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Adelle M. Banks

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Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo should have disqualified him long ago

Beth Kissileff

Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US

Madhiha Anis

Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

Demonstrators gather to hear speakers during a march organized by Interfaith Action for Palestine, in protest of the Christians United for Israel national summit, on Monday, July 6, 2026, outside the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. (RNS photo/David Katibah)

David Katibah

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Interfaith Action for Palestine gathered around 200 people to protest Christians United for Israel and US military support for Israel.

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Photos of the Week: Funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei

Kit Doyle

Modern Judaica helps Jews express identity, build community in uncertain times

Kyle Desrosiers-Levine

Between July 4 and Nov. 3, faith leaders seek fair access to the voting booth

Adelle M. Banks

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I was raised as Christian pronatalist. The movement is white supremacist.

Tia Levings

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For cookbook author Adeena Sussman, moving to Tel Aviv reshaped her kitchen — and her life

Beth Kissileff

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	Saved by the City Eat the Rich! Jesus Had Something to Say About That + Malcolm Foley Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	Martini Judaism Is it time to retire the term ‘Zionism’? Jeffrey Salkin (RNS) — Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But is that all it means? Two Jewish thought leaders have it out.
	The State of Belief America’s Founding Principles and the Future of Democracy with Constitutional Scholar Jeffrey Rosen Paul Brandeis Raushenbush What the process of founding the United States can teach us today about keeping our democracy alive: insights from the author of "Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton Versus Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America"

	Saved by the City Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	Martini Judaism (RNS) — Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But is that all it means? Two Jewish thought leaders have it out.
	Complexified (RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.

Michael Naparstek

From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework for understanding the world not as broken but as naturally seeking balance

(The Conversation) — Daoism approaches the world not from the perspective that the world is broken or needs to be saved, but rather that it is naturally balanced.

Steven K. Green

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

(The Conversation) — The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission argues that religious freedom is under attack and blames the ‘wall of separation’ between church and state.

Jeffrey Salkin

Why is it so hard to sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner?’

(RNS) — Our patriotic songs are sacred texts — even in the way that we try to sing them.

Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee

Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas did not say whether it planned to take the crucial step of disarming or handing over security to an international force, but described its decision as evidence of its commitment to Gaza’s reconstruction after years of war.

Khamenei’s other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding

Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.

How Russia turned to medieval saints in its push for ‘traditional values’ – and more babies

Diana Dukhanova

(The Conversation) — The Russian Orthodox Church is creating another pro-family day, part of a broader ‘traditional values’ campaign run by the government.

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Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US