Mideast report advances
Pin ItA Presbyterian committee endorsed a Middle East report that has drawn international controversy, preserving its recommendation that the U.S. halt aid to Israel unless it stops settlement...
View ArticlePresbyterians denounce Caterpillar
Pin ItA Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) assembly approved a statement Friday that “strongly denounces Caterpillar’s continued profit-making from non-peaceful uses of a number of its products” used by...
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On Jesus and Judaism
Pin It“Bad history cannot lead to good theology.” So writes Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, who is coming to speak at four Louisville...
View ArticlePerry, Bachmann and Christian Zionism
Pin ItWhen he stood with Jewish leaders last week to issue a pro-Israel statement, Texas Gov. Rick Perry put the matter in geo-political terms – that Israel is a longstanding ally with strategic value...
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Presbyterians back off Israel divestment plan
Pin It “The action today doesn’t subtract or diminish in any way PC(USA)’s involvement in the Middle East,” said GA Moderator Neal D. Presa after the vote. PNS Photo. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)...
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Presbyterians call for Israeli settlement product boycott
Pin ItA Presbyterian assembly has voted to recommend a boycott of Israeli exports that are produced in occupied Palestinian territories — just hours after rejecting another proposal to pull their...
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Storm on the Sea of Galilee: Merrymaking in the Middle East
Pin ItTo paraphrase a past presidential candidate: What’s the outrage? The salient background, as broken by Politico: The FBI probed a late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee that involved drinking,...
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Church leaders, Jews spar over letter on Israel
Pin ItOpening of church leaders' letter Tensions have risen once again between Jewish and several Protestant denominations, including the Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), in the wake of...
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Rabbis find common ground despite split views on Israeli-Palestinian crisis
Pin ItRabbi Milgrom For two rabbis — one in Louisville and the other in Israel — the bonds of a decades-old friendship remain, despite profound differences in their views on how to solve the...
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‘Darkness’ looms for Mideast peace, religious leaders say
Pin ItIn this 2010 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with members of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East. A broad group of Christian,...
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