Israel-Hamas war
Protests and antisemitic incidents prompt Jewish students to reconsider college choices
By Michele Chabin — June 4, 2024
(RNS) — The ADL’s Antisemitism Report Card gives failing grades to Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Michigan State,
and Northwestern, among others.
President Milei’s surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension in Argentina and beyond
By Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre — June 3, 2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Breaking decades of policy precedent, President Javier Milei has gone further in his support of right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government than perhaps any other world leader.
At ‘Christ at the Checkpoint,’ Palestinian Christians rail against Western church’s response to war
By Daoud Kuttab — May 30, 2024
(RNS) — Attendees at a conference called for global church leaders to be held accountable for one-sided support for Israel.
A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
By Karen Matthews — May 30, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — The nurse, who is Palestinian American, was being honored for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza.
Mainline Protestant clergy are increasingly pro-Palestinian. Their congregants may not follow.
By Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin — May 29, 2024
(RNS) — Will mainline leaders be swayed by their silent pro-Israel majorities?
Christian organizations come together to take boycott, divestment action as Rafah campaign continues
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — May 29, 2024
(RNS) — ‘A core practice of nonviolent resistance, including within our tradition, is economic non-cooperation with injustice,’ the Christian organizations wrote.
Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he’s deflecting from his own problems
By Tia Goldenberg — May 29, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The war has reignited the long debate about the definition of antisemitism and whether any criticism of Israel amounts to anti-Jewish hate speech.
Lag B’Omer pilgrimage to Tunisian synagogue chilled by Gaza war
By David I. Klein — May 28, 2024
(RNS) — A deeply held tradition among the Tunisian Jewish diaspora, it historically has drawn worshippers from the U.S., France and even Israel, despite the lack of official relations between Tunisia and the Jewish state.
Bearing witness to the horrors of this war means remembering the pain on both sides
By Olivia Brodsky — May 24, 2024
(RNS) — We can grieve for two peoples at once, and we must, but we can’t let political debate erase the events of Oct. 7.
For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewish values
By Atalia Omer — May 21, 2024
(The Conversation) — Jewish activists have been central to protests against how Israel is conducting the war with Hamas, and not just on campuses – the movement goes back decades.
Latin Patriarch Pizzaballa’s visit provides Palestinians a basic human need: Hope
By Daoud Kuttab — May 20, 2024
(RNS) — The visit is a reminder that the Gaza war is not a religious one and certainly not a Jewish-Muslim conflict.
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
By John Leicester and Jeffrey Schaeffer — May 20, 2024
ROUEN, France (AP) — The main French Jewish umbrella group described the synagogue blaze as “a scandalous message” and “a way of saying that Jews don’t belong in French society.”
A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire
By Jack Jeffery — May 16, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — In his final moments, David Ben-Avraham was once again viewed as a Palestinian who was in the wrong place, at a time of widespread anger and suspicion.
Playwright Tom Block aims to tell ‘two equally righteous narratives’ of Israel, Palestine
By Ambar Castillo — May 16, 2024
Queens, NEW YORK (RNS) — In 'Oud Player on the Tel,' playwright Tom Block, who is Jewish and identifies with Islamic mysticism, envisions a friendship between two displaced people in 1947.
Amid surge of campus protests, chaplains find reason for hope in their students
By Elizabeth E. Evans — May 10, 2024
(RNS) — The chaplains at Ivy League and other top schools say the students have learned about the concerns of other faiths, while finding ways to express their own.
