Jewish Israel's Blog Posts Tagged 'interfaith-dialogue' (4)

Eckstein's IFCJ continues to be a source of controversy for Jewish charities: focus on Netanya

Conflicting reports are circulating as to whether or not Netanya's largest charity, Kupat Tzedaka Merkazit, has rejected a 100,000 shekel donation from Yechiel Eckstein's organization, IFCJ (Keren L’Yedidut -The International Fellowship of…

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Added by Jewish Israel on March 17, 2013 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

JewishIsrael Responds to Rabbi Riskin's Reinterpretation of Rav Soloveitchik's Position

In May 2012, the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon ran a seven-page feature article in their "Shabbat HaGadol" supplement, penned by Chief Rabbi of Efrat Shlomo Riskin. The subject matter was whether or not…

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Added by Jewish Israel on November 21, 2012 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Vatican continues to trip on crossed interfaith wires

The state of Jewish-Catholic relations continues to deteriorate under Pope Benedict XVI. Two incidents on “Good Friday” caused outrage in the international Jewish community and elicited apologies from Rome. Jewish Israel would like to note that any “shock” on the part of Jewish leaders seems a bit contrived at this point. Both scandals are part of a well-established pattern - woven with a flawed and deceptive thread – which appears to be an integral part of any… Continue

Added by Jewish Israel on April 7, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Statement from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Reaction by Rabbi Sholom Gold

BREAKING NEWS : A response by Rabbi Riskin now on YouTube

Earlier today Jewish Israel received an email from Elie Klein of the public relations agency Ruder Finn Israel.

The email entitled: STATEMENT FROM RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN REGARDING YOUTUBE VIDEO - DECEMBER 30, 2009 can be read… Continue

Added by Jewish Israel on December 31, 2009 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments