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October 25, 2019

Tennessee Pro-Israel Group Pushes Back Against SPLC Hate Group Designation

At the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in March, Laurie Cardoza-Moore urged Christian media to fight antisemitism. A Tennessee-based pro-Israel organization that fights antisemitism is battling back against being designated an anti-Muslim hate group by the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center. […]
October 24, 2019

Jewish students walk out as Illinois student government passes SJP-sponsored resolution

The campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. By Jackson Richman (JNS) — A resolution introduced by Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Illinois passed the school’s student government on […]
October 23, 2019

Archaeologists Think Newly-Uncovered Jerusalem “Pilgrimage Road” Was Built By Pontius Pilate

(JNS) — Archaeologists now believe that Jerusalem’s “Pilgrimage Road” was built by none other than Pontius Pilate, the infamous Roman governor of Judea. The ancient road in the City of David, which was preserved under the ashes of the Roman sack […]
October 21, 2019

This Sukkot, remembering the Jewish and Christian roots in Jerusalem

By Lela Gilbert Religion Unplugged Three years ago, I was living in Jerusalem, and along with both Christians and Jews, celebrating the annual Feast of Tabernacles, also known as Sukkot. It is a colorful week of festivities, with Jewish families […]
October 18, 2019

Would the University of Minnesota welcome a KKK convention?

By Mitchell Bard In a statement, the UMinn president justified allowing an upcoming KKK conference on campus: “The First Amendment protects even the most heinous speech and while I find the KKK’s views reprehensible I cannot prevent them from holding […]
October 18, 2019

Dealing With the Palestinian Kool-Aid Western Progressives Are Drinking

By Melanie Phillips (JNS) — Concern about resurgent anti-Semitism has been at fever-pitch among Diaspora Jews for years. In Britain, the veteran Jewish Labour MP Dame Louise Ellman resigned this week from the party to which she has belonged for […]
October 17, 2019

Thousands of Christians show love for Israel in Jerusalem march during Sukkot

Thousands of Christian evangelists and Israelis march at the 2017 parade in center of Jerusalem, marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. (JNS) — This year, more than 5,000 Christians from all parts of the world gathered […]
October 16, 2019

Back from Israel, Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl Building Ties Between Jews and Christians

Bruce Pearl, sixth from left on top row, and a delegation from the Auburn area visited Ariel, and are pictured here with student performers By Richard Friedman Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl is a hulking guy with a […]
October 11, 2019

Danny Valencia: From Florida to Israel’s Olympic Baseball Team

Danny Valencia, No. 19 (left, in the air) and Nick Rickles after Team Israel’s win in Game 5 against South Africa. Photo by Margo Sugarman. By Howard Blas (JNS) — For most parents, having a son play on a Major […]
October 10, 2019

“No Surrender” details how Tenn. soldier stood up and saved American Jews during the Holocaust

By Larry Brook, Israel InSight Pastor Chris Edmonds says that “the difference between a regular person and a hero is two seconds,” and he hopes that the spreading of his father’s story inspires people to become that hero, should they […]
October 10, 2019

Bolstering relations between Catholics and Jews through firsthand Israel experiences

Tourists visit the Church of the Pater Noster, a Roman Catholic Church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on Dec. 3, 2018. It is part of a Carmelite monastery, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona. Photo […]