Source: Star Tribune

On March 18, 2000, the Minneapolis Star Tribune printed an article outlining the Jewish resolution to the difficulties that arise from the religious prohibition (shared by Jews and Muslims) of payment of interest. The concept of "Heter Iskah" requires that both parties to the financial transaction agree to be "partners in a joint venture" and to share the profits rather than structure the relationship as "lender-borrower" with interest payment. Muslims have arranged formal joint ventures, but this has often proven cumbersome without...

Source: The Boston Globe

On March 14, 2000, The Boston Globe reported that the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), an umbrella organization for many local and statewide groups, wrote to Cardinal Bernard Law about the apology he offered on March 11th for sins committed by Catholics. The letter, written by Donald Siegel, president, and Nancy K. Kaufman, executive director of the JCRC, praised Law and pledged to move forward in their joint fight against discrimination: "Jews and Catholic together know much needs to be done to fulfill...

Source: New York Daily News

On March 13, 2000, the Daily News of New York reported the reactions of several Holocaust survivors to the Papal apology. Saul Klausner, who lost dozens of family members in the Holocaust, stated: "What he did is noble. It's an acknowledgment...But he left out an important segment." Nellie Schreiber of Brooklyn, NY whose parents and 13 siblings died in Polish concentration camps, stated: "He should have apologized a long time ago...But the apology is accepted. It is never too late." Schreiber continued: "It makes me feel better...

Source: The Detroit News

On March 13, 2000, The Detroit News published an article entitled, "Maida Joins Pope in Asking Forgiveness: Catholic Clergy Apologizes for Sins Dating to Crusades."

Source: Los Angeles Times

On March 13, 2000, the Los Angeles Times reported that Pope John Paul II asked for God's forgiveness for sins committed or condoned by Catholics over the last 2,000 years in a homily on Sunday, March 12th from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The Pope divided the sins into seven broad categories: sins "in the service of truth", sins against Christian unity, sins against Jews, sins against other religions and cultures, sins against women and the unity of the human race, sins against individual rights, and sins in general. In...

Source: The Detroit News

On March 13, 2000, The Detroit News published an article entitled, "Pope's Apology to Jews Ranks as Most Significant for Church."

Source: The Detroit News

On March 9, 2000, The Detroit News published an article entitled, "Authors Go in Search of Ethnic Detroit: 'Global Journeys' Gives the Goods on 30 Cultural Communities."

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On March 4, 2000, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that representatives of 30 congregations in the St. Louis area are planning to meet regularly, possibly even monthly, to focus their efforts on combating racism in order to inform everyone in the region of the other's activities and to avoid duplicate efforts. The first meeting, sponsored by Rev. Martin Rafanan, who is the executive director of the National Conference for Community and Justice in St. Louis, convened representatives from the Interfaith Partnership of St....

Source: The Seattle Times

On February 26, 2000, The Seattle Times published an article entitled, "Chanting Crosses All Lines of Faith."

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

On February 25, 2000, The San Diego Union-Tribune published an article entitled, "Success is in the Air for Teacher of Breathing."

Source: The Seattle Times

On February 24, 2000, The Seattle Times published an article entitled, "Required Session was a Sermon, Sailors Say"

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

On February 21, 2000, The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on the efforts of Peninsula Interfaith Action to see more affordable housing in the San Jose/Silicon Valley area of California. Peninsula Interfaith Action, a group of 20 member churches, will send about 1,000 members to a public meeting on the Silicon Valley housing crisis on Monday, February 28th. Pastor Scott Wagers of the First Christian Church in San Jose stated: "Churches have a role in raising awareness of a moral issue...With the amount of...

Source: The Courier-Journal

On February 16, 2000, The Courier-Journal reported that the Kentucky Senate passed a resolution to encourage schools to post the Ten Commandments and teach about religion's influence on America by a 37-1 margin. A great deal of debate ensued over the inclusion of the influence of the Jewish faith on American history. The original resolution only referred to the teaching of the Christian faith, but the Senate decide to include the entire Judeo-Christian faith's impact in the United States. Sen. Albert Robinson, who sponsored the...

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

On February 15, 2000, The Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Finding the Right Fit for Religion and Public Schools."

Source: Deseret News

On February 14, 2000, the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, Utah published an article entitled, "Theologians Examine Deity: 5 Christians, Jew, Muslim Search for Common Ground."