By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- American Jews and African Americans often worked side by side during the civil rights movement, including when rabbis walked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the march to Selma in 1965. In more recent years, however, the relationship has become more complicated due to conflicts between the nation of Israel and Palestinians and the … [Read more...]
Most Hispanic Christians ambivalent toward Israel
By Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Hispanic evangelicals, Mainline Protestants and Catholics are more likely to say the nation of Israel has the right to exist than the average American. They worry about the fate of Christians in the Palestinian territories and sympathize with both Palestinians and Israelis. But the Bible, most say, has little to do with how they see … [Read more...]