Joanna Corman
Joanna Corman is an author at Religion News Service.
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What’s up with … the violence in India?
By Joanna Corman — October 2, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Simone Grudzen and her sister, Corita Grudzen, are the daughters of a priest and a nun who fell in love when their father, Gerald, was a seminarian. The couple married six months after his ordination and the church subsequently excommunicated him. Growing up, the sisters always knew their family […]
Some young Jews seek out alternative bar mitzvahs
By Joanna Corman — October 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Hannah Nemer’s bat mitzvah was still a year away, but already she was feeling reluctant about such a big production. Based on other Jewish coming-of-age ceremonies she had attended, she worried the ritual would be more an empty performance rather than the spiritual transformation she desired. But when her […]
Film Captures 9/11 Backlash Against Sikh Americans
By Joanna Corman — April 5, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, images of the smoldering World Trade Center towers and a bearded and turbaned Osama bin Laden flashed constantly across TV screens. So did images of President Bush, espousing national unity and speaking ofthe kindness that Americans of all backgrounds […]
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