Articles for Religious Jews

Here's the real reason Christian Zionists love Israel
1 year, 1 month ago

Here's the real reason Christian Zionists love Israel

Raw Story  

I was telling you about a small community in this country that grew up among religious authoritarians but can no longer live among them, usually after a long period in which members of this small community tried and failed to make life work among religious authoritarians. The small community I’m talking about, the one that knows something about religious authoritarians …

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir enters Al-Aqsa: Why was it seen as provocative?
1 year, 11 months ago

Israel’s Ben-Gvir enters Al-Aqsa: Why was it seen as provocative?

Al Jazeera  

The far-right Israeli national security minister had been warned by Israel’s former PM that his move would spark violence. Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in a move Palestinians called a “deliberate provocation”, ignoring warnings from Israeli politicians that his appearance at the holy site would inflame tensions. Israel’s far-right …

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Jews, Hanukkah, and Christmas: Why I couldn’t let my daughter go to midnight Mass.
2 years ago

Jews, Hanukkah, and Christmas: Why I couldn’t let my daughter go to midnight Mass.

Slate  

Some years ago, my mother-in-law announced that she would be taking our young Jewish daughter, Hannah, to midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. The first conversation Vince and I had about religion had been shortly after we’d begun dating, when I asked him whether being raised Catholic meant he was opposed to abortion. It wasn’t until 2018 that Conservative Judaism began …

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Far-right Ben-Gvir emerges as key player in Israel
2 years, 1 month ago

Far-right Ben-Gvir emerges as key player in Israel

Al Jazeera  

As Israel faces its fifth poll in less than four years, uncertainty and rising tension are boosting support for the notorious politician. A settler in Kiryat Araba, one of the most radical settlements in the occupied West Bank, Ben-Gvir has been convicted of incitement to racism, destroying property, possessing a “terror” organisation’s propaganda material and supporting a “terror” organisation – …

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Most victims of religious hate crimes are Muslims and Jews: UK
2 years, 2 months ago

Most victims of religious hate crimes are Muslims and Jews: UK

Al Jazeera  

Home Office figures show 42 percent of offences targeted Muslims, while 23 percent were against Jews. Most victims of religious hate crimes in England and Wales were Muslims and Jews in the year to March 2022, according to official government data. Some 8,307 were religious hate crimes; 42 percent of offences were against Muslims, while 23 percent targeted Jews. “There …

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Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews
3 years, 9 months ago

Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews

The Independent  

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