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The Rt. Rev. Alexei Smith, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, told JNS that “people can overcome animosities and hatreds and disrespect.”
“It’s perhaps among the most challenging in a series of moments in Catholic-Jewish relations over the last 60 years,” Rabbi Noam Marans told JNS.
“The U.S. Constitution’s religious protections provide no authority for religious courts to skirt state and federal laws,” the Texas governor wrote.
New data reveals Israeli youth are adopting more religious practices, increasing prayer and belief in God, as right-wing political identification also rises.
Though unflavored beers have historically been considered kosher, new approaches can “compromise” the kosher status of even “seemingly straightforward brews,” the Orthodox Union stated.
“There is a big effort underway now in Africa to support Israel,” Ugandan Pastor Robert Kayanja told JNS.
More than 6,500 attendees gathered at the closing gala banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York City.
It has been likened to the pamphlet, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
Unit 121—Hezbollah’s internal assassination and surveillance arm—abducted the 70-year-old politician on Aug. 1, 2023, according to the Israeli military.
The 27-year-old was kidnapped by Gazan terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, from the Nova music festival.
An inquiry suggested the incident stemmed from a “disagreement over a photograph,” though the review of the guard’s conduct remains ongoing.
“We hope the international community will focus on the pains in Africa at least as much as they focused on their obsession with the State of Israel.”
