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(JTA) — The United Church of Christ overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning Israel for its treatment of Palestinian children. The vote Sunday night by delegates at the 31st General Synod of the United Church of Christ in Baltimore was 79 percent in favor, 13 percent against and 9 percent abstaining, according to a statement issued…
The United Church of Christ voted overwhelmingly to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. The vote passed at the church’s synod on Monday, by a vote of 508 in favor, 124 against, with 38 abstentions, according to the church’s Palestine/Israel Network, which backed the resolution. “As disciples of Jesus,…
JTA has a fascinating story by their intrepid Sue Fishkoff about non-Jewish spouses (read wives) in interfaith marriages who are raising their kids as Jewish The story doesn’t get into the interdenominational and Israel-Diaspora politics of the issue, for a change. It’s about the part that the politicians and scholars too often overlook: real, live…
