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Proposed Muslim cemetery splits Southern California residents

Madhiha Anis

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More about Jesus, less about coffee: Seven LDS Church trends, according to data

Jana Riess

Appeal renews legal fight over Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church pastor

Adelle M. Banks

American Jews face a Democratic Party rethinking unconditional Israel support

Palestinians inspect damage to their tents following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Yonat Shimron

(RNS) — A growing number of Democrats, and a growing number of American Jews, no longer want the U.S. to issue Israel a blank check.

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MAGA Pastor Greg Locke claims federal officials raided his home but gives few details

Bob Smietana

After mall stabbing, Utah faith leaders warn against anti-Muslim rhetoric

Ulaa Kuziez

Activist Catholic priest Michael Pfleger again accused of sexual abuse

Aleja Hertzler-McCain

Opinion

Why ‘kapo’ should never be used as a political insult against other Jews

Jeffrey Salkin

Opinion

The AI ethics debate looks different from Manila

Michael DeLashmutt

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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 Faith and FIFA: Religion at the World Cup Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Religion News Service journalists Jack Jenkins and Mehditha Anis on the World Cup, Religion, and Politics

	Saved by the City Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	The State of Belief Religion News Service journalists Jack Jenkins and Mehditha Anis on the World Cup, Religion, and Politics
	Complexified What happens when tradition becomes trouble?

Mark Silk

Learning what a trip to Jewish Poland has to teach

(RNS) — A cautionary tale for today.

Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin

Beyond the End Times: What evangelical support for Israel really reveals

(RNS) — For many evangelicals, Israel is not just a sign of the End Times. It is also the homeland of a people they believe God has chosen and whom Christians are called to love.

Jeffrey Salkin

How do we respond to Lindsey Graham’s death? It matters.

(RNS) — Sen. Lindsey Graham has died. Why are people responding in such a tasteless way?

Mindfulness is often presented as a path to calm, but its Buddhist roots explain why it can also bring difficulties

Ronald S. Green

(The Conversation) — Mindfulness can improve health and well-being, but it may not work for everyone. Buddhist teachings suggest that how it is practiced – and who guides it – matters.

Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service

Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Lawmakers voted in a marathon session on Monday and Tuesday to both freeze the arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders and to enshrine Jewish religious studies as a “foundational value” of the state.

Kenyan court dismisses Rastafari case seeking to legalize marijuana

Evelyne Musambi

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Justice Bahati Mwamuye said Kenya’s laws prohibiting the cultivation and use of marijuana do not violate Rastafarians’ right to freedom of religion.

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