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“It’s a rare misstep from the Trump administration that is usually better about including Orthodox Jews at their events,” an invitee told JNS.
“If a non-Jewish person so greatly respects our religion and even calls on non-Jews to rest on Shabbat, then all the more so should we Jews,” said Rabbi David Yosef.
“Especially in New York City, which prides itself on being a safe place for people of all faiths, the DMV needs to do better,” Sara Fellig’s attorney told JNS.
“Antisemitism is not an abstract concern,” stated Lana Theis, the Republican state senator who introduced the measure. “It’s happening here in Michigan, and it’s happening now.”
The U.S. ambassador made the comment after meeting with the Jewish state’s newly appointed Special Envoy to the Christian world.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the New Jersey attorney general’s demand for donor information may deter donors from associating with First Choice, a Christian pregnancy resource center.
“Activities specifically done to harass or intimidate people, especially as they’re entering into a religious institution to go worship, are unacceptable,” Rep. Tom Suozzi told JNS.
The newly created role at a time of global international turbulence seeks to buttress Israel’s relations with the Christian world.
“This is how local government should work: proactive, responsive and effective,” said Ron Halber, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC).
A trooper damaged a statue of Jesus on the cross in Southern Lebanon.
About half of Republicans and nearly 90% of Democrats think that the U.S. president isn’t too religious or at all religious, according to the Pew Research Center data.
“Will someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed, protesters,” the president wrote.
