Moses
Jonah is a prophet for today
By Thomas Reese — January 22, 2024
(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza.
Speaker Mike Johnson and the Christian Lawmakers
By Ray Kirstein — December 9, 2023
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Holly Hollman of BJC and Darcy Hirsh from Interfaith Alliance about House Speaker Mike Johnson's cozy ties to an organization of Christian nationalist legislators
‘The Prince of Egypt’ live-action musical is now streaming
By Kathryn Post — December 6, 2023
(RNS) — RNS spoke to Scott Schwartz, director of the musical adaptation of the widely acclaimed 1998 animated movie, about the West End production.
Kendrick Lamar’s new album reminds us that even prophets are fallible
By Andre Henry — May 18, 2022
(RNS) — His first album in five years has the Pulitzer Prize winner counting the costs of truth-telling.
On Ashura, Muslims recall how faith in God overcomes tyrants
By Omar Suleiman — August 28, 2020
(RNS) — On Ashura, the promise of Paradise is divine assurance even when the world shows its vilest cruelty. No pharaoh, tyrant or terrorist can take any of those things away.
A new book explores the evolution of the DIY handbook for Passover
By Yonat Shimron — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Vanessa Ochs’ new book, ‘The Passover Haggadah: A Biography,’ recounts how this wine-stained ritual manual, handed to each participant around the seder table, evolved. And no, she doesn’t think the coronavirus will emerge as the 11th plague.
The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot
By Kimberly Winston — May 16, 2018
(RNS) — This weekend marks the Christian holy day of Pentecost and the Jewish holy day Shavuot. Both involve 'gifts,' but not the kind that come with bows. Let us ’Splain ...
When Moses had a #MeToo moment
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 1, 2018
(RNS) — This year was saw the Tiananmen Square of Testosterone. Moses saw it coming.
Michael Douglas and Hollywood’s Jewish identity problem
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 18, 2015
(RNS) We need more Jews in Hollywood to stand up for Judaism and Jewish causes.
Hollywood looks to the Bible for screenplay potential
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 23, 2013
(RNS) Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ,” which earned $611.9 million worldwide, studios are looking to the Good Book for good material.
Stuttering clergy spread the Word
By Lauren Markoe — May 11, 2012
(RNS) A stuttering priest can sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but clergy who stutter are increasingly willing to talk about their stuttering, and how a profession that rewards particularly inspiring speech can be open to those with speech impediments. By Lauren Markoe.
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