In the months after Oct. 7, 2023, Shariq Ghani, the 44-year-old Muslim executive director of the Houston-based civic multifaith nonprofit Bridges, began hosting regular, emergency meetings with Jewish and Muslim community partners in the city.
Can Liberal Zionism Survive Gaza?
With some distance from the world-historical catastrophe that is October 7 and the destruction of Gaza, it is reasonable to assert that this moment poses a singularly great challenge to liberal Zionism, the idea that Israel can be both a…
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules.
Investigating the PR Campaigns Following the Israel-Hamas War
In late September, the Israeli government hired a San Diego–based firm to launch a marketing campaign aimed at US evangelicals.
A rabbi’s call for balance, moral clarity and reconciliation
A foundational belief in Judaism teaches, “Seek peace and pursue it” (Psalm 34:15). We dream with Isaiah’s vision found in Isaiah 2:4: “Nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war.” This rabbi’s favorite verse…
‘You can’t fully appreciate how little he knew,’ Bolton says of Trump
President Donald Trump is a danger to the world because he doesn’t listen and doesn’t know what he thinks he knows, John Bolton told the Texas Tribune Festival Nov. 13. Bolton, former U.S. national security advisor and former U.S. ambassador…
Gaza Has More to Do with Your Life Than You Think
After two years of bloodshed since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, the war in Gaza seems to be over.
Where Is God in Gaza?
The war, which has killed tens of thousands, laid waste to the Gaza Strip and shredded Israel’s reputation abroad, could soon be over. We explore how people have grappled with faith over the past two years.
Letting go: Jews retire yellow ribbons, dog tags and other hostage symbols with gratitude and grief
Like most synagogues, Congregation Beth El in South Orange, New Jersey added new rituals after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks that killed 1,200 in Israel, saw another 251 taken hostage and launched a grinding war between Israel and Hamas.
Jack Graham says never-Trumpers should rethink now
President Donald Trump’s role in securing a peace deal between Israel and Hamas should cause never-Trumpers to change their minds, according to Dallas megachurch pastor Jack Graham. On Monday, Oct. 13, as hostages and prisoners were exchanged in the Middle…
American Jews and Muslims celebrate ceasefire deal, but cautiously
As the first phase of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza appeared imminent, major religious groups, Jewish, Muslim and Christian, issued near-unanimous statements of relief and gratitude. But they also tempered their statements with notes of caution.
Kinship. Apathy. Disgust. U.S. Jews on post-2023 Israel.
The two years of war in Gaza and the attacks in Israel, and the world’s reaction to them, have angered, confused, devastated and challenged many American Jews.