Israel
How to talk about the Israel-Hamas conflict at Thanksgiving
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 22, 2023
(RNS) — How to avoid toxic conversations at Thanksgiving. Here is a prayer that you can use.
Claiborne, Barber, Budde among Christian leaders calling for Gaza cease-fire at White House vigil
By Jack Jenkins — November 21, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'We must join forces with Jews and Christians and Muslims around the world who are calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, and the safe return of all hostages and civilian prisoners," said the Rev. William Barber II.
Franklin Graham tours devastation in Israel, commits to helping rebuild
By Yonat Shimron — November 20, 2023
(RNS) — Israel has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars from Christian charities and a flood of volunteers. Samaritan's Purse is among them.
Why the Israel rally in DC mattered
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 15, 2023
(RNS) — A historic day and its placards tell a very big Jewish story.
In bipartisan March for Israel, crowd rejects cease-fire, demands release of hostages
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — November 14, 2023
(RNS) — The march was intended as a response to numerous demonstrations across the country and the world — some led by Jews — calling for an end to Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza.
Oct. 7 reveals the flaws in Jewish education
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 14, 2023
(RNS) — Can young Jews respond to the anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses?
Black Christian leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza
By Jack Jenkins — November 9, 2023
(RNS) — Asked about Biden’s calls for 'humanitarian pauses' in the fighting, Barbara Williams-Skinner, CEO and co-founder of Skinner Leadership Institute, said: ‘It’s not adequate.’
What Oct. 7 has taught American Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 8, 2023
(RNS) — Thirty days later, there are sobering lessons, wake-up calls — and perhaps, hope.
Israelis overwhelmingly are confident in the justice of the Gaza war, even as world sentiment sours
By Amy Teibel — November 7, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
Faith-based groups’ protests for cease-fire in Gaza gain momentum
By Jack Jenkins — November 3, 2023
“We don't need a pause, we need it ended — we need it to cease,” the Rev. Darrell Hamilton II said of the violence in Gaza.
New book examines how the Bible came to be — a loser’s tale
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — Successive expulsions and exiles forced the ancient scribes to forge from their defeats a new identity as a people.
What do we do now? Coping with the challenges of being Jewish today with David Hazony
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 2, 2023
How do we rebuild Jewish hope? A new book offers some tentative answers.
If Bob Dylan could sing about Israel and Hamas…
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 30, 2023
Listen to "Neighborhood Bully." It is the song we need to hear -- today.
Advocates erect empty Shabbat tables in support of hostages taken by Hamas
By Jack Jenkins — October 28, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speakers, who included family members of those believed to be kidnapped, led the crowd in chants of ‘Bring them home!’ as well as songs and prayers in Hebrew.
A minister and a rabbi walk into a bar, and condemn Hamas
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 24, 2023
Christian churches must unequivocally condemn Hamas terror.
