Cincinnati
LDS leaders announce new Mormon temple for Cincinnati
By Jana Riess — April 8, 2024
(RNS) — The LDS Church has had a presence in the area since the earliest days of Mormonism in the 1830s.
Historic Reform seminary in Cincinnati to end rabbinic training program
By Yonat Shimron — April 12, 2022
(RNS) — Hebrew Union College’s Ohio campus had seen declining enrollment as students opted for its coastal campuses, in New York and Los Angeles.
When a rabbinical school closes
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2022
(RNS) — A requiem for a rabbinical program. Actually, for far more than that.
Pastors and residents urge Cincinnati to drop charges against 500+ Black Lives Matter protesters
By Jana Riess — July 31, 2020
During the protests over George Floyd's death, more than 500 Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested in Cincinnati and excessively charged with misconduct, some pastors and other residents say.
Bible reading in public schools has been a divisive issue – and could be again
By The Conversation — February 4, 2019
(The Conversation) — A spate of new bills permitting the study of the Bible in classrooms threatens to reignite one of the oldest church-state controversies in U.S. politics.
The oldest refugee rabbi dies
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 5, 2017
The oldest Reform rabbi was a refugee. Here is why it matters.
This swastika attack is personal
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 3, 2017
(RNS) The swastika on Reform Judaism's seminary was aimed at all liberal thinkers.
Cincinnati pastor wins trip to meet Hillary Clinton — and gives her a book by Kierkegaard
By Jana Riess — August 1, 2016
My friend Rich Jones (out of 230,000 people!) won a trip to the DNC last week to meet Hillary Clinton -- and got a chance to talk with her and v-p candidate Tim Kaine about matters of faith.
Ohio Muslim man sues gym he said barred him from praying
By Reuters — February 25, 2015
(RNS) Mohamed Fall's lawsuit said he was accosted by gym employees while praying alone in the locker room; they told him he would be banned if he were again seen praying.
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