Tag: Interfaith

Religions and cultures cannot fall into the trap set for them by hegemonic powers. They cannot continue to be sources of conflict among themselves or to legitimize the misleading clash of interests of the...

Over the nearly two thousand years it has unfolded, the relationship between the Catholic church and the Jews generally has not been very good. It has, in fact, most often characterized by power and its...

He is regarded a best-selling writer, commentator, award-winning journalist and the head of several non-profit organizations, including the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, which he also founded. But the most important thing the...

One of the wisest things ever said about intermarriage came from former Atlantic sports columnist Jake Simpson: “No stat could have predicted … the wonder that was David Tyree’s helmet catch in Super Bowl...

B'nai Jeshurun stands on 88th Street among expensive Upper West Side apartments, an impressive synagogue in an elegant Moorish style. It’s best known for lively and well-attended Shabbat services, which can attract thousands of...

Rev. Dennis J. Sullivan, bishop of the Catholic Church's Diocese of Camden, was honored Thursday at Beth El Synagogue for his interfaith work. Sullivan received the Father Thom Schiavo Brotherhood Award. "This occasion of the Jewish...

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is increasing food and clothing assistance to Arab Israelis during the Muslim holiday season of Ramadan. The fellowship currently is distributing 9,500 food and clothing vouchers during Ramadan,...

While local Jews and Muslims have held interfaith events before, they’ve never hosted something as intimate as this, according to Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner and Parvez Ahmed, who organized the event. Tuesday night marked the beginning...

“And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Hashem, to the house of the God of Yaakov; and He will teach us of His...