Avi Schnall directs Agudath Israel of America’s New Jersey office. He spoke out against ending religious exemptions to vaccines when the issue was before the New Jersey Legislature.

Rabbi Yakov Litzman is Israel’s deputy minister of health. Vaccinations aren’t mandatory in Israel, but Litzman has expressed support for changing that in recent years.

Josh Williams is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He researches how religion influences people’s views on vaccines.

Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin is an associate professor of Islamic studies at the University of Science in Malaysia and an Islamic jurist. In 2019, he called on Muslims around the world to boycott Chinese products until Uighur Muslims were guaranteed better treatment.

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Kate Bowler is an associate professor of the history of American Christianity at Duke Divinity School, an author and a podcast host. Her books include The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities, which explores how evangelical women build successful ministry careers despite being barred from the pulpit. She has also written on […]

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Rabbi Esther Lederman is the director of congregational innovation for the Union for Reform Judaism.

JR Woodward is the national director of the V3 Movement, an organization that prepares church planters to launch new faith communities. He previously led churches in Virginia and Los Angeles.