Interfaith

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

Belonging is not declared. It is rebuilt and demonstrated, slowly, through consistency, humility, and courage. If the movement is willing to do that work, genuine repair is possible.

JANUARY 15, 2026|ByADAM POLLACK / JTA

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

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

Muslim American leaders join interfaith Hanukkah celebration in Tel Aviv

Anila Ali, founder and president of the AMMWEC, “Our goal is for Jewish people across the United States to have Muslim partners. Partners who are authentic, resilient, and tough."

DECEMBER 22, 2025|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT

Participants are seen at the day-long conference organized by Rabbis for Human Rights and the Interfaith Forum for Human Rights, in Jerusalem.

Enduring Israeli-Palestinian peace impossible without religious faith leaders - opinion

Without faith leaders who take responsibility to stop the harm done in religion’s name and actively champion human rights, there will be no moral foundation for peace to endure.

DECEMBER 22, 2025|ByANTON GOODMAN

HEALING ON display at an Army of Healers workshop in November 2025.

Violence, silence, and the need for healing - opinion

When Jewish and Arab facilitators sit together, something subtle but essential happens.

DECEMBER 17, 2025|ByNITSAN JOY GORDON

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.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY

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.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByDAVID ROSEN, INON SCHENKER, AVRAHAM STEINBERG

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.

AUGUST 6, 2022ByARI GORDON/JTA

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.

JULY 26, 2022ByJOHANNA GINSBERG/JTA

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.

JULY 8, 2022ByMARC SCHNEIER

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.

JUNE 2, 2022ByRICHARD H. SCHWARTZ