Religion
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“The good news: That’s way down from the $16 million Trump sent them in 2018,” wrote Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum.
The African-American women’s leadership summit comes amid the largely supportive evangelical Christian community around the globe, based on shared Judeo-Christian values.
The Fijian president is expected to open his country’s embassy in Jerusalem in the fall.
The Christians United for Israel founder told JNS that his first Western Wall visit in 1978 was a “turning point,” setting him on a path to uniting Jews and Christians.
The United Arab Emirates serves as a “bridge” forging bilateral ties between Israel and Africa, says former minister Ayoob Kara.
The confab will strengthen academic partnerships with the UAE and promote dialogue between Jews and Muslims.
“The Jewish state remains a miracle of God that continues to bless and change the world,” said Pastor John Hagee. “Seventy-five years since Israel’s rebirth as a modern nation, Israel lives.”
The General Assembly, featured only one session on judicial reform, with exclusively anti-reform panelists. Queried by JNS, JFNA president and CEO Eric Fingerhut explained that the panel—titled, “75 Years of Israeli Democracy: Understanding What’s Motivating the Largest Protest Movement in Israel’s History”—was about the protesters, not the reforms themselves.
Alaa Slalha, the coordinator for minority rehabilitation in the Department of Families and Commemoration, tells JNS about the critical work helping fallen soldiers’ loved ones.
The Israeli government barred Jews from visiting their holiest site for the last 10 days of the Muslim holiday.
Israel is an anomaly in the data with almost an even split between those who say belief in God is and isn’t a prerequisite for morality.
“There is zero debate that two temples stood in that place in scholarly literature,” said New York University professor Lawrence Schiffman. “Mohammed’s ascent ‘happens’ from there only because it is the Temple site.”
