Yonat Shimron
Yonat Shimron is an RNS National Reporter and Senior Editor.
All Stories by Yonat Shimron
Rachel Goldberg’s agonizing mission to get her kidnapped son back from Hamas
By Yonat Shimron — November 9, 2023
(RNS) — Working with a team of public relations volunteers, Rachel Goldberg is determined to keep the world’s attention focused on the demand for the release of the hostages.
Brandeis University bans campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2023
(RNS) — The university notified the student group on Monday (Nov. 6) that it will no longer recognize the group ‘because it openly supports Hamas, which the United States has designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.’
New book examines how the Bible came to be — a loser’s tale
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — Successive expulsions and exiles forced the ancient scribes to forge from their defeats a new identity as a people.
Jewish students on campus feel threatened, scared amid antisemitic spike
By Yonat Shimron — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — ‘There’s definitely a foreboding sense — when’s the next tragedy?’ a Cornell University sophomore said.
US Jews fracture over support for Israeli retaliation
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — Pro-Israel groups have denounced left-leaning Jews, accusing them of being antisemitic and not really Jewish.
Why Hamas is selling its assault on Israel as a holy war
By Michele Chabin and Yonat Shimron — October 17, 2023
(RNS) — The reference to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, was a rallying cry to unite Muslims everywhere.
Wracked by grief, US Jews gather to mourn, lament and raise money for Israel
By Yonat Shimron — October 12, 2023
(RNS) — Many American Jews are feeling an acute sense of trauma.
In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time
By Yonat Shimron — October 12, 2023
(RNS) — Greg Garrett, a professor at Baylor University, wants to introduce a new generation of readers to the writer of short stories, novels and plays who believed America can do better.
American Jews listen to harrowing stories of death and disarray from Israel
By Yonat Shimron — October 9, 2023
(RNS) — A daring rescue of a family that had barricaded in their home during a Hamas-led attack is one of many stories now being shared in the American Jewish community.
Black churches play a key role in connecting communities to broadband internet
By Adelle M. Banks and Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2023
(RNS) — ‘There are churches near, and people near, places where there are no internet carriers at all,’ said the Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner.
Survey: US religious groups do not view climate change as a crisis
By Yonat Shimron — October 4, 2023
(RNS) — Among white evangelicals, the view that the Earth is in crisis actually dropped — from 13% in 2014 to 8% today.
Faith-based health organizations defend at-risk AIDS initiative from Republicans
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2023
(RNS) — Many faith-based organizations opposed to abortion are fighting for PEPFAR, an AIDS program that some Republicans now claim provides abortion services.
A Yom Kippur sermon warns American Jews of Israel’s growing messianic rule
By Yonat Shimron — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — In a barnburner Yom Kippur sermon Monday (Sept. 25), Rabbi Sharon Brous said elements of Israel’s new government have a messianic agenda that aims to turn the country into a fascist theocracy.
This Yom Kippur, she’ll pray inside the synagogue, he’ll secure it on the outside
By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — Shana Silverstein and Tom Barbieri are among a growing rank of intermarried synagogue members.
Suspended UMC Latina bishop found not guilty on all charges
By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, a leader of the California-Nevada Conference, or region, of the United Methodist Church, will return to her role after an 18-month suspension.
