RNS Opening Budget — Friday, July 2, 2021

Religion News Service

July 2, 2021 at 12:17 p.m. ET

EDS: Please note RNS will not be transmitting stories on Monday, July 5 as we observe the July 4th holiday.

NEWS BRIEF
RNS-Rabbi-Stabbing: Chabad rabbi stabbed outside Boston Jewish day school
(RNS) — A rabbi who taught at Jewish day school in Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston, was stabbed eight times in the arm Thursday (July 1), by an attacker carrying a fake gun and a knife. Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, was taken to Boston Medical Center and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. The suspect in the attack was apprehended by police shortly afterward. No motive was given. By Yonat Shimron. 400 words. (category: a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Vatican-Trans: Fifty trans individuals get second vaccine shot at the Vatican
(RNS) – Pope Francis opened the doors of the Vatican in April to allow members of the trans community in Rome to receive their Covid-19 vaccine. By Claire Giangravè. 700 words. (category i)

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