Monthly Archives: December 2000
NEWS SIDEBAR: A Prayer for the Feast of St. Chad
By RNS Blog Editor — December 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A prayer for the Feast Day of St. Chad, celebrated March 2: Almighty God, whose servant Chad, for the peace of the church, relinquished cheerfully the honors that had been thrust upon him, only to be rewarded with equal responsibility: keep us, we pray Thee, from thinking of ourselves […]
Reform Jewish Seminary President Steps Down Under Cloud of Suspicion
By Kein Eckstrom — December 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, the widely-respected leader of Reform Judaism’s central seminary, has resigned his post and been suspended from rabbinical duties for at least two years because of inappropriate “personal relationships” before he became president. Zimmerman, who has led Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion since 1996, will undergo […]
Reform Jewish Seminary President Steps Down Under Cloud of Suspicion
By Kein Eckstrom — December 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, the widely-respected leader of Reform Judaism’s central seminary, has resigned his post and been suspended from rabbinical duties for at least two years because of inappropriate “personal relationships” before he became president. Zimmerman, who has led Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion since 1996, will undergo […]
COMMENTARY: The Color of Christmas
By Tom Ehrich — December 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) CATANIA, Sicily _ It is strange to board an Alitalia airplane in Rome on a 60-degree day, bound for the eastern coast of Sicily where they are in greater danger […]
COMMENTARY: The Color of Christmas
By Tom Ehrich — December 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is a writer and computer consultant, managing large-scale database implementations. An Episcopal priest, he lives in Durham, N.C.) CATANIA, Sicily _ It is strange to board an Alitalia airplane in Rome on a 60-degree day, bound for the eastern coast of Sicily where they are in greater danger […]
NEWS STORY: South African Teens Tackle Worsening AIDS Epidemic
By Shelvia Dancy — December 2, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Like most 15-year-olds, Mashapa Machaba never talked to his parents about sex. School, yes. His future, yes. But condoms? AIDS? “I could never have those types of discussions with my parents,” said Machaba. But he is having those discussions now, and not just with his parents. As one of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 2, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Canadian Falun Gong Follower Imprisoned in China (RNS) A Canadian follower of the banned Falun Gong spiritual group has been sentenced by Chinese authorities to three years in a labor camp, according to a Hong Kong-based human rights group. The three-year sentence given to Zhang Kunlun _ who became a […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 2, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Canadian Falun Gong Follower Imprisoned in China (RNS) A Canadian follower of the banned Falun Gong spiritual group has been sentenced by Chinese authorities to three years in a labor camp, according to a Hong Kong-based human rights group. The three-year sentence given to Zhang Kunlun _ who became a […]
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