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May the Virgin Mary bring Christians and Muslims together for Christmas
(RNS) - Relations between Muslims and Christians are strained around the world, in the United States and even in Congress. But at Christmas, the two faith communities whose combined size represents more than half of humanity can turn to…
TNC presents a new Yiddish representative in DI FROYEN “(THE WOMEN) in January
From January 22 to 30, Theater for the New City will present the New Yiddish Rep's production of "Di Froyen" (Women), based on the play "Women's Minyan" by Naomi Ragen, adapted for the Yiddish Rep by Melissa Weisz and Malky goldman. The…
Jewish woman accused of anti-Semitism by Labor threatens to sue | Labor
An 82-year-old Jewish woman, who is the subject of a Labor Party investigation for suspected anti-Semitism for the third time in less than three years, threatens legal action against the party, claiming it illegally discriminated against…
California student senator for inclusion slammed for “killing” Zionists tweet:…
A diversity and inclusion student senator from the University of Southern California tweeted, "I want to kill every fucking Zionist king" in May, along with several other views considered anti-Semitic.In May, Yasmeen Mashayekh, a diversity…
Trump says all religions ‘worship Christmas’ in holiday-themed rant
Former President Donald Trump in a Newsmax interview in which he claimed to have brought back the use of the phrase "Merry ChristmasIn a bizarre interview between the presenter of Newsmax Mike Huckabee and former president Donald trump, the…
The Holiness of Sex: The Biblical Theology of Leonard Cohen
Upon hearing that I had recently written a book on Leonard Cohen, someone asked me why I thought Bob Dylan had received the Nobel Prize for Literature rather than Cohen. Not being a member of the Nobel Prize jury, I…
“Moral blindness” around Israel; No sympathy for Chesa – J.
"Moral blindness"
The opinion piece by rabbis Nancy H. Wiener and Lester Bronstein ("Banning the boycott of Ben & Jerry is a distraction that makes anti-Semitism harder to fight," December 7) reveals its true colors when it refers…
Why Manny Azenberg is still a powerhouse on Broadway – the forward
Theater producer Emanuel Azenberg likes to tell this story about the time, over 30 years ago, when "Jerome Robbins's Broadway" was in rehearsal.
The show, which Azzenberg was co-producing, was a collection of brilliant musical numbers from…
New rabbi installed at Congregation Beth Jacob in Plymouth
PLYMOUTH - Rabbi Estelle Mills had big shoes to fill to take over as spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Jacob last summer.His predecessor, Rabbi Lawrence Silverman, had held the position for over four decades and was an institution in…
Tory judges grill Maine over denial of tuition policy for religious schools
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Amy Coney Barrett, the new Supreme Court justice, asked a Maine state official how he would treat a school that bases its teachings on the 'Judeo-Palestinian' conflict on how it considered the Jews.!-->…