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Art What do Jewish, Christian and Muslim artists talk about when they talk about ‘Genesis’?
A groundbreaking exhibit tells the story of creation through multiple perspectives, with eye-opening results
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Books Why an iconoclastic Jewish scholar thought Islam held a key to improving Judaism
Pioneering author Ignaz Goldziher was a lifelong champion of Talmud but rejected hidebound observance
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Film & TV Does a small autonomous city in Morocco hold the key to religious coexistence?
A new film set in Melilla, a Spanish city on the edge of Morocco, features friendship between Jews, Christians and Muslims
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News A Holocaust course designed for Muslim students may soon be taught at more schools
Muslim students at a New York private school are taking a course on the Holocaust designed for young followers of Islam, a project backers hope will serve as a model for other Muslim schools. An after-school elective at Brooklyn Amity School, the course has brought a dozen 16 and 17-year-olds together every other week since…
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Opinion A German tabloid called me antisemitic. It cost me my job. Now, it’s my turn to speak
This piece originally appeared in German in Berliner Zeitung. English translation by Léon Dische Becker. A psychologist recently introduced me to the concept of “learned helplessness.” It describes what I’ve experienced in the past few weeks: moments of pure panic that left me frozen in the moment, unable to breathe. I was living in fear…
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News Matzah in Beirut or a Seder in Samarkand? These rabbis are making it happen.
How does one get matzah in Iran, Lebanon or Libya? Just ask the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS). Those are just a few of the countries with small Jewish communities in need of Passover supplies that Rabbi Mendy Chitrik is organizing shipments to ahead of the upcoming holiday. “We have been in touch…
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Fast Forward Appeals court rejects Laura Loomer’s conspiracy claim against Muslim group
Laura Loomer, the right-wing political activist and failed Florida congressional candidate, has lost her case against the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Southern District of Florida ruled Wednesday. Loomer, along with her company, Illoominate Media, had sued the Muslim civil rights group under the accusation that they had conspired…
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Opinion ADL: We’re proud of our record defending Jews — and Muslims
As one of the oldest civil-rights organizations in the Jewish community, we’re not unaccustomed to criticism, even in the pages of one of America’s oldest Jewish news outlets. But the OpEd by Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which the Forward published on Tuesday morning, was illuminating about how certain quarters in…
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