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As Israel divides Jewish communities, Yiddish draws a new generation

Nirvani Williams

Opinion

Can AI replace vocation?

Michael Grayston

Faith-based AI company Gloo faces moment of truth after $438M in losses

Bob Smietana

Muslim advocacy group fights for trust after Texas brands it a terrorist group

Shaimaa Zayan, operations manager of CAIR-Texas, addresses the State Board of Education meeting in the Barbara Jordan Building on Monday, June 22, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (RNS photo/Ulaa Kuziez)

Ulaa Kuziez

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — A terrorist designation in Texas is fraying trust inside Muslim communities as mosque and nonprofit leaders decide whether standing by CAIR is worth the risk.

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In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims

Priyadarshini Sen

Jehovah’s Witnesses buy data center property for new expansion

Adelle M. Banks

Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

David Katibah

Opinion

The intellectual roots of feminism’s antisemitism

Jeffrey Salkin

Opinion

US sanctions are harming the Cuban Catholic Church, the island’s hope

Jeffrey von Arx

Beth Kissileff

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

(RNS) — Her goal, she told a Pittsburgh JCC audience, is to show Israel in a lens not political or religious, but to cook, tell stories and share who she is authentically living there.

Thomas Reese

Pope Leo calls for government action to protect children and workers from AI

(RNS) — Like many of us, Leo fears the tools of the digital age — which hold such promise — have been made poisonous.

Diana Dukhanova

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

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

The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok

Denva Gallant

(The Conversation) — Paintings of early Christian saints were designed to show worshippers what sacred authority looked like, using books, clothing and gestures as symbols.

English court to rule on final challenge to Trinidad’s gay sex ban

DÁnica Coto

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Supreme Court judges in London held a hearing Wednesday on a landmark human rights case that could decriminalize gay sex in the eastern Caribbean nation, potentially setting a precedent for the largely conservative Caribbean region.

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.

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