2007

• South Carolina church adds foot-washing to its shoe giveaway in public schools

  Local Jews cite majority's indifference to church-state separation

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak and Jane Hunter, JewsOnFirst.org, December 20, 2007

• Christian Nationalists Win Ideological Victory in Congress with Christmas resolution

  Huge majority, Jews included, pass resolution suggesting Christian founding of nation

  by JewsOnFirst.org, December 20, 2007

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  Conversation with Marc Gottlieb

  Augusta Jewish official talks of church-state separation

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, December 17, 2007

• Mike Huckabee, Christian Zionist

  Huckabee's proposals amount to ethnic cleansing of Palestine

  Rev. Stan Moody, Christian Policy Institute, December 16, 2007

• Golden Compass challenges absolutist dogma

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, December 10, 2007

• Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney vie for Christian right voters in Iowa

  Romney speech pushes favorite buttons of right-wing evangelicals — who are flocking to Huckabee

  by JewsOnFirst.org, December 8, 2007

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  JewsOnFirst Conversation with Bakersfield Community Activist Mike Miller

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, November 7, 2007

• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals lifts injunction against sectarian prayer in Indiana legislature

  Appeals panel says plaintiffs lack standing to stop prayers to Jesus during government sessions

  By JewsOnFirst, November 3, 2007

• Sacramento authorities charge two men in killing of Satender Singh

  by JewsOnFirst.org, August 8, 2007

• Jewish Congregation Among Faith Groups in Solidarity As Sacramento LGBT Community Is Shaken by Hate Murder

  Anti-gay Slavic Christian community suspected of harboring killer

  by JewsOnFirst.org, July 25, 2007

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  Christian Right Gathering Honors Deposed Alabama Judge Roy Moore — Under a Confederate Flag

  by Jane Hunter and Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, July 9, 2007 (Includes recordings)

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  Recorded Conversations with two Sacramento leaders

  Rabbi Mona Alfi of Congregation B'nai Israel and Dr. Darrick Lawson, president emeritus of the Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento, discuss their work for social justice

  Interviews and introduction by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, July 17, 2007

• Christian Zionist group meeting in Washington downplays end-times prophecy

  CUFI lobbying conference soft-pedals apocalyptic talk, drills on "talking points"

  by Jane Hunter, JewsOnFirst.org, July 17, 2007

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  John McCain speaks to Christians United For Israel

  recording from CUFI conference, July 17, 2007

• Sacramento Pride and the Faith Community

  by Stella Levy, July 15, 2007

• Southern Baptists Rely on Deception in Effort to Convert Jews

  Messianic Congregations Offer Reassuring Jewish Symbols

  by JewsOnFirst.org, June 25, 2007

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  Evangelical Protestants Discuss Messianic Jews

  Conversation moderated by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, co-director of JewsOnFirst.org, June 23, 2007

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  Rabbis Discuss Messianic Jews

  Conversation moderated by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, co-director of JewsOnFirst.org, June 23, 2007

• Televangelist Bill Keller calls Mormonism and Islam "False Religions"

  TV preacher riffs on Mitt Romney's underwear

  by JewsOnFirst.org, June 23, 2007

• Documents Disparaging Judaism Found on Ft. Leavenworth Chaplains' Website

  Clergy find postings inappropriate

  by JewsOnFirst.org, June 13, 2007, updated June 17, 2007

• Newt Gingrich says that despite Falwell's death, it's still possible to convert whole nation

  In Liberty University commencement address, former speaker assails "radical secularists"

  by JewsOnFirst.org, May 29, 2007

• Watchdog groups force Army, Air Force to drop sponsorship of right-wing evangelical Christian event

  Mikey Weinstein planning lawsuit over Memorial Day weekend event

  by JewsOnFirst.org, May 29, 2007

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  JewsOnFirst Conversation: Rabbis discuss call of Reform Judaism leader call to shun CUFI events

  by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, May 25, 2007

• Leader of Reform Judiasm discourages cooperation with Christians United for Israel

  High-impact op-ed published days before CUFI event in Washington DC

  by JewsOnFirst.org, May 21, 2007

• Monica Goodling, graduate of Pat Robertson's law school, had control of Justice Department attorney hiring

  Pat Robertson's Regent University graduate applied ideological screen to civil service applicants

  by JewsOnFirst.org, May 21, 2007

• The important public health lessons of Leviticus

  A sermon by Angela J. Davis, at Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, May 4, 2007.

• National Day of Prayer Proves to Be a Subsidiary of Focus on the Family

  Focus on the Family leader mounts attack on New York governor to force him to issue a proclamation

  by JewsOnFirst.org, May 1, 2007

• Ed Asner Tours with Play about Scopes Monkey Trial

  

  JewsOnFirst.org Advisory Board Member Plays William Jennings Bryan in The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, Talks With Us About the Play and Protecting the Teaching of Evolution

  by JewsOnFirst.org, April 24, 2007

• George Washington Against "Christian Zionism"

  By Stan Moody,* Christian Policy Institute, April 24, 2007

• As Texas State Officials Push Religious Legislation, Small Texas City Launches Push for Prayer in Schools

  "I don't think church and state need to be separated," Brazoria's mayor tells JewsOnFirst.org.

  by JewsOnFirst.org, April 17, 2007

• Texas Legislation Would Mandate Bible Course Elective in Schools

  Bill appears structured to accommodate Christian Right curriculum

  by JewsOnFirst.org, April 6, 2007

• Countdown to Armageddon!

  by Stan Moody for JewsOnFirst.org, March 7, 2007

• Pushback on Armageddon

  by Jane Hunter and Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, March 7, 2007

• Attorney General's "First Freedom" program cloaks lawyering for the Christian right

  Gonzales rolls out "religious freedom" initiative for Southern Baptist Convention, Christian Broadcasting Network

  by Jane Hunter, JewsOnFirst.org, February 27, 2007

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  Leader of fundamentalist Christian faculty group recorded disparaging investigation of religious coercion at Air Force Academy

  by JewsOnFirst.org, February 13, 2007

• Jewish-Christian Difficulties in Challenging Christian Zionism

  by Rev. Robert O. Smith, February 6, 2007

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  The Dangers of Christian Zionists: Conversation with Mel White

  by JewsOnFirst.org, February 6, 2007

• U.S. Senate Chaplain withdraws from Christian nationalist conference

  by JewsOnFirst.org, February 4, 2007

• We are intimately attached to nature and each other...

  ...a commentary for Tu b'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day

  By Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, JewsOnFirst.org, January 29, 2007

• Kearny school board cracks down on student recording

  Preaching teacher denounces church-state separation

  by JewsOnFirst.org, January 23, 2007

• Jesus Camp Camp

  Interview with camp director Becky Fisher

  by Jack E. Jett for JewsOnFirst.org, January 22, 2007

• On Fresh Air, Chafets shrugs off Christian Right agenda, Israeli attack on Iran

  Terry Gross interviews Chafets on Fresh Air, January 18, 2007

  Summary by JewsOnFirst.org, January 18, 2007

• Indiana House Democratic leader wants sectarian prayer in chamber

  by JewsOnFirst.org, January 16, 20074

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  Conversation with Dr. David P. Gushee, founder of Evangelicals for Human Rights

  Interviewed by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak of JewsOnFirst.org, January 11, 2007

• Public employees campaign for removal of creationist book from Grand Canyon

  Petition seeks to reverse "faith-based" illegalities in national parks

  by JewsOnFirst, January 9, 2007

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  Conversation with the Rev. Mel White

  Cofounder of Soulforce and former Pat Robertson ghost writer discusses Robertson, state of the religious right

  Recorded conversation with interviewer, Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak of JewsOnFirst.org, January 9, 2007

• Pat Robertson reveals God's predictions for 2007

  Televangelist sincerely believes God speaks to him, his former ghost-writer says

  by JewsOnFirst, January 7, 2007

• Punk Rock Gay Christians Rule!

  An Interview with punk rocker/preacher Jay Bakker, featured in the Sundance Channel series One Punk Under God

  by Jack E. Jett for JewsOnFirst.org, January 2, 2007