Monthly Archives: August 2000
NEWS STORY: Lieberman’s Orthodox Faith Presents Practical Campaign Challenges
By Kein Eckstrom — August 9, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ If Vice President Al Gore wins in November and is sworn in as the 43rd president on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, there is some question as to whether his running mate, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, will be there with him. Jan. 20 falls on the Jewish Sabbath, and Lieberman, […]
NEWS STORY: Being Jewish No Longer a Hindrance in Politics, But Some Jews Remain Wary
By RNS Blog Editor — August 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ There is growing evidence that a candidate’s religion is of diminishing importance in national politics and that religious prejudice is in decline as a factor in elections and high appointive office, particularly for Jewish candidates. But many Jews don’t believe it, and they fear awakening latent anti-Semitism should […]
NEWS STORY: Being Jewish No Longer a Hindrance in Politics, But Some Jews Remain Wary
By RNS Blog Editor — August 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ There is growing evidence that a candidate’s religion is of diminishing importance in national politics and that religious prejudice is in decline as a factor in elections and high appointive office, particularly for Jewish candidates. But many Jews don’t believe it, and they fear awakening latent anti-Semitism should […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service AME Zion Church Moves Back Decision on Merger With CME Church (RNS) The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has voted to extend its time line for possible merger with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church from 2004 to 2008. “There was a plan that was adopted as a framework or foundation […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service AME Zion Church Moves Back Decision on Merger With CME Church (RNS) The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has voted to extend its time line for possible merger with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church from 2004 to 2008. “There was a plan that was adopted as a framework or foundation […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 3, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Pro-Creationism Candidates Lose in Kansas School Board Primary (RNS) Kansas voters on Tuesday (Aug. 1) rejected three Board of Education candidates who support removing evolution from the state’s science curriculum and replacing it with an emphasis on creationism. In the GOP primary elections, two incumbent board members and one other […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 3, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Pro-Creationism Candidates Lose in Kansas School Board Primary (RNS) Kansas voters on Tuesday (Aug. 1) rejected three Board of Education candidates who support removing evolution from the state’s science curriculum and replacing it with an emphasis on creationism. In the GOP primary elections, two incumbent board members and one other […]
NEWS STORY: GOP Jews Say They Feel at Home Despite Christian Emphasis
By By David Gibson — August 2, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ For a long time, Jewish Republicans were to electoral politics what the quark was to particle physics: They existed in theory but no one had really seen one. Or, as one lonely Jewish Republican said a few years ago, all the Jewish Republicans in the country would fit […]
NEWS STORY: GOP Jews Say They Feel at Home Despite Christian Emphasis
By By David Gibson — August 2, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ For a long time, Jewish Republicans were to electoral politics what the quark was to particle physics: They existed in theory but no one had really seen one. Or, as one lonely Jewish Republican said a few years ago, all the Jewish Republicans in the country would fit […]
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