ron Kronish
October 3, 2012, 3:30 pm
Ron Kronish
In New York, anti-Muslim ads elicit shock and dismay
Yes, there is a problem with radical, extremist Islam, but it is a problem for the moderate Muslim majority as well
May 28, 2012, 3:50 pm
Elliott Abrams named to religious freedom commission
Previously chaired the commission from 1999 to 2001
May 3, 2012, 10:19 am
Sam Gejdenson tapped for US religions commission
The former congressman is the child of Holocaust survivors born in a displaced persons camp in Germany
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