LONDON (RNS) — When the Roma violinist Jakub Segar arrived at Auschwitz, the concentration camp’s guards ordered him to strip and hand over all his belongings, including his violin. Unable to bear being parted from his precious instrument, he played...
(RNS) — It was a “one size fits all” day of Jewish mourning. That is what I remember about the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av — the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, which Jews observe in...
(RNS) — On Jan. 27, people around the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and to mourn the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi genocide alongside the...
(RNS) — A broad group of prominent national and local Jewish organizations has sent a letter to President Donald Trump voicing stern opposition to his immigration policies and urging him to abandon plans for what they describe as “widespread persecution...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — When Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to the eastern Congo city of Goma, he knew the risks of resisting corruption,...
God and Trump collide In a week of political and religious tension, sparks flare at the National Cathedral. Host Amanda Henderson and RNS Executive Editor Roxanne Stone delve into how this sermon—calling for mercy and justice—reshaped the national...
This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush reflects on the courage of Episcopal Bishop Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, who spoke faithfully on behalf of the victims of the incoming administration’s policies at the inagural prayer service, attended by the...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — After a presidential campaign in which anti-abortion activists lamented that their issue had faded from the GOP’s agenda, the first March for Life in the second Trump administration roared their approval as President Trump appeared by video...
(RNS) — The controversy around Bishop Mariann Budde’s prophetic message to Trump this past week at the National Cathedral’s inaugural prayer service is a big deal, and it should be. It’s still making international news, and I’m writing this from...
(RNS) — My son and I have a Thanksgiving ritual. Every year, we sit before a wide-screened television, and we watch Martin Scorcese’s classic concert film, “The Last Waltz,” which tells the story of the final concert by the Band....
