Nicole Neroulias
Nicole Neroulias is an author at Religion News Service.
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Metropolitan Jonah
By Nicole Neroulias — December 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As the new leader of the New York-based Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Jonah has inspired the group’s estimated 100,000 adherents to hope for a brighter future after years of financial mismanagement and scandal at the highest levels of their church. Born James Paffhausen, the 49-year-old convert who had […]
I’m dreaming of a green Hanukkah
By Nicole Neroulias — December 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Every December, the Sadeh family tries to bring Hanukkah back to its roots: a Jewish festival of lights that, technically, celebrates conservation. While others dream of a white Christmas, the Sadehs and other environmentally-conscious Jews strive for a green Hanukkah. It’s natural to turn a holiday about a one-day […]
Russian Orthodox leader Alexy II dies at 79
By Nicole Neroulias — December 6, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who shepherded his church through the rubble of communism but was unable or unwilling to heal a longstanding breach with the Catholic Church, died Friday (Dec. 5). He was 79. Alexy, the spiritual leader to more than 100 million Christians around the […]
Jews, Muslims seek better ties in `Twinning’ program
By Nicole Neroulias — November 25, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ The mistrust and misconceptions between North America’s Jews and Muslims may run thick and deep, but leaders of a new nationwide interfaith initiative say the two sides have more to learn than fear from each other. That was the message issued this weekend (Nov. 21-23) in more […]
Gay marriage activists protest Mormons online, in streets
By Nicole Neroulias — November 15, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Angered by last week’s passage of Proposition 8 that reversed California’s same-sex marriage ruling, gay rights activists have taken their battle to the blogosphere and to the streets, targeting the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) for encouraging Mormons to bankroll the Yes on 8 […]
Convert elected new head of Orthodox Church in America
By Nicole Neroulias — November 15, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) On the heels of a historic presidential election last week, hundreds of Orthodox Christians frustrated with their own leadership also voted for change Wednesday (Nov. 12), in the form of the youngest, newest bishop to become the head of the Orthodox Church in America. Bishop Jonah, 49, born James […]
Top Jewish leaders say collaboration is key to vitality
By Nicole Neroulias — November 8, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service STAMFORD, Conn. _ The Reform, Conservative and Orthodox streams of Judaism each have their particular responses to issues facing American Jews, but there’s no reason they can’t work to address those challenges together, the heads of the flagship educational institutions for all three movements said Thursday (Nov. 6). While the […]
American Muslims relieved, hopeful at Obama’s election
By Nicole Neroulias — November 7, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) After months of balancing their support for the presidential candidate with concerns that their allegiance could do more harm than good, millions of relieved American Muslims cheered the election of the son of a Muslim immigrant whose middle name is Hussein. Record numbers of U.S. Muslims had cast their […]
Pastor creates interfaith church where `Christians are not in charge’
By Nicole Neroulias — October 22, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ A Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist and an atheist walk into a prayer meeting. Any number of punch lines could follow, but the members of Faith House Manhattan have serious business in mind: creating a spiritual community for people from any _ or no _ […]
Ramadan sees birth of emerging Muslim labor movement
By Nicole Neroulias — September 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Hundreds of Muslim workers at two meat processing plants in Colorado and Nebraska walked off the job earlier this month, protesting their employer’s refusal to grant time to pray and break a 12-hour fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. About 100 workers were fired in Greeley, Colo., […]
Rabbis use high holidays to make ethics a part of kosher
By Nicole Neroulias — September 24, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ At the Jewish supermarket closest to Rabbi Gerald C. Skolnick’s synagogue in Queens, N.Y., all the groceries are certified kosher, including rows of refrigerated chicken legs and hamburger patties. But Skolnik checks the poultry labels carefully, avoiding cuts from Agriprocessors, the Iowa meatpacking plant charged with more […]
Christian parents seek out `holistic circumcisions’
By Nicole Neroulias — August 20, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Mark Kushner pulled up to the Watson family’s suburban Philadelphia home a week after the birth of their first son, Colin. In the dining room, he unpacked the tools of his trade: sterilized surgical instruments, topical anesthetic, prayer shawls and a small bottle of kosher wine. The shawls went […]
Camps provide refuge for war-weary Israeli kids
By Nicole Neroulias — August 6, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service SUSSEX, N.J. _ Every few hours, the public address system at Camp Louemma broadcasts instructions about mealtimes and schedule changes to the campers and counselors scattered across 150 rustic acres in northern New Jersey. Among the groups of youths occupied by hiking, swimming, and arts and crafts, nine new arrivals […]
Some hope Obama can rebuild black-Jewish alliance
By Nicole Neroulias — July 10, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ Rabbi Marc Schneier has spent decades trying to revive the black-Jewish alliance of the 1960s, when African-American ministers and bearded rabbis marched together for civil rights. Some Jewish voters have expressed doubts about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, citing both his Muslim relatives and his personal history […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Nicole Neroulias — April 1, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ High-profile political leaders get Secret Service agents and police escorts to guard against assassins. Celebrities rely on bodyguards to shield them from overzealous fans. When it comes to Pope Benedict XVI, who visits New York and Washington, D.C. April 15-20, both kinds of protection are equally needed. […]
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