This is the real war on Christmas. Choose love, not ICE. Our new ad with @protectdemocracy.org is airing in cities across the U.S. this week. Go to LoveNotICE.org to join us in demanding that ICE stop their attacks on our neighbors. #LoveNotICE

In America, we love one another. But right now, ICE's cruelty is tearing our neighbors apart during the holiest time of the year. Watch this powerful ad by @interfaithalliance.org & @protectdemocracy.org Bear witness to the truth. 🔗 https://youtu.be/eALKrOVaRGg

As CBP and ICE use religious scripture to justify their violent actions in our communities, faith leaders and neighbors are pushing back against using religion to justify repression. Watch and share this powerful video that kicks off our campaign with @interfaithalliance.org:

W @interfaithalliance.org we just launched a six-figure ad buy contrasting the holiday spirit with what ICE is doing to our neighbors. @raushenbush.bsky.social and I on why and the need for a new Great Awakening to turn away from the hate all around us. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-need-a-...

This powerful video from our partner @interfaithalliance.org depicts ICE’s horrific and inhumane treatment of our friends and neighbors. When the Trump-Vance admin chooses cruelty – we choose compassion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALKrOVaRGg

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

I've seen this a few times and it has stopped me in my tracks each time. This is reprehensible.

"A moral reawakening would compel us to look honestly at what we are doing to immigrants—and why," write President of @interfaithalliance.org, @raushenbush.bsky.social and @ianbassin.bsky.social for the @thebulwark.com. Read their piece: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/we-need-a-new-great-awakening

Choose love, not ICE. ❤️ NEW from Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social & @protectdemocracy.org's @ianbassin.bsky.social in @thebulwark.com:

Powerful.

“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not oppress them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:33-34) #LoveNotICE

Faith communities have been key to the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. This holiday season, we all have a chance to support their efforts. Watch and share this powerful message with our partners @interfaithalliance.org calling on people of all backgrounds to choose LoveNotICE.org

Really support this ad by @interfaithalliance.org and not just because I’m in it. Choose love not ICE! youtu.be/eALKrOVaRGg

Please sign the petition at LoveNotIce.org

ICE’s cruelty is tearing our neighbors apart during the holiest time of the year. As faithful Americans, we demand that ICE stop attacking our neighbors. Watch our new ad with @protectdemocracy.org and then head over to LoveNotICE.org to add your name to our letter. #LoveNotICE

Today, Interfaith Alliance and our partners MPAC, @thejcpa.bsky.social + @unionseminary.bsky.social convened on Capitol Hill to discuss Jewish-Muslim solidarity in the face of horrific hate and violence targeting both communities. We were also joined by @raskin.house.gov and @replsimon.bsky.social.

We at Interfaith Alliance are also mourning the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. We were fortunate to have Rob on our podcast, The State of Belief, in February 2024 to discuss the documentary he produced on the rise and threat of Christian nationalism, God & Country.

Enjoyed talking with @raushenbush.bsky.social for 'State of Belief' (a great podcast from @interfaithalliance.org & @rns.org). We talked about Pete Hegseth's prayer services at the Pentagon, how Christian Nationalists misuse the Bible, & more. Check it out: www.interfaithalliance.org/post/the-war...

Today has been gutting but I’m finding light in the story of Ahmed al-Ahmed, the hero who tackled and disarmed one of the antisemitic gunmen today in Australia. Ahmed was shot but thankfully expected to recover.

We are mourning the lives taken by the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah gathering in Australia. 🧵

We are heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Hanukkah commemorates the Jewish people's resilience and their right to exist, worship, and live openly as Jews. The perpetrators of this attack sought to extinguish that light and terrorize Jewish communities worldwide.

Devastated by the news out of Australia. My love to all my Jewish family, friends and colleagues. Heartbreaking and infuriating

No one should have to fear for their life while practicing their Judaism. We are incredibly upset and deeply concerned by the news of the deadly attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, directly targeting the Jewish community.

Clips from Rabbi Rick Jacobs' Statement on the Antisemitic Attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Menorah Lighting Remarks: Delivered to the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s Consultation on Conscience. Read the full statement: urj.org/press-room/s...

We are shattered by the antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia. Antisemitism is a crisis that demands urgent, comprehensive action to keep all our communities safe. Read our full statement: jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...

This is horrific unadulterated bigotry that has no place in Congress or anywhere. Full stop.

“When I hear people mention God while transferring wealth from the bottom to the top, kicking people off of health care, going after anybody who looks like they might be from somewhere else, engaged in profiling, then I don’t know who that God is.” @warnock.senate.gov @americanprogress.bsky.social

"We believe our faith requires us to speak out when our friends and neighbors are cruelly attacked in such a manner," write the board members of Interfaith Alliance of North Dakota. "Every major religious tradition calls us to walk in the ways of love and compassion."

"There's no Noah's ark that will protect the Jewish community if we lose the fundamental rights of all Americans in this country." -Ambassador Rabbi David Saperstein, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and Director Emeritus of @the-rac.bsky.social

This week, the National Latino Evangelical Coalition launched the Advent Welcome Campaign, which says: “There’s room in the inn." That in Advent, we should have space for immigrants, foreigners, refugees and others fleeing difficult situations. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/4...

The Very Reverend Winnie Varghese is a queer Episcopal priest born to Indian immigrants. She is now the first female dean of the largest cathedral in the United States, New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. On The State of Belief, we dove into her journey and much more.

Spotted in the Naples Daily News 👀 Dr. Lisa Freund with Interfaith Alliance of Southwest Florida on why clergy and lay people across faith traditions are gathering weekly to protest the treatment of their immigrant neighbors #LoveThyNeighbor

"Interfaith Alliance is grateful and proud of the role that diverse faith communities have played in the larger pro-democracy movement—mobilizing across the U.S. to uphold civil rights, democratic institutions and our core freedoms as Americans." -Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social @democracyforward.org

Calling our fellow Americans “barbarians” because of how they pray is un-American and antithetical to the right to freedom of religion guaranteed in the First Amendment. Any Member of Congress should know that. Congressman Fine should delete this post and apologize immediately.

Shame on Rep. Fine. This is racism against Muslims, and the fact that it's coming from a sitting member of Congress is reprehensible.

This is exactly the kind of interfaith partnership we need right now! 👏 As Rev. Paul Graham with St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Cannon said: “No human being is garbage,” and shame on President Trump for saying so. #LoveThyNeighbor

Blessed are you when following the Gospel causes “outrage”

Interfaith Alliance has BIG plans in store for 2026, and YOU can help fuel our pro-democracy faith movement! Make a donation today for #GivingTuesday and your donations will be matched until 11:59pm.

Until 11:59pm tonight, your donations will be matched! Any amount goes a long way to helping us build our multi-faith movement for democracy and religious freedom. Help us reach our #GivingTuesday goal here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/givingtues...

Thank you @fpwellman.bsky.social for a great conversation!

Speaking with @meidastouch.com, Baptist minister and President & CEO of Interfaith Alliance, Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social, calls BS on the claim that Trump is America’s “greatest champion of religion.”

Our President & CEO, Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social, spoke with @meidastouch.com about the Christian nationalist agenda and our work at Interfaith Alliance fighting back.

"Idaho should serve as a call to action rather than a harbinger of a national dystopia," warns Interfaith Alliance of Idaho's Rabbi Daniel Fink on the threat of Christian nationalism.

Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott took a dramatic step targeting the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organizations, the Council on American Islamic Relations. Governor Abbott's attack on CAIR is an attack on all of us, writes Nina Fernando with Shoulder to Shoulder.

🎧 Listen: @mariajstephan.bsky.social on the power of faith communities in movements to counter authoritarianism on the State of Belief podcast with @interfaithalliance.org https://www.interfaithalliance.org/post/the-power-of-faithful-non-violent-resistance-with-maria-stephan

"Democracies are not dying abruptly as a result of military coups or tanks in the streets. They're dying subtly as democratically-elected leaders go on to eviscerate the norms and institutions of democracy." - @mariajstephan.bsky.social

"...right now we're in a moment where there are great costs to things that should not have cost to them in a democracy." - @skyeperryman.bsky.social

“The Catholic Church recognizes service to people on the margins as corporal works of mercy that are cornerstones of Christianity.” Priests and nuns are suing 👊

NEW from me: Catholic clergy, nuns sue Trump admin over Communion access for ICE detainees. All told, more than 60 religious groups/denominations and ~10 religious professionals have sued the Trump admin this year. This lawsuit adds one more group, four more clergy. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...