On Rosh Hashana, I heard women weeping
(RNS) — When you hear the blasts of the shofar, what goes through your mind and through your soul? The sages say the blasts of the shofar should remind you of someone weeping. That is why the Talmud calls it...
Religion
Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
(The Conversation) — This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and Chile fill with crowds dressed and...
‘Blue Baby’ releases Oct. 9 — a new documentary film that goes inside the walls of Fr. Flanagan’s Boys Town
-Available October 9- OMAHA, Neb. — This is not just another documentary about a saintly priest. It’s a fight for America’s youth and a documentary about a priest whose mission changed the trajectory for incarcerated youth in America.This month, a...
5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
(The Conversation) — Polls and analyses from journalists, scholars and even religious leaders often seem to assume that evangelicalism represents a singular religious and social identity. Former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump, who received 81% of the white evangelical...
Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones as violence escalates
(AP) — It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born — and is now buried. She planned to return there soon; this time, she thought, she would take her two teenage daughters. Instead,...
Evangelicals for Harris’ anti-Trump Billy Graham ad prompts threat of lawsuit
(RNS) — The ad begins with a clip of renowned evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham, wearing glasses, a gray suit and tie, leaning in toward a pulpit. “But you must realize that in the last days, the times will be...
After months of disarray, Israel elects a Sephardic chief rabbi
(RNS) — Just in time for the Jewish new year, which began last week, Israel elected a new Sephardic chief rabbi, but voting for the Ashkenazi one remains mired in controversy. The appointment comes after months of vacancy, the longest...
On Oct. 7, Pittsburgh Jews embrace unity in a divided city
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — On a blocked-off street behind the Jewish Community Center in the bustling heart of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, roughly 1,000 people stood shoulder to shoulder Monday (Oct. 7) to commemorate the Hamas massacre in southern Israel a...
Jemar Tisby on ‘The Spirit of Justice’ and the Black Christians who pursued it
(RNS) — In his bestselling book “The Color of Compromise,” author and historian Jemar Tisby explored the history of racism in the American church. Now, in his new book, “The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance,”...
Want to become an organ donor? Here are five questions to consider.
(RNS) — Hundreds of thousands of people are walking around alive today because other people have donated organs for transplantation. Every year we set new records for this practice: In 2023, there were more than 46,000 life-saving organ transplants. In...
