Dan Gilgoff tipped me to a new analysis from the Pew Forum that found the majority of mainline Protestants—those are you Lutherans and Presbyterians and Episcopalians, et al—want homosexuality to be accepted by society. The above graph summarizes the data, which really isn’t surprising. It is important to note that the is a big difference between American Baptists and Southern Baptists.
The Oct. 7 attack and the subsequent sharp rise in antisemitism nationwide hung like a shadow over an already-somber event.
Zionists understand that Jews are a people not just a religion, with millennia-old ties to one particular homeland, and the right to build a state on that homeland.
While both crises feature a centrist president being targeted by an aggressive anti-war movement, the differences between Gaza and Vietnam are immense.
To Hillel International: I stand unequivocally with you, your resilient students and your devoted staff.
The Jewish community must learn several important lessons from the civil rights movement if they want to end the occupation of US campuses by anti-Israel and antisemitic groups.
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