Author: A. James Rudin

U.S. War veterans and War historians pay their respects during a minute of silence while they attend a ceremony during the Veteran’s Day parade in New York City on November 11, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz © Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the leader of the American Jewish community during the 1930s and 1940s, photographed by Harris & Ewing. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress.

Eugene B. Borowitz, who died last week at age 91, will be remembered as one of America’s foremost religious philosophers — a prolific author and an extraordinary theologian who for nearly 60 years influenced both Jews and Christians. Photo courtesy of Hebrew Union College.

A young usher, holding cap at right, stands solemnly with religious, civil rights and labor leaders on the platform in front of Lincoln Memorial during the national anthem at the opening of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom program. Five of the 10 chairmen of the March also on the platform were, from…

Members of the Zaka emergency response team pray beside the coffins of four victims of an attack at a kosher supermarket on Friday, before their transport from Paris to Israel for burial, in Paris, in this handout picture released by Zaka on January 12, 2015. France will deploy 10,000 soldiers on home soil by Tuesday…

(RNS1-JUL20) Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., left her Lutheran church six days before she announced her run for president. She now belongs to a mainstream evangelical Baptist church. For use with RNS-POLS-CHURCH, transmitted July 20, 2011. RNS photo courtesy Bachmann for President. RNS