Source: The Washington Post The Israelites walked slowly, chanting in Hebrew and wrapped in loose white robes. A reverential silence spread across the crowd as one figure emerged above the […]
Source: New York Times JERUSALEM — After more than a week of local and international condemnation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel issued a statement on Friday retracting his accusation […]
The Hill.com: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday invoked his ancestors’ deaths in Holocaust concentration camps as he embraced a Muslim student and promised to lead the fight against racism. […]
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you be kind to them and act equitably towards them; surely Allah loves those who are equitable. Allah only forbids you, […]
Epigraph: Glory be to Him Who carried His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque, the environs of which We have blessed, that We might show […]
Epigraph: Glory be to Him Who carried His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Distant Mosque, the environs of which We have blessed, that We might show […]
Source: Time Hassan Rouhani has tweeted similar well wishes before Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani tweeted out best wishes to Jews all over the world for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New […]
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
Epigraph: Anyone who kills an innocent person, it will be as if he or she has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 5:33) KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept 8 (Reuters) – A […]
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55dce19778c90a8d1b000044&autoPlay=false Many people who leave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community experience serious mental health issues because they not only lose their religion, but also their identities. We discuss what can be […]
By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Many Jews supported Muhammad when he arrived in Medina. I learned about one of them from Dr. Muqtedar Khan, a professor of Political Science, at […]
Sara Weissman | August 20, 2015 | 4 Comments (RNS) An Israeli flag next to the rabbi’s podium, a synagogue-wide Israel Independence Day celebration, a prayer for the state […]
(RNS) Rebuffing a campaign among Jewish organizations to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, 340 rabbis sent a letter to Congress Monday (Aug. 17) supporting the agreement and rejecting the notion that most American Jews oppose […]
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55b2c87502a760275e000600&autoPlay=false Award-winning actress and producer Salma Hayek joins a special #WMN to discuss her animated feature film “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,” based on Gibran’s best-selling poetry book of the same […]
Epigraph: “So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel for ‘Gaza Massacre,’ Call […]
Source: Haaretz In response to Elie Wiesel advertisement comparing Hamas to Nazis, 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants publish New York Times ad accusing Israel of ‘ongoing massacre of the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman; Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine It’s not easy being chair of a religion department. August is […]
By Haris Raja; tweet him @harisaraja The Iran nuclear deal has started political posturing from both sides as congressional members begin assessing the deal in the next few weeks. The GOP […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — A Muslim-Jewish organization in Germany held an interfaith rally last week to promote equal employment opportunities for people who wear religious head coverings. Their message? “My head, my choice.” Salaam-Shalom organized the July 14 demonstration in response to news that Betul Ulusoy, a Muslim law school […]
The Huffington Post | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 06/25/2015 3:49 pm EDT Beliefs and lifestyles within Judaism vary widely from denomination to denomination. But when it comes to last week’s […]