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 Some Jewish leaders are encouraging Jews to see Jesus as one of their own.
April 5th, 2012
02:36 PM ET
Jews reclaim Jesus as one of their ownBy Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) - The relationship between Jews and Jesus has traditionally been a complicated one, to say the least. As his followers' message swept the ancient world, Jews who did not accept Jesus as the Messiah found themselves in the uncomfortable, and sometimes dangerous, position of being blamed for his death. Mainstream Christian theology's position held that Judaism had been supplanted, the Jewish covenant with the divine no longer valid, because of the incarnation of God as Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross. Jews, for their part, tended largely to ignore Jesus. That's changing now.  Trayvon Martin, left, and Shaima Alawadi, were both killed recently.
April 5th, 2012
01:04 PM ET
My Take: My hijab is my hoodie
By Linda Sarsour, Special to CNN (CNN) - I’ve been among the millions mourning the killing of Trayvon Martin, but I’m also mourning the fact that another recent killing has gotten little national attention. Last week, a 32-year old Iraqi Muslim mother named Shaima Alawadi was found brutally beaten with a tire iron in her El Cajon, California, home and died three days later. A note reportedly left beside her said, “Go Back to your country, you terrorist.” As an Arab-American Muslim mother of three, I instantly thought about myself and my family. |
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