The 2024 presidential election may have uncovered a shift in American Jewish voting trends due to the political fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, pollsters and other experts have observed. While Jewish voters backed Democrat Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump…
A prayer for peace in the Holy Lands
On Oct. 7, 2023, the American Airlines flight I was on landed at Tel Aviv Airport at about 5 p.m. local time. I’d slept most of the flight and was completely oblivious to what was happening in the world. Imagine…
The Living Stones
In early September, I returned from a visit to Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Led by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, my visit was part of a multifaith delegation of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Quaker, Buddhist and Hindu clergy,…