Posts Tagged: Christians Jews
There Were Centuries of Jewish-Christian Coexistence in the Holy Land
I recently read that the public will soon have access to an ancient Galilean synagogue excavated at Huqoq, 12.5 kilometers northwest of Tiberius, Israel. The fifth century...
Selective Outrage: The WSJ Distorts the Reality of Christians in Israel
Throughout the past decade, the Christian community across the Middle East has been targeted by hatred, terrorism, and overall persecution. This has resulted in a...
Evangelical Contempt for Jewish Life in Israel Must Be Confronted
Evangelical Protestants in the United States have a well-deserved reputation for supporting Israel, but there are signs that younger people in that community are abandoning...
How Building Interfaith Alliances Benefits Israel
The May 2021 war between Hamas and Israel prompted a steady release of misinformation about Israel, from media outlets to the college campus. It also...
Time to Put the United Church of Christ on Trial for Antisemitism
Earlier this month, the United Church of Christ (UCC)’s General Synod passed a “peacemaking” resolution that declared Israel guilty of sins against the Palestinian people....
The Twelfth Night
As a child, I felt fortunate to have eight days of Hanukkah, whereas Christian children only had one day of Christmas. But then I learned...
The Passion and Modern-Day Christian Antisemitism
What does primitive medieval antisemitism have to do with us here and now? The Passion Play, or Easter pageant, is a traditional Christian drama about the...
Church Leaders in Jerusalem Weigh in on Peace Process
The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem recently issued a statement warning Israel not to annex territory in the West Bank, because to do so would...
Imperfect Friends: Quakers and Jews
There has been a spate of articles about the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) serving as the preeminent Quaker apologist group for Palestinian rejection of Israel’s...
Is the Torah ‘True’?
“What is truth?” is the question that Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judea, asked 2,000 years ago. It's possibly the most famous question of all...
The Anglican Church of Canada Prays for Reconciliation with the Jews
When I was a young Jewish boy growing up in Montreal, I remember seeing a woman on the sidewalk of St. Catherine Street, the primary...
Mennonites Need to Keep Their Side of the Street Clean
Mennonites living in the United States and Canada have been pretty critical of Israel over the past few decades, but when it comes to confronting...
The Presbyterian Church’s Stance on Israel and Hezbollah Isn’t Funny
You simply can’t make this stuff up; it’s like something out of a Mel Brooks movie. Fifteen years after the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) fired...
Notre-Dame: When Someone Else’s Icon Is the Symbol of Your People’s Persecution
My first time visiting Notre-Dame de Paris took place when I was 11 years old. I grew up going to a French school in New...
