(The Conversation) — In the Old Town of Rhodes, a picturesque tourist destination in the Aegean Sea, stands a monument to a dark period in the island’s past. In the former “Djuderia,” the Jewish quarter, a marble obelisk commemorates the...
(RNS) — Between President Joe Biden’s campaign exit and Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision on her running mate, Black church leaders were busy whipping up support for the Democratic presidential hopeful with a series of virtual events. Last week, about...
(RNS) — Jyoti Evans retired from her Ohio OB-GYN practice in 2020 with plans to downshift to a low-key life of leading yoga classes. But soon pandemic lockdowns shuttered yoga studios, and Evans was left with the basic knowledge gained...
(RNS) — It was stupid but not weird that Donald Trump tried to tell a Black audience that Kamala Harris only just recently claimed to be one of them. Stupid, because Harris has never hidden her Black identity behind her...
AP — About 10 miles from Johnson Space Center, a Houston-area church takes a moment during Wednesday Bible studies and Sunday evening services to pray for two members who cannot be there. In fact, there’s no way on Earth for...
(RNS) — It might seem strange that an Orthodox Jewish rabbi would side with a Christian adoption agency that refused to accommodate a Jewish couple. But I do. Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram, of Knox County, Tennessee, wanted to adopt a...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — As he stepped up into the old-fashioned wooden pulpit on a recent Sunday, Pastor Clint Pressley wasted no time. After quickly thanking the student discipleship minister who had brought many of the church’s Camp Paradise teens...
(RNS) — When Rabbi Michael J. Broyde’s phone rings these days, it may be a fellow scholar wanting an interpretation of Torah or a congregant at his Atlanta synagogue looking to discuss day-school fundraising. But since some half-million Israelis have...
(RNS) — In the Catholic weekday liturgy, we are currently hearing from Prophet Jeremiah, who warns us not to listen to false prophets. Before the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), Catholics only heard a very limited number of Scripture passages during...
(RNS) — My mother, of blessed memory, did not meditate. Nevertheless, she had a mantra — and she was not alone. Something was either “good for the Jews” or “bad for the Jews.” “Good for the Jews” — the Israeli...
