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Karolyn Feeks Maws, who is Christian, her Jewish husband, Tony Maws, and their 8-year-old son Charlie Maws, decorate their Christmas tree with a homemade Star of David. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

National support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

(JTA) — A national nonprofit that supports interfaith Jewish families has slashed its workforce after facing an unanticipated budget shortfall. 18Doors announced on March 31 that it had “significantly” reduced […]

Pope Leo XIV addresses the world following his election. (Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire: ‘The cries of parents rise to heaven’

by Grace Gilson May 28, 2025May 28, 2025
Like many American Jews, Pope Leo XIV is a big fan of baseball. The outfield video board displays a congratulatory message for him at the Chicago White Sox's Rate Field on May 9, 2025. (Abigail Dean/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Will Pope Leo XIV be good for the Jews?

by Ethan Schwartz May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV addresses the world following his election. (Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
Pope Francis on a visit to South Korea in 2014. (Korean Culture and Information Service/Jeon Han via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inWorld

Will the next pope be good for the Jews?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox April 23, 2025April 23, 2025
Pope Francis listens to Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni while sitting during his visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, Italy, Jan. 17, 2016. (Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

How Pope Francis advanced Catholic relationship with Jews

by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of or Exodus while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Yeshiva University)
Posted inEducation

Yeshiva University, a pillar of Orthodox Judaism, launches master’s program for Christian students

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 10, 2023
"The paper will have your handprints on it," student Lucas Leeds says of drawing with charcoal. "You really become part of the drawing itself." (Photo/Leslie Katz)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

With paper and charcoal, local students learn empathy for Holocaust survivors

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz August 4, 2023August 7, 2023
A Resetting the Table Town Square held in the Harlem JCC, New York City, March 4, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
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Evangelical churches are turning to a Jewish nonprofit to help them have hard conversations

by Ron Kampeas July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
Shereen Bhalla, who previously worked at the Hindu American Foundation, is the Anti-Defamation League's new director of education for Northern California, Utah and Hawaii.
Posted inNews

ADL’s new hire brings her Hindu perspective to org’s civil rights mission

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023January 4, 2024

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