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


Interfaith prayers led at Auschwitz by most senior Muslim to visit to date

A joint delegation of Muslims from the Muslim World League and Jews from the American Jewish Committee gathered today at the Auschwitz Museum, where both Muslim and Jewish prayers were said.

Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa of the Muslim World League visits Auschwitz with David Harris, Rabbi David Rosen, and  Harriet Schleifer of the American Jewish Committee. January 23, 2020.

Porto's Jews and Catholics join forces for unique interfaith event

The 'Global Project in the Fields of Culture and Religion' presents an opportunity for both communities to reach out in charity and mutual understanding.

Bishop Manuel Linda and Porto Jewish Community President Diaz Ben Zion embrace at an interfaith event, December 17, 2019.

Journalist Cokie Roberts, who wrote about her interfaith marriage, dies

Roberts died Tuesday in Washington, D.C., at 75 from complications of breast cancer, the family said in a statement.

Former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush (L) sits next to current U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and moderator Cokie Roberts (R) at the African First Ladies Summit in Dar Es Salaam July 2, 2013

Supporting intermarriage is a failed strategy

Peretz: the rise of intermarriage in the US is a spiritual holocaust

Illustrative photo of marriage rings

Rafi Peretz slammed for comparing intermarriage to 'second Holocaust'

Peretz’s comments “are a reflection of a flawed religious outlook and contempt for the Holocaust,” says Rabbi Avi Novis-Deutch, dean of Schechter Rabbinical Seminary.

Israel's Education minister Rafi Peretz

Jewish, Muslim students prepare Purim gift packages

The initiative was part of an interfaith dialogue course at Bar-Ilan University.

Purim celebrations.

Marriage in protest: Three weddings make a statement to Rabbinate

Same-sex couple says they will marry in DC because no recognizable entity in Israel will acknowledge their marriage

Wedding rings [Illustrative]

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion holds coexistence event

"Jerusalem is a beautiful mosaic of different religions, communities, cultures and communities," said Lion.

Moshe Lion receives gravel and key to Jerusalem, 2018.

An Israeli celebrity wedding exposes difficulties for Arab-Jewish couples

Israel does not recognize interfaith weddings performed in the country, so Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian couples, and others, have to go abroad to be officially married.

Actor Tzachi Halevy and TV anchor Lucy Aharish at their wedding, October 10, 2018

Private lives, public debate: Tzachi Halevy and Lucy Aharish's marriage

Politicians who care about intermarriage should focus on a lot more than the choices of two individuals

News anchor Lucy Aharish [L] and Actor Tzahi Halevi [R]