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Eye on the Y: Students, faculty explore international opportunities, BYU Religious Education Department celebrates Passover, students vote on best BYU major

By Jaecie Stilovich
April 05, 2024 12:00 AM
Students, faculty explore international opportunities
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Magazine

Judaism, conversion and The Church of Jesus Christ

By Sicily Stanton
February 08, 2023 12:00 AM
When you are born into a faithful religion with customs, practices and beliefs, it’s not just a religion with a basic understanding of who God is and what the point of life may be, it’s a culture, a family — religion becomes your way of life.
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Campus Events

BYU honors Jewish Passover with model Seder dinner

By Sicily Stanton
March 19, 2022 12:00 AM
Students and community members honored the Jewish Passover with unleavened bread, bitter herbs and traditional festivities at the BYU model Seder dinner.
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Campus Events

Education Week: Brad Wilcox discusses the role of Church members in the gathering of Israel

By Arianna Davidson
August 22, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU religion professor Brad Wilcox spoke in an Education Week session on Thursday, August 22, about the role members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints play in the gathering of Israel.
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Religion

French rally against anti-Semitism; Macron visits cemetery

By Associated Press
February 19, 2019 12:00 AM
Vandalized tombs with tagged swastikas are pictured in the Jewish cemetery of Quatzenheim, eastern France, Tuesday, Feb.19. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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Featured

New rabbi revitalizes congregation, draws youth

By Arianna Davidson
December 17, 2018 12:00 AM
Rabbi Samuel Spector speaks to a crowd gathered at a candlelight vigil held at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City on Oct. 30, 2018. (Arianna Davidson)
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Editorials

One experience being Jewish in today's America

By Arianna Davidson
November 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Arianna Davidson with her cousin Zachary Levin at his Bar Mitzvah in 2003. (Photo courtesy of Ellen Leonard)
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Nation

Anti-Semitism incidents resurge in the US

By Arianna Davidson
November 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Rabbi Samuel Spector speaks to mourners gathered at Congregation Kol Ami on Oct. 30. (Arianna Davidson)
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Nation

Pittsburgh funerals continue after Trump visit and protests

By Associated Press
October 31, 2018 12:00 AM
A casket is carried out of Rodef Shalom Congregation after the funeral services for brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Pittsburgh. The brothers were killed in the mass shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life synagogue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Religion

Fact checking common misconceptions about the Israel-Palestine Conflict

By Haley Hilton
February 21, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story pairs with another titled 'LDS Church, BYU Jerusalem Center remain neutral amid Israel-Palestine conflict.'
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Campus Events

BYU hosts the 2016 Sedar Passsover dinner

By Jessica Banuelos
March 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Jeffrey Chadwick directed the Passover dinner and its history at the Wilkinson Center on Friday, Mar. 11, 2016.
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Campus Events

Education Week: Marvin Goldstein praises the power of Primary Children's Songbook

By Jake Healey
August 19, 2015 12:00 AM
Marvin Goldstien performs in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, for a BYU Education Week class. Goldstein also perfomed in a sing-along of Janice Kapp Perry's favorite hymns, with Vanessa Joy leading the melody.
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Nation

U.S. religious organizations react to Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling

By Emily Hales
June 26, 2015 12:00 AM
The Supreme Court decision to officially legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states has raised questions among religious congregations about what the ruling means to their faith.
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