Diaspora
Storytelling, cooking biryani: How displaced Shia Ismaili Muslim women rebuilt community
By Kathryn Post — July 7, 2023
(RNS) — Shenila Khoja-Moolji's new book records the histories of women in her faith community that are absent from religious archives.
Reform movement leader on Israel: ‘It’s time to lean in; not walk away.’
By Yonat Shimron — March 6, 2023
(RNS) — Like all US Jewish denominations, the Reform movement has given wholehearted support to Israel. In an interview with RNS, Rabbi Rick Jacobs reiterated that support, even as he allowed for some criticism.
‘Vacationing’ to reconnect with India’s Zoroastrian culture
By Bhavya Dore — January 7, 2019
MUMBAI, India (RNS) — Return to Roots, a organization inspired by Birthright Israel, is fostering connections among young Zoroastrians around the world to bolster the once-thriving religious minority centered in northwestern India.
How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean
By Ken Chitwood — September 20, 2018
(The Conversation) — In Trinidad, where Muslims make up 5 percent of the population, a parade of colorful floats marks the Shiite holy day of Ashura, but the festival also commemorates those killed in the anti-British Hosay riots in 1884.
Israel’s rigid Chief Rabbinate challenges the identity of Diaspora Jews
By Yonat Shimron — July 16, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The rabbinate, which requires all Jews wishing to marry in Israel to provide proof of their Jewishness, has rejected the authority of many North American Orthodox rabbis.
Indian synagogue held first Sabbath service in decades
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 25, 2016
COCHIN, India (RNS) A nearly 900-year-old synagogue recently held its first Sabbath service in decades in one of the diaspora’s farthest flung places.
Are Jews better off outside Israel? Alan Wolfe reconsiders the Diaspora
By Lauren Markoe — November 21, 2014
(RNS) In the Diaspora, writes Alan Wolfe, Jewish can embrace universalism -- applying Jewish values to make the world a better place. "Jewish particularism" better describes the defensive, inward posture of Jews in Israel.
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