The author describes their decision to leave Rutgers University due to the administration's response to an anti-Israel protest promoting self-martyrdom through terrorism against Jews on campus.

The text warns against the dangers of naive interfaith engagement within the Jewish community, highlighting instances where individuals and organizations involved in interfaith work may inadvertently lend support to extremist or problematic groups.

An increasing number of Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jews in Israel are volunteering to serve in the IDF, bridging the divide between the Haredi community and secular society.

The author discusses the concept of "Jews of discretion," referring to Jews who live in a gentile world but are reluctant to proclaim their Jewish identity.

This episode discusses Spinoza's pioneering call for religious tolerance and the subsequent evolution towards the separation of Church and State.

Cinco de Mayo, often misunderstood as Mexico's Independence Day, actually commemorates Mexicos victory over the French Empire in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

The article discusses the different ways in which Hanukkah is celebrated and understood in Israel and North America.

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Rabbi Robyn, a Reform rabbi who works with interfaith families, and her son Benji, who now identifies as Orthodox and learns in the Mir Yeshiva, discuss the challenges and rewards of religious diversity within their family.

A survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that non-Jewish Americans lack knowledge about Judaism, scoring poorly on questions related to Jewish history, practice, and texts.

"The Inquisitors Tale" by Adam Gidwitz is a children's book set in medieval France that features a young Jewish boy named Jacob among its main characters.

The text explores the question of whether religious tolerance is a Jewish concept, examining the tension between modern values of religious freedom and historical Jewish laws that condemn idolatry.

"Nathan the Wise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a play that contrasts with Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," presenting a philo-Semitic narrative reflecting religious tolerance.

Yehuda Glick, a prominent figure advocating for Jewish prayer rights at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, was shot four times by a Palestinian assailant in an attempted assassination.

In "Til Faith Do Us Part," Naomi Schaefer Riley explores the trend of interfaith marriages in America, highlighting the challenges and benefits that come with such unions.

In 1785, Moses Mendelssohn, a prominent Enlightenment philosopher and a symbol of religious tolerance, found himself embroiled in a controversy sparked by Friedrich Jacobi's public disclosure that their mutual friend, Lessing, had embraced Spinozism.

The text discusses the historical and contemporary debates surrounding ritual circumcision, focusing on a recent legal case in Germany that led to a temporary ban on non-medical circumcisions.

The article discusses the significance and mystery surrounding George Washington's famous letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, where Washington reassures the Jewish community of religious liberties in the young United States.