A. James Rudin
A. James Rudin is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by A. James Rudin
Top stories of the year in Judaism
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2023
(RNS) — The Israel-Hamas war dominated the news but there were also signs of revival amid the turmoil.
Hitler became German chancellor 90 years ago. The world is still recovering.
By A. James Rudin — January 30, 2023
(RNS) — The events of January 30, 1933, instilled a still-persistent yearning for xenophobic totalitarian rule.
The 10 most significant Jewish news stories of 2022
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2022
(RNS) — Though dogged by a pernicious antisemitic wave, the news from the Jewish world had its share of hopeful moments.
The top 10 Jewish news stories of 2021
By A. James Rudin — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Israeli politics and the continuing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated Jewish concerns this year.
Bob Moses, civil rights leader, led us to imagine the end of racism
By A. James Rudin — July 26, 2021
(RNS) — The great educator and civil rights leader reminds us that there may be no more noble cause than democracy.
How Heschel and King bonded over the Hebrew prophets
By A. James Rudin — February 11, 2021
(RNS) — Black History Month is a fitting moment to recall a brief, remarkable friendship that permanently transformed America.
The top Jewish stories of 2020
By A. James Rudin — December 30, 2020
(RNS) — As for all the world, COVID-19 dominated Jewish life in 2020, but not all the news in the Jewish world was about the virus — and even some events driven by the pandemic were not without a silver lining.
Four facts that will change relations between Christians and Jews in the next decade
By A. James Rudin — December 15, 2020
(RNS) — As relations between Christians and Jews have changed and will change, we must change, too.
55 years ago, a cardinal’s ‘special reverence’ for the Jews redeemed ‘Nostra Aetate’
By A. James Rudin — October 28, 2020
(RNS) — The proclamation sparked a systematic effort by the Catholic Church to transform its past bitter relationships with Jews and Judaism.
America hasn’t always been kind to Catholic presidential candidates
By A. James Rudin — August 21, 2020
(RNS) — Joe Biden is counting on his Catholicism to be a boon to his campaign — but that hasn’t always been the case for Catholic presidential hopefuls.
After 75 years, a question about race haunts Truman’s calculation on Hiroshima
By A. James Rudin — August 5, 2020
(RNS) — Much of the world focused on President Harry Truman's explanation for using the bomb 75 years ago, but the Japanese I met had a different question.
The top 10 news stories in Judaism of 2019
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2019
(RNS) — The most important events and trends of the year in Judaism, from the horror of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting to the hope of a burgeoning birth rate in Israel.
In the sacred stillness of Arlington National Cemetery
By A. James Rudin — November 11, 2019
(RNS) — A visitors to the cemetery recognizes the enormous price in military dead America has paid, and continues to pay, for our freedom.
In the sacred stillness of Arlington National Cemetery
By A. James Rudin — November 10, 2019
(RNS) — A visitors to the cemetery recognizes the enormous price in military dead America has paid, and continues to pay, for our freedom.
Three women of faith who changed America
By A. James Rudin — October 21, 2019
(RNS) — These three women — a Quaker, a Jew and a Roman Catholic — were polarizing figures who were often propelled by their faith into history.
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