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anti-semitism

Report shows disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity on campus

With the start of the new academic term now just weeks away, there's at least one controversy that is certain to roil American college campuses again this fall: anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism on campus. On the heels of a 2015-2016 school year in which campus activists sought to

muslim

Meet Jewish America’s first ambassador to Muslims

(RNS) — Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims in his own country. The American Jewish Committee recently hired him as its first U.S. director of Muslim-Jewish relations. As a U.S. Foreign Service officer for 27

Rhode Island

Judge: R.I. congregants can take control of oldest US synagogue

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The congregation that worships at the nation's oldest synagogue prevailed Monday in a bitter legal fight that threatened its existence, as a federal judge ruled it may now control its own destiny and decide what to do with a set of ceremonial bells worth

Harvard University

Memories of a great rabbi

Just before Passover Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold died at the age of 92. The longtime director of Harvard Hillel, he had grown up in a Hasidic community in central Poland and was sometimes referred to as the Harvarder rebbe — a semi-joke that conveyed a truth about the man. I first got

GOP

Celebrate Passover by fulfilling God’s purpose for your life

I've had the wonderful privilege of meeting thousands of people from all different faith backgrounds out on the campaign trail. It's been both a humbling and awe-inspiring experience. At every event, I try to convey that I have a realistic plan to get people back to

Faith

Sanders: ‘U.S. and rest of world have got to work together to help Palestinian people’

(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he's not "anti-Israel," but he believes Israel has responded disproportionately to Palestinian provocations; he says the U.S. "is going to to have to treat the Palestinian people with respect and dignity," and be more "even-handed&

Faith

New study sheds light on Latino Jews in US

(RNS) — As a group, Jewish Latinos don't get much attention — either from Jews or Latinos in the U.S. The first detailed survey of Americans who are both Latino and Jewish aims to shed light on this minority within a minority, who number more than 200,000 people.

muslim

As attacks subside, Jerusalem tries to return to normal

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of Jerusalem's most popular Palestinian hummus joints, Lina, used to serve about 100 Israeli diners a day — the majority of its clientele. But after the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence last fall, the place saw business drop to about three or four Israeli diners a day,