(RNS) Episcopalians battle over aid to Israel

A group of prominent Episcopalians is criticizing their church’s stand on Israel, urging it to join 15 other denominations who call for an accounting of U.S. aid to Israel.

The public letter released on Friday (Jan. 18) notes that leaders of 15 religious groups, including Lutherans, Presbyterians and Methodists, asked Congress to take that step last October, and that the “voice of the Episcopal Church is woefully missing.”

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One comment on “(RNS) Episcopalians battle over aid to Israel

  1. dwstroudmd+ says:

    Perhaps they could call on the EcUSA to make transparent its legal costs in litigation in its war?

    Not holding my breath………..