by Imam Imad Enchassi | Jul 1, 2021 | Opinion
A young Jewish girl timidly walked up to the mosque and asked to speak with the imam. I was dressed in gym clothes and a cap doing yard work around the Islamic center. I guess I did not look the part. “I am the imam,” I said, laughing. She handed me an envelope with...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 30, 2021 | Opinion
Jews aren’t allowed to eat pork, right? The command forbidding it is found in Leviticus 11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8. Both note that even though the pig has “cloven hooves” like cattle or sheep, it doesn’t “chew the cud,” so it was considered unclean. Deuteronomy wasn’t...
by Jack Moline | Jun 3, 2021 | Opinion
I have viewed with alarm the increase in antisemitic attacks on Jews here in America as well as in other parts of the world. Sometimes rhetorical, sometimes physical, from New York to Los Angeles, Jews and Jewish institutions have been assaulted by individuals and...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 20, 2021 | News
Younger Jewish adults in the U.S. are more likely to say they have no religion, according to a Pew Research Center report published on May 11. While 60% of respondents aged 18-29 are “Jews by religion,” 40% are “Jews of no religion.” This is the highest percentage of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 5, 2021 | Opinion
We all saw the sad news from Israel last Thursday (April 29) when 45 people were crushed to death and 150 others injured during a Lag B’Omer festival in Meron, a town in upper Galilee, about 18 miles northwest of Capernaum. An estimated 100,000 people had gathered for...
