Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein

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  Aug 6, 2024

  Paris Olympics Last Supper blasphemy was repugnant to Jews as well

  The target of that mockery was not limited to Christianity per se, but to all who manifest intense belief in a God who has normative demands on human beings. That includes Jews.

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  Aug 25, 2020

  Does ELCA have a Jewish problem?

  At the moment that much of the world is trying to free itself from hatreds of the past, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) seems intent on bringing them back.

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  Feb 11, 2020

  Blessed are the peacemakers? Not PCUSA; its hypocrisy serves hate, not hope

  This is not a church that cares about Israel or about Jews.

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  Aug 9, 2019

  Unalienable is not a dirty word

  Are some rights so basic that we aren’t fully human without them? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thinks so. He recently established a Commission on Unalienable Rights to promote and safeguard them. Not everyone was happy with this.

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  Nov 5, 2018

  What Americans Must Do After Pittsburgh to Thwart Anti-Semitism

  The Pittsburgh gunman alone is responsible for his heinous deeds. Yet such extremism does not operate in a vacuum. Here are some points to ponder after the Pittsburgh Massacre recedes from the headlines.

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  Jul 17, 2018

  Pope Francis, Peace in the Middle East Cannot Be Built With Platitudes

  When religious leaders—in this case, the pope himself—offer nothing but bromides instead of practical ideas that can work, many of the faithful tune out or just check out altogether.

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  Sep 14, 2017

  Jews, Christians, Muslim Work Together After Hurricane to Provide Kosher Meals for Orthodox Jews

  The Orthodox Jewish community was particularly hard hit. Observant Jews can only eat kosher food; little was available in Houston after Harvey. Then two pastors remembered their Jewish friends.

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  Aug 7, 2015

  Dear Evangelicals: Some Encouragement and Advice From Your Orthodox Jewish Friends

  We understand that you are feeling a bit overwhelmed by recent events that threaten to marginalize you. We'd like to offer a bit of empathy, and if it is not too presumptuous, some valuable experience and tools as well. You see, we've been there before.

• Dec 31, 2014

  Silence in the Face of Escalating Horrors Threatens Religious Faith Itself

  Reflecting, as people often do before the New Year upon the friendships that help us through the tough times, we couldn't help but think about who was there for us as a faith community and who let us down. The brutal murder of four rabbis praying in a Jerusalem synagogue, three of them Americans, kept disturbing our thoughts.

• Jun 27, 2014

  The Presbyterian General Assembly – A Jewish Scorecard

  As the vice-moderator of Committee 4 she recommended approval of a group of anti-Israel resolutions by the delegates of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Detroit last week. Indeed, the 221st General Assembly of PCUSA will most be remembered as the one when its extremist anti-Israel lobby succeeded in getting the church to stick it to the Jews.