Muslims and jews

Muslim American leaders join interfaith Hanukkah celebration in Tel Aviv

Anila Ali, founder and president of the AMMWEC, “Our goal is for Jewish people across the United States to have Muslim partners. Partners who are authentic, resilient, and tough."

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Participants at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2025.

Jews cannot confront antisemitism by themselves - opinion

From Joseph and Pharaoh to today’s classrooms, it is clear that antisemitism cannot be fought by Jews alone.

|ByZEHAVIT GROSS
A PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY activist holds a placard outside the St George’s Cathedral during an interfaith prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 17, 2025.

Bondi Beach attack shows fractures in Muslim social media cohesion, battles over 'real' narrative

As investigations continue, the digital aftershocks of Bondi’s attack show how quickly local violence is absorbed into global ideological battles.

|ByGIORGIA VALENTE/THE MEDIA LINE
A SIGN on a lawn in Dearborn, Michigan, reads: ‘End the genocide in Gaza.’

Misusing Holocaust memory: It harms the lessons we need most - opinion

It has become common, too common, for Jewish and non-Jewish groups alike to use Holocaust comparisons when speaking about present-day affairs. Protesters liken immigration policies to Nazi Germany.

|ByALYSSA ANNIS

What are the most popular Jewish baby names in Israel?

From Avi to Yosef, biblical to modern and everything in between.

FEBRUARY 14, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Babies (Illustrative)

Erasing the red lines between Muslims and Jews in America

The Muslim Leadership Initiative, run by the Shalom Hartman Institute, is reshaping the way in which American Muslims engage with their Jewish counterparts.

FEBRUARY 8, 2018ByDAVID BRINN
RABBI DONNIEL HARTMAN (left) speaks to the MLI participants at the Shalom Hartman Institute, as MLI co-director Abdullah Antepli and MLI alumni director Maital Friedman look on

Poll: Muslims to overtake Jews as 2nd largest religion in U.S. by 2040

The Muslim community currently makes up 1% of the US population and is expected to double in size by 2050.

JANUARY 8, 2018BySHOSHANA KRANISH
British muslims pray during Friday prayer at the East London mosque.

Muslims give blood at London synagogue on worldwide Mitzvah Day

Earlier this year, a petition opposing the opening of the Muslim center received thousands of signatures.

DECEMBER 6, 2017ByJTA
A rabbi and a sheikh at a prayer session for Muslims and Jews in Gush Etzion.

Karl Lagerfeld bashes Germany for welcoming Jews' 'worst enemies'

The Chanel designer caused a major controversy after advising that Germany close its gates to Muslim immigrants.

NOVEMBER 16, 2017ByJTA
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Bosnian school named for pro-Nazi Muslim thinker stirs Israeli protest

Citing anti-Semitic writings by Busuladzic, the Israeli Embassy expressed its disapproval of the honor in a letter to the regional government

NOVEMBER 8, 2017ByJTA
Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]

Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina

“Instead of importing conflicts, we are exporting coexistence.”

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017ByJTA
Hummus

Jewish, Muslim customers sue for bacon in their food at KFC, Denny's

While the claimants say their beliefs were violated, the restaurants say the bacon placement was not intentional.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017ByNIRAJ WARIKOO / DETROIT FREE PRESS
Denny's Restaurant

Isaac and Ishmael - a hopeful answer?

On the importance of dialogue.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017ByRAYMOND APPLE
A rabbi and a sheikh at a prayer session for Muslims and Jews in Gush Etzion.

Surge in Temple Mount visits is Jewish answer to site’s crisis

‘It’s revenge after last week’s victory,’ say Muslims in Old City

AUGUST 1, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
A Jewish worshipper prays in front of an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, on Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, in Jerusalem's Old City August 1, 2017.