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Pray, but stay away: holding on to faith in the time of coronavirus
Read morePlagues of global proportions might seem biblical, but coronavirus is creating new challenges for faith leaders. Last week in Australia,…
To speak or not to speak: that was the Question
Read moreThe forthcoming opening of the Vatican Archives on March 2 is an event of worldwide significance to historians and scholars, especially…
What is a bar mitzvah?
Read moreIt is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys and…
No to antisemitism! No to hatred!
Read moreFederal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum "Remembering the Holocaust: Fighting Antisemitism"…
How Auschwitz Has United Muslims and Jews
Read moreWe come from very different backgrounds. One of us is a Muslim, born and raised in Saudi Arabia, a country where Islam is the official…
Anti-Eschatology: Maimonides on the Messianic Era and the World to Come
Read moreI. PREFACE
Besides various passages in the Tanakh (Hebrew/Jewish Scripture) which deal explicitly or implicitly, or which can be…
Has the Way Christians See Themselves Been Affected by Their New Relationship with Jews?
Read moreLecture given at the ICCJ 2019 conference, July 1, Lund, Sweden.
New Clothing, Old Hatred: Changes and Transformations of Antisemitism
Read moreLecture given at the 2019 ICCJ International Conference, Lund, Sweden.
Can the Descendants of Isaac and Ishmael learn to live together?
Read moreIn recent weeks, in synagogue we have read the stories of the birth of Ishmael—a son of Abraham– who becomes the father of the Muslim…