Interfaith

Major Jewish groups pull out of NYC mayor's interfaith breakfast

The ADL, UJA, and the New York Board of Rabbis have previously sponsored the NYC mayor’s interfaith breakfast, but have confirmed they will not participate in Mamdani's.

Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference at the headquarters of the NYPD on Jan. 6, 2026 in New York City.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Magen David Adom, and COGAT at the delivery of ambulances at the Syrian border.

When faith is targeted, we must respond with compassion, even across borders - opinion

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion

Participants at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv

Muslim American leaders join interfaith Hanukkah celebration in Tel Aviv


Violence – not in my religion!

Forum for interfaith leaders in Israel holds a convention against violence

 Forum for interfaith leaders

COP27: Will God deliver 10 Commandments for climate change?

The UN Climate Change Conference, in proximity to Mount Sinai, could be the prime time for the force of religion to speak climate truth to dirty power. For the world, and especially Israel!

 Speaking prophetic truth to power, the youth-led climate march down Rehov Hanevi’im (Prophets Street) in Tel Aviv.

Using religion in Kazakhstan to find common bonds, ground

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s chief rabbis joined the pope, leading Sunni religious imam in Kazakhstan to urge for peaceful resolution of conflicts, international cooperation in facing climate change.

 KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greets Israeli Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the congress.

The role of faith in public health affairs - opinion

Today, we need to draw on theological questions, particularly about what lessons we can learn from the past and current pandemics we are living through.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG gets a third shot against COVID-19, in July 2021. In November, he hosted a historic summit with the leaders of the major faiths in the Holy Land, calling for mass vaccinations and strengthening community resilience.

Should interfaith activities wait until Jews and Muslims are done fasting?

Jews around the world will fast and mourn on Tisha B’Av and many Muslims will fast and mourn in observance of Ashura.

Afghan Shi'ite Muslim woman reacts as she attends a congregation to mark Ashura in New Delhi, August 20, 2021.

Tbilisi’s Jewish community is dwindling. Could an interfaith Peace Cathedral help save it?

At a moment of rising antisemitism and Islamophobia in Georgia, the Peace Cathedral stands as a symbol of possibility.

 The Peace Cathedral in Tbilisi houses a church, synagogue and mosque in a former warehouse.

Momentum of the new Middle East - opinion

I have no doubt that when Saudi Arabia reaches out its hand toward Israel, the friendship will be deep and sustainable.

 MOHAMMAD AL-ISSA, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, leads a prayer during a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2020.

Rabbi David Rosen promotes interfaith, peace, justice, veganism

Rabbi David Rosen has had an amazing career, filled with many accomplishments, and moving on from his recent 70th birthday, much more is likely to occur.

 Rabbi David Rosen at his home in Jerusalem on May 22, 2022

Registration opens for International Religious Freedom Summit

The event will feature survivors of discrimination based on religion or belief.

 Sam Brownback

Jews, Christians to ascend to Jerusalem together in unity hike - watch

The program will include a communal Sabbath.

  Israel Center for Jewish-Christian Relations unity hike, 2019