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Mormon church apologizes for proxy baptism of Wiesenthal’s parents

Jewish Journal February 14, 2012

The Mormon church has apologized for the posthumous baptism of the parents of Simon Wiesenthal. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last month submitted the names of Wiesenthal\’s parents for posthumous baptism, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Wiesenthal was a Holocaust survivor who died in 2005; his mother was killed in the Nazi death camp Belzec in 1942.

Church voting site nixed after Orthodox concerns

Jewish Journal September 6, 2011

An attempt to move a voting site to a Brooklyn church was nixed over concerns that Orthodox Jews would be disenfranchised.

Dad can take daughter to church, court rules

Jewish Journal April 14, 2010

A father may take his Jewish daughter to church, a court in Chicago ruled.

VIDEO: Palin Pastor: ‘Israelites’ run the economy

Jewish Journal October 2, 2008

A pastor who blessed Sarah Palin\’s run for Alaska governor said Christians should emulate \”Israelites\” and run the economy

McCain team: Palin rejects views of church’s Jews for Jesus speaker

Ben Harris September 3, 2008

Vice presidential pick Sarah Palin says she doesn\’t share the views of a Jews for Jesus leader who at her church suggested that violence against Israelis resulted from God\’s judgment against Jews who have failed to embrace Jesus.

Awakening schmawakening, Darfur’s hope is grass-roots action

Jewish Journal August 21, 2008

\” . . . It is the grassroots work that will, more likely than not, serve as the impetus for and foundation of whatever action our government takes in response to genocides like the one in Darfur . . .\”

Meet Harry Schwartzbart — defender of the First Amendment

Jane Ulman February 1, 2007

Movie on pedophile priest puts a face on evil

Naomi Pfefferman October 12, 2006

\”Evil\” — which won the nonfiction prize at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival in July — presents for perhaps the first time a convicted pedophile speaking graphically about his actions on camera. O\’Grady\’s words provide \”the backbone of a deeply disturbing documentary about the Roman Catholic clergy abuse crisis,\” the Associated Press said.

Arrested development: Young Jewish activists voluntarily go to jail in support of union rights

Alex Collins-Shotwell October 5, 2006

Sarah Leiber Church and Laura Podolsky were part of a protest march that took place along Century Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport aimed at hotels that allegedly have been preventing employees from unionizing.

Local minister, dressed as High Priest, stages Yom Kippur service for evangelicals

Sarah Price Brown September 28, 2006

The way Dieckilman sees it, Jews are God\’s Chosen People and Christians are simply \”grafted on\” to that group.

\”There\’s no question Jews are the people blessed by God and chosen by God to bring redemption to earth,\” he said.

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Mormon church apologizes for proxy baptism of Wiesenthal’s parents

Church voting site nixed after Orthodox concerns

Dad can take daughter to church, court rules

VIDEO: Palin Pastor: ‘Israelites’ run the economy

McCain team: Palin rejects views of church’s Jews for Jesus speaker

Awakening schmawakening, Darfur’s hope is grass-roots action

Meet Harry Schwartzbart — defender of the First Amendment

Movie on pedophile priest puts a face on evil

Arrested development: Young Jewish activists voluntarily go to jail in support of union rights

Local minister, dressed as High Priest, stages Yom Kippur service for evangelicals

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