Anti-Semitism worries rising for many US Jews, survey finds
United StatesAP More than four in ten Jews in the United States feel their status in America is less secure than it was a year earlier, according to a new survey by the American Jewish Committee. The survey, conducted in the fall of 2022, was released Monday by the AJC, a prominent Jewish advocacy organisation. […]
Pope condemns Holocaust denial as Australia mulls Kanye West visa
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned Holocaust denial, as Australia came under pressure to refuse a visa to American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, on 25th January, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Yara Nardi The Pope spoke about […]
Jewish teachings greet Los Angeles drivers in billboard campaign
United StatesRNS From the intersection of Pico and Hauser boulevards in Los Angeles to the Venice and Lincoln crossing near the beach, drivers across the city are being greeted with billboards featuring affirmations associated with Jewish texts and teachings. “A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness.” “Be slow to anger and abounding […]
Essay: What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?
CLAIRE BURCHETT, a PhD candidate in European politics at King’s College London, explains…
American Jewish groups denounce Presbyterian Church for calling Israel ‘apartheid’
United StatesRNS US Jewish organisations have responded angrily to the vote by the Presbyterian Church (USA) declaring Israel an apartheid state, with some saying it amounted to anti-Semitism. On Friday, the 1.1 million member denomination’s general assembly voted 266 to 116 on a resolution that stated “Israel’s laws, policies, and practices constitute apartheid against the […]
Sight-Seeing: Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous
DONOVAN SCHAEFER, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, explores – in an article first published on The Conversation – why people are attracted to conspiracy theories…
New World Council of Churches head draws criticism over Israel remarks
RNS Since being elected to lead the World Council of Churches earlier this month, Rev Jerry Pillay, former general secretary of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, has been rebuffing critics who accuse him of making anti-Semitic remarks by referring to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as tantamount to apartheid. Pillay, the dean of the […]
‘The Pope At War’: Vatican’s Pius XII archives begin to shed light on World War II pope
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on a new book about the role of Pope Pius XII during World War II…
German federal court mulls bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
Berlin, GermanyAP A German federal court on Monday mulled a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached, and said it will deliver its verdict in the long-running dispute next month. The “Judensau”, or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg […]
Essay: Oberammergau Passion Play enters a new era
Rabbi NOAM E MARANS, director of interreligious and intergroup relations at the American Jewish Committee, and PETER A PETTIT, teaching pastor at St Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, US, look, in an article first published on Religion News Service, at how the Oberammergau Passion Play has evolved…