NEWS STORY
RNS-White-Sermon: Paula White’s sermon comment about ‘Satanic pregnancies’ goes viral
(RNS) – A sermon clip from presidential faith advisor Paula White went viral over the weekend. The clip shows White praying for the country and President Donald Trump and against what she called “satanic pregnancies” – a term she said referred to the plans of the devil. By Bob Smietana. 297 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Conspicuous-Jews: Amid rising anti-Semitism, Orthodox Jews weigh safety with being conspicuously Jewish
(RNS) Facing a wave of attacks on Jewish synagogues and shops, Orthodox Jews try to balance safety concerns while remaining identifiably Jewish in their dress and habits. By Menachem Wecker. 950 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Chabad-Antisemitism: Steadfast in his calling, a Chabad rabbi remains committed to serving fellow Jews
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Despite the rise of anti-Semitic incidents directed at Hasidic Jews, Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming of Chapel Hill remain steadfast in their calling as Chabad emissaries. As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, they put forward a hopeful narrative about America and its future. By Yonat Shimron. 1,000 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Hammerman-Oped: Auschwitz at 75: From sorrow to song
(RNS) — The 20th century Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, “There are three ways in which we respond to sorrow. On the first level, we cry; on the second level, we are silent; on the highest level, we take sorrow and turn it into song.” These responses to tragedy mirror how Jews have responded to the Holocaust over the past seven decades, from overwhelming grief to numbed silence. Now, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (Jan. 27), the time has come to turn the sorrow into song — in a sense, to embrace Auschwitz. by Joshua Hammerman. 1,421 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Everett-Oped: Why Christians should audit their words, worship and practices for anti-Semitism
(RNS) — It has become terrifyingly clear that Jews have become targets of extremist violence in the United States — a trend that has shocked and horrified American Jews and their neighbors. And as uncomfortable as it is to admit, the Christian church has a role in perpetuating anti-Semitism. For the sake of the integrity of our faith and the safety of our neighbors, Christians must confront our own legacy of anti-Semitism. By Laura Everett and Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski. 1,012 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: The new wall of separation between church and state
(RNS) — The 1980s and ’90s were a time when conservative Christians saw themselves as an emerging majority in America. No more. The Religious Liberty Wall is now a defensive edifice. A wall designed to permit religious conservatives to withdraw into a world of their own, one that permits them to live, work, and worship apart from the gender norms that have come to prevail in the rest of American society — even as their religious institutions insist on, and receive, access to the same governmental benefits as secular organizations. By Mark Silk. 800 words. (category: k)
