Collateral Damage

BY DAVID NEKRUTMAN Since the beginning of the school year, the Catholic schools in Israel have been on strike. Their reason is very simple –

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“Our God of Violence”

BY EUGENE KORN After he assassinated Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, Yigal Amir admitted that “If not for religion, it would have been

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Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity

To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and

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Collateral Damage

BY DAVID NEKRUTMAN Since the beginning of the school year, the Catholic schools in Israel have been on strike. Their reason is very simple – they are protesting the severe budget cuts that took place two years ago and continue

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Was Abraham a religious fanatic?

BY RABBI DR. EUGENE KORN Yet who is the fanatic if not the unreasonable person who ignores normal considerations and social constraints to pursue an ideal without constraints? The religious fanatic is not necessarily one ensnared in logical fallacy and

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“Our God of Violence”

BY EUGENE KORN After he assassinated Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, Yigal Amir admitted that “If not for religion, it would have been very difficult for me to murder.” It continues right up until today. Last month a

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Discovering Common Ground in Auschwitz

An Israeli delegation of Catholics and Jews this week went to Auschwitz-Birkenau to attend “The Suffering of the Innocents,” a special concert dedicated to the memory of the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust. Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernandez,

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CJCUC Mourns the Passing of Rabbi Dr. Gerald Meister

Today, the world lost one of the premiere leaders in Jewish-Christian relations, Rabbi Dr. Gerald Meister. In the beginning of the month, Rabbi Meister spoke to both the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation/World Jewish Congress/Latin American Jewish Congress Latin American

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Collateral Damage

BY DAVID NEKRUTMAN Since the beginning of the school year, the Catholic schools in Israel have been on strike. Their reason is very simple –

Read More »

“Our God of Violence”

BY EUGENE KORN After he assassinated Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, Yigal Amir admitted that “If not for religion, it would have been

Read More »