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	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
	Complexified Philip Reed-Butler, Black AI and the future of healing Rev. Amanda Henderson (RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.

	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.
	The State of Belief Religion News Service journalists Jack Jenkins and Mehditha Anis on the World Cup, Religion, and Politics
	Complexified (RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.

Jeffrey Salkin

The intellectual roots of feminism’s antisemitism

(RNS) — I don't know that feminism is a word Jewish women still fully own, but I know it’s worth fighting to keep.

Jeffrey von Arx

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

(RNS) — If the United States truly seeks a more hopeful future for Cuba, it should pursue policies that strengthen Cuban civil society — including the Catholic Church — rather than causing suffering.

Denva Gallant

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

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

Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

Kerri J. Malloy

(The Conversation) — The Pentagon recategorized Native religions as ‘other.’ A scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies explains the implications of that change.

Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, AP-NORC poll finds

Amelia Thomson-deveaux and Linley Sanders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The findings highlight the vulnerability that many Jewish adults in the U.S. feel as bipartisan support for Israel erodes and significant divides emerge within the Jewish community about what constitutes antisemitism — particularly when it comes to protesting Israel.

Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship

Sheikh Saaliq and Prabhjot Gill

GURDASPUR, India (AP) —The screenings have transformed Sikh temple compounds and village halls into makeshift cinemas where audiences watch not just a film but a retelling of memories of one of India’s bloodiest internal conflicts.

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