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religious tolerance
Kingdom of Bahrain and Wiesenthal Center team up to promote religious tolerance
Tom Tugend
September 16, 2017
In his final State of the Union, Obama pleads for multilateralism
Jewish Journal
January 13, 2016
President Barack Obama in his final State of the Union address called on the United States to sustain a foreign policy that emphasized multilateralism after his presidency ends.
From generation to generation
Arthur Cohn
May 8, 2008
For 40 years, my grandfather`Arthur Cohn held the office of chief rabbi of Basel, a city to which he had come at the age of 23. Although unwavering in his religious principles, which he sought to inculcate and foster in the community, he was exceedingly tolerant toward those of other beliefs.
Mormon missionaries meet modern Judaism
Amy Klein
May 8, 2008
A group of Mormon missionaries came to Palos Verdes\’ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to hear a lecture by Rabbi Isaac Jeret of Congregation Ner Tamid, located right next door to the church. Jeret was one of three rabbis to address the Mormon missionary groups in an attempt to build further understanding between the two religious groups.
Over-clamor over Coulter’s comments
Omri Ceren
October 19, 2007
It\’s been less than a week since Ann Coulter made her unfortunate remarks to Donny Deutsch on CNBC\’s \”The Big Idea,\” but the frantic back and forth of blogging, e-mailing, and TV commentary has already somewhat died down. Certainly the din has stilled sufficiently that a few observations can be safely made.
Time to crapple with ‘real’ Israel
Naomi Chazan
October 19, 2007
The quest for a fair and sustainable settlement to conflict in the Mideast is indeed central, but the peace process is not the only challenge of Israel\’s continuing struggle for survival as the state its founders intended it to be. Important, too, are issues that define Israel as a society, as a homeland for Jews, as a democracy. In the long run these and related topics will contribute as much as military and diplomatic matters to answering the question of whether Israel will survive another 60 years.
Books: Seeds of peace revealed in early coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims
Rabbi David Wolpe
June 29, 2007
Zachary Karabell offers a different perspective on the question of Islamic rule in his history, \”Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence in the Middle East\” (Knopf, 2007).
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