Religious tolerance

What Abu Dhabi taught me about tolerance

"If more people chose conversation over slogans and curiosity over condemnation, we might discover that we have far more in common than we have been led to believe"

Multiethnic western and middle eastern business team working together in an office of Dubai. Sales people and employees at work on new projects
JORDAN’S QUEEN RANIA: She argued in a CNN interview in November 2023 that ‘Israel uses antisemitism to deflect criticism,’ the writers note.

Queen Rania and manifestations of antisemitism in Jordan - opinion

EVYATAR DAVID, a 24-year-old hostage, is seen in a Hamas video released last month. While our hostages starve in tunnels, the world remains blind to their suffering, the writer charges.

Extremism and antisemitism are becoming mainstream - opinion

Christianity, illustrative

Why are religious leaders silent on antisemitism? - opinion


How are parents, adult children navigating religious differences?

Yet, all around us are families that have found ways to navigate their religious differences. We focus here on three Torah-observant families that have adult children who identify as secular.

 A HAREDI family walks on the beach in Ashdod this past Passover (Illustrative)

US must respond to religious discrimination at Jordan's border - opinion

We had crossed the Israel/Jordan border on foot and the experience was nothing less than degrading and outright antisemitic.

 THE WRITERS undergo a security check at the border crossing by Jordanian personnel (faces blurred), with the religious items placed on the table.

How many Israelis want civil marriage as an option?

A vast majority of voters for the coalition parties want their politicians to push for civil marriage in Israel.

Marriage

Jewish-Arab coexistence carries the day at French Super Cup

A group of 1,000 Israeli Arab and Jewish children were brought to last night's match to promote tolerance and understanding in Israeli society.

 The Arab and Jewish children at the French Super Cup match on July 31, 2022 in Bloomfield

NBA Enes Kanter Freedom to open basketball camp in Jerusalem

Enes Kanter Freedom's basketball camp will be open for kids of all religions and will teach tolerance and cooperation as well as basketball skills.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter (11) reacts against the Chicago Bulls during the second half at the United Center

Biden should have visited a mixed hospital on his visit - opinion

Augusta Victoria Hospital caters to Palestinians, but Hadassah and Sha'are Zedek cater to everyone in the country.

 PART OF the medical care coexistence at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, as a Muslim family and a man wearing a kippah are among those walking through the corridors.

Pakistani journalists win top prizes for women's empowerment, religious freedom films

"These brave women promoting interfaith harmony are risking their lives for the survival of humanity," rights leader says •

 Zeenat Bibi, producer and director of "She Stood Against Religious Extremism."

The Supreme Court just made sure religious institutions won’t be left out of government funding

The US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision prohibiting the government from excluding religion and religious institutions from government funding programs. 

 The inscription on the Supreme Court building reads "equal justice under law."

No place for burkinis in Grenoble's public pools, rules top French court

Body-covering swimwear - which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed - is often worn by Muslim women who wish to preserve their modesty in accordance with their beliefs.

Muslim woman in a burka.

No more tolerance for evil, hateful views - opinion

We shouldn’t tolerate people, either we reject them because they are evil or we embrace them because they are good and most people are, basically, good.

Protesters hold placards and flags during a demonstration, organised by the British Board of Jewish Deputies for those who oppose antisemitism, in Parliament Square in London