A Football Association initiative will tackle antisemitism and Islamophobia by encouraging cross-community matches, interfaith tournaments and grassroots education.
Faith in Football had its inaugural meeting at Wembley Stadium and will be chaired by Alex Goldberg of the European Centre for Jewish Leadership and the Faiths Forum for London.
Southport Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Zevi Saunders, who [...]
Washington—As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, interfaith relations in the U.S. are taking on new importance. A case in point is the growing momentum of the Faith Shared project, an interfaith initiative designed to promote understanding and respect across all religions through joint services.
Sunday, June 26, saw dozens of events taking place in [...]
Critics of circumcision regularly hurl insults at the ancient practice. Calling circumcision “male genital mutilation” has become trendy, while calling it a “sacred ritual” or citing its likely health benefits has gone out of vogue.
Yet most American Jews and Muslims are circumcised for religious reasons, and as many as
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Seven Jewish organizations signed on to a letter appealing to President Obama to reinstate a hiring anti-discrimination provision based on religion for organizations that receive government contracts.
President Lyndon Johnson signed an executive order in 1965, prohibiting discrimination in government contracts. In 2002, President George W. Bush amended the order by signing [...]
The June 8 issue of the Jewish Light included, as part of its “Can We Talk?” series, two perspectives on “The Death of Klinghoffer,” an opera to be presented by Opera Theatre St. Louis. The opera derives its title from the murder, by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists, of Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound American tourist, during [...]
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