Posts Tagged: Jewish-Christian relations
Pope Leo Says Middle East Conflicts Strain Jewish-Christian Relations
Pope Leo said on Wednesday that recent conflicts in the Middle East had tested relations between Jews and Christians, adding that differing views of the ongoing violence had strained dialogue but not broken it. In a new...
Pope Leo XIV’s First Message to Jewish Community Was ‘Extraordinary,’ American Rabbi Says
Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), spoke with The Algemeiner this week about being among a number of...
Israeli Officials, Jewish Groups Congratulate New Pope Leo XIV
Israeli officials and Jewish groups offered congratulations on Thursday following the naming of the new leader of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who...
Admiring Judaism Through the Eyes of a Christian
Devout, practicing Christian friends have told me over the years that they respect much about the Jewish faith. I decided recently to ask them what,...
Pope Francis Meets With B’nai B’rith International Delegation
JNS.org - Pope Francis met with a delegation of Jewish leaders from B’nai B’rith International on Thursday at the Vatican, where he called for continued Jewish...
Pope Francis Meets With Chief Rabbi of Rome
JNS.org - Pope Francis met with the chief rabbi of Rome, Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, on Monday at the Vatican. The Vatican said in a...
Why Israel Matters to Me, Even if I’m Not Jewish
I was thrilled as a young boy to watch the rebirth of Israel. I knew of the Holocaust; pictures of people suffering and dead in...
Jerusalem Institute Gets $2.2 Million to Teach Religious Texts to Christians
JNS.org - The Herzl Institute in Jerusalem has received a $2.2 million grant from the U.S.-based Templeton Foundation for the purpose of teaching Jewish...
Global Pro-Israel Lawmakers Call for Stricter Review of UNRWA Funding
JNS.org - Pro-Israel parliamentarians from 21 countries called for increased oversight of funds transferred to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...
JDC to Honor Christian-Jewish Aid Group’s Leader for Humanitarian Service
JNS.org - One humanitarian group will honor the leader of another on May 20, when the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) presents Rabbi...
Pope Francis Says Jews, Catholics Should Work Together to Help World’s Poor
Pope Francis I told a delegation from the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on Thursday that Jews and Catholics should work together to help...
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...
Pope Francis and Netanyahu Discuss Iran, Pope’s Expected Trip to Israel
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday with Pope Francis in the Vatican, telling the pontiff, "Iran aspires to attain a nuclear...
Pope Francis Will Reportedly Visit Israel in May
JNS.org - Pope Francis will make his first visit to Israel as pontiff from May 25-26, CNN reported Thursday, citing an unnamed senior Israeli source. When...
