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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Filmmaker Has No Regrets
The Egyptian-born Coptic Christian who made the anti-Islam film that sparked protests across the Muslim world has no regrets about his insulting portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad, according to an interview with the New York Times. In his first public comments since the 14-minute trailer for his film, “Innocence of Muslims,” gained notoriety in September,…
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Opinion Christians Also Struggle To Keep the Faith
A religious group wrings its hands over youth “leaving” or “rethinking their commitment to the faith.” Must be Jews, right? But — surprise! — this “dropout problem” belongs to right-of-center Christian denominations, according to a recent survey. Here we thought that Jewish teens were the only ones to go missing from religious action. Now we…
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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Backs Church Letter on Israel
Former President Jimmy Carter commended a letter from Christian leaders to Congress calling for an investigation of Israel for human rights violations that could lead to a suspension of military aid. “Like these church leaders, The Carter Center has long been concerned about Israel’s disregard for stated U.S. policy,” said a statement issued Wednesday from…
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Israel News Interfaith Dialogue Troubled Even Before Israel Dispute
Frustrated by what he saw as hostility toward Israel, Rabbi Eric Greenberg recalled how a few years ago he presented Christian leaders in an interfaith dialogue with a study highlighting historic Jewish ties to the Holy Land. Sitting across the table, one of the church leaders replied that, according to the prophets, the Jewish people…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Pull Out of Interfaith Meeting
Jewish groups pulled out of an upcoming meeting with Protestant colleagues over a letter from Christian leaders to congressmen calling for a possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel. “While we remain committed to continuing our dialogue and our collaboration on the many issues of common concern, the letter represents an escalation in activity that…
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Israel News Maronite Christians Seek To Revive Aramaic Language
On a hot August day in the Galilee, a group of schoolchildren in the Arab Christian village of Jish counted diligently, from one to 10, after their instructor. But the words, though similar to Arabic and Hebrew, were neither. ”Chada, tarteyn, telat, arba, khamesh,” they recited, ”shet, shva, tamney, teysha, asar.” At this unique summer…
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Fast Forward Florida Official Quits Over Christian ‘Slaughter’ Quip
The chairman of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party resigned after saying that pro-Israel Christians want to see Jews “slaughtered and converted.” Mark Alan Siegel resigned on Friday, a day after he apologized for the remarks he had made two days earlier during an interview on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. “My comments…
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Culture The Gospel According to Feuding Academics
The Jewish Gospels By Daniel Boyarin The New Press, 224 pages, $21.95 The Jewish Jesus: How Judaism and Christianity Shaped Each Other By Peter Schäfer Princeton University Press, 370 pages, $35 As someone who writes in the academic world and the worlds of journalism, activism and the popular press, I’ve been painfully aware of some…
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