Posts Tagged: interfaith dialogue
Jewish Groups Mourn Death of Pope Francis, Who Condemned Antisemitism and Supported Interfaith Dialogue
Major Jewish organizations around the world are mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who actively promoted interfaith dialogue between Jewish and Catholic communities and strongly...
NYC Comedy Event Promoting Interfaith Dialogue Gets Postponed After Pro-Palestinian Comics Pull Out
A live comedy event set to take place in New York City next week featuring comedians discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been postponed indefinitely by...
New Group Fosters Jewish, Christian Alliances to Combat Hate: ‘There Is so Much We Can Do Together’
The founders of a new organization that aims to foster closer ties between Jews and Evangelical Christians who support Israel told The Algemeiner that not...
Will Devotion to Dialogue Stop Us From Understanding Another Synagogue Attack?
JNS.org - The first and most important reaction to the latest attack upon an American synagogue must be prayers of thanksgiving for the fact that...
Muslim-Zionist Activist: ‘Antisemitism Is the Norm in the Islamic Community, But the World Will Come to Realize Its Mistake About Israel’
Antisemitism and Israel-hatred is the norm among Muslims, including in the United States, even though the Koran can be read as a "Zionist text," a devout...
Israel’s President Rivlin Hosts Interfaith Dialogue With East Asian Religious Leaders
JNS.org - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted several religious leaders from East Asia for an interfaith dialogue at his residence on Monday. The delegation included representatives of the Buddhist, Hindu and...
For Israeli Arab and American Jewish Teens, a Rare Chance for Dialogue
JNS.org - Mai Azem, a 16-year-old Israeli Arab, had never met an American teenager. Until she joined the "Q School" in Tira, a predominantly...
Jerusalem Conference Promotes Interfaith Environmental Activism
JNS.org - More than 100 clergy members, seminary students, and others brainstormed how to use religion for environmental education and action at Wednesday's Faith and...
Profiting From Contempt
You would think that at the dawn of the 21st century, respectable religious institutions would refrain from demonizing Israel and the Jews who claim it...
Presbyterian Church Publishing House Promotes Conspiracy Theories
The publishing house owned by the Presbyterian Church (USA), Westminster John Knox Press (WJK), is at it again. In 2006, WJK produced Christian Faith and...
Latin American Priests Tour Israel to Deepen Jewish-Christian Ties
A delegation of young priests from several Latin American countries are in the midst of a week-long Jewish-Christian educational mission in Israel organized...
Netanyahu Thanks Pope Benedict for Boosting Jewish-Christian Ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his boosting Jewish-Christian ties during his tenure as pontiff. "I want to thank you...
God Killed Jesus, Just Ask the Gospels
One of the most potent sources of the Jewish-Christian divide is the historic charge that "the Jews killed Jesus." That's why in writing my...
Christian Leaders Gathering in LA to Learn About Judaism
Prominent Christian leaders from across the denominational spectrum are gathering in Los Angeles from Feb. 8-10 for the inaugural Christian Leadership Initiative (CLI)...
