Jared Kushner received an assist from some unexpected friends amid the scandal over his connections to Russia – a bevy of evangelical Christian leaders. “It’s just like God to use a young Jewish couple to help Christians in the United States, defend their rights, and secure their religious freedom for now, and for subsequent generations,”…
For diehard Donald Trump supporters troubled by this week’s Russia controversy swirling around the president, an unlikely firefighter-turned-prophet has comforting news: This is all part of God’s plan for America, and for Israel. Mark Taylor is a former firefighter from Florida who presents himself as a Christian prophet, based on the claim that God revealed…
Amidst the latest revelations about Russian involvement in the Trump campaign, a group of evangelical leaders gathered in the Oval Office on Monday to “lay hands” on President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence, and to pray for “supernatural wisdom” and protection. “What a humbling moment standing in the Oval Office — laying hands and…
As a Cantor, I’ve sung the Sheva Berachot (seven marriage blessings) countless times and I know the words by heart. They were recited for me at my first wedding some seventeen years ago. My then-husband and I simply followed the familiar formula: place a Jewish groom and a Jewish bride under a chuppah (wedding canopy),…
President Donald Trump welcomed an unlikely darling of the Christian right to his inner circle of defenders in mid-June. Attorney Jay Sekulow, the newest addition to Trump’s personal legal defense team, has been accused of fraud in the past. He has put his family in charge of his organizations. And he has been instrumental in…
While little information is available about the mission and goals of President Donald Trump’s 15-member committee in charge of reviewing college regulations, one thing is clear: Jerry Falwell Jr. will be part of it. Falwell, president of Liberty University and son of evangelical icon Jerry Falwell, is considered a leading figure in Christian conservative activism….
President Trump just welcomed another unlikely darling of the Christian right with a history of jilted business partners and employees. The newest member of the president’s personal legal team used to be a Jew. His name is Jay Sekulow and you should know who he is. A Messianic Jew Sekulow, 61, converted in college after…
This story hits its crescendo as I am manhandled out of a church, gripping my tallit (prayer shawl) and kippah to remain steady, surrounded by the dissonant chorus of hundreds of Evangelical congregants chanting “Am Yisrael Chai” (“Long Live the People Israel”) to disperse Jewish protesters from their midst. Twisting those words of our faith…
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