Jews

The White House made an announcement on Tuesday saying that it was deporting 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, who is a former Nazi camp guard.

While most Israeli Jews recognize the Jewishness of their American counterparts, the majority do not share the Americans’ dreams to make Israel a more religiously pluralistic country.

This weekend marks the observance of Pentecost and Shavuot, holy days to Christians and Jews respectively. And both involve certain “gifts” that don’t come with wrapping and bows. Both of these holidays have deep biblical significance, but we don't talk about them much today. This year, Pentecost is on Sunday, May 20th, and Shavuot begins on Saturday, May 19th and ends on Monday, May 21st. The overlapping of these holidays this year is also significant. Here is what you should know about them:

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he believes that Israelis and Palestinians both“have the right to” Israel.

Although a defining difference between Christian and Jewish beliefs is that Christians believe Jesus is the incarnate Son of God and Jews do not believe Jesus is the Messiah, a recent survey has surprisingly shown that over one in five Jewish millennials do believe Jesus is the Son of God.

It is timely then, to take a moment to learn about the last of the Jewish high holidays, called the “Season of Our Joy,” which begins at sundown, October 4th this year.

Today is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. For Christians, it’s a reminder that repentance is more than an event. It’s a lifestyle.

Following briskly on the heels of the Jewish New Year comes the most important holiday of the Jewish calendar. Unlike the New Year’s feast, however, the Day of Atonement is a holy day of a much more somber nature.

Joel and Victoria Osteen, leaders of Houston’s Lakewood Church, are offering a Hebrew “happy new year” greeting to a displaced Jewish congregation.

Rosh Hashanah is simply the Jewish new year. Translated, it means “head [beginning] of the year.”