This article is part of a collaborative series commissioned by altMuslimah and Jewschool to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding between Muslim and Jewish communities
This article is part of a collaborative series commissioned by altMuslimah and Jewschool to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding between Muslim and Jewish communities
An exclusive transcription of the High Holiday message President Donald J. Trump had planned to offer rabbis this year, as conjecturally compiled based off of previous statements of the 45th President of the United States.
[pullquote align=right] While many cities held annual LGBTQ Pride parades, some held “anti-sharia” protests. [/pullquote]Queer AND religious. Two facts of my identity that live in
Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block reminds us not to retreat and be silent in the face of the new wave of the Muslim Ban — and to stand up and fight back.
This morning Suzie looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, “What are we going to do?” So this is what I said to her.
Watch Bend the Arc’s Stosh Cotler discuss Trump’s Islamophobia on MSNBC with Linda Sarsour and Rev. Serene Jones.
The fifth night of Chanukah was Human Rights Day. And it was a night of #VigilantLove – an event at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles organized by a large coalition lead by Asians and Muslims. Originally intended as an intercultural event to commemorate the internment of Japanese-Americans and to affirm the dignity of the Syrian refugees, over several weeks the nature of the gathering changed. After San Bernardino, Vigilant Love also became a memorial for the 14 people murdered 60 miles away.
Nationalism and racism in Europe is real, growing and dangerous. But we’re being far too literal about it if we’re mainly worried about the fate of European Jews.
Siavosh Derakhti, a young Muslim Swede, builds bridges between Jews and Muslims through his organization, “Youth Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia.”