education
Doubting the Holocaust in Boca Raton
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 9, 2019
It’s not just Holocaust denial. In some ways, it’s even worse than that.
When clergy ask themselves: does it really matter?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2019
How important is our work? Whatever work we do?
God knows.
To battle the hate that invaded two New Zealand mosques, start in the schoolroom
By Simran Jeet Singh — March 15, 2019
(RNS) — We need to re-lay our foundations with values that prioritize love and oneness.
Welcoming veterans to belated college careers with yoga and a dose of Taoism
By Tom Verde — November 12, 2018
(RNS) — Manhattan College’s Veterans at Ease program seeks to help veterans reintegrate into civilian and academic life after being separated from both for years of isolating service.
Latter-day Saints, NAACP collaborating on inner-city initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2018
(RNS) — Leaders of the two groups met in Salt Lake City earlier this month to continue hashing out plans for an 'education and employment initiative' to be started in cities from Baltimore to San Francisco.
Houses of worship mobilize for back-to-school time
By Bobby Ross Jr. — August 6, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (RNS) — For the poor, buying crayons and pencils, much less shoes and jackets, can be a major financial burden, which has inspired many houses of worship nationwide to get involved.
At national retreat, Jews embrace tradition with a self-help bent
By John Dyer — August 2, 2018
(RNS) — Seminars at the retreat reflected issues that Jewish folks face routinely, usually with a self-help bent: keeping kosher when big corporations dominate the food chain, anti-Semitism online and on college campuses and the Torah’s advice on confronting bullies.
Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
By Karen Matthews — July 22, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Complaints that some schools run by the city's strictly observant Hasidic Jews barely teach English, math, science or social studies have fueled a movement to demand stricter oversight by state and local educational authorities.
Faith-based education group is calling out Betsy DeVos
By Jack Jenkins — April 3, 2018
(RNS) — 'Our scripture says we’re all created in the image of God and are, therefore, of equal and immeasurable worth in the eyes of our Creator,' reads an open letter to the education secretary from the founder of The Expectations Project.
Chief inspector: English schools need to address extremist elements
By Catherine Pepinster — March 7, 2018
(RNS) — Some head teachers who run inner-city schools with predominantly Muslim student bodies have taken issue with conservative Muslim parents who want their children to express their religiosity in school, and in turn accuse the teachers of thwarting religious expression.
Battle over religion in public schools waged in one of America’s fastest-growing cities
By Bobby Ross Jr. — February 26, 2018
McKINNEY, Texas (RNS) — The controversy has been simmering since last summer when a school superintendent prayed at a pulpit adorned with a Christian cross — during a mandatory school employee meeting at a church.
Catholic school may bar girl over Planned Parenthood sticker
By Associated Press — February 9, 2018
(AP) — The 'I stand with Planned Parenthood' sticker was one of several on Sacred Heart Greenwich sophomore Kate Murray’s laptop.
Rihanna defies religious group’s warning to stay away from Senegal
By Lauren Markoe — February 2, 2018
(RNS) — The singer arrived in Dakar, the capital of the mostly Muslim West African nation, despite accusations from the group that she is a Freemason and supports gay people — both serious transgressions in their eyes.
Religious literacy can fix the faulty foundation beneath Trump’s Muslim ban
By Maha Elgenaidi — October 23, 2017
(RNS) — The organization I lead, Islamic Networks Group, has ample experience to show that increased religious literacy at all levels of society can weaken the foundation that supports discriminatory intent before it becomes policy.
Synagogues are not Kmart
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 10, 2017
Synagogues need money. Israel -- yes, Israel -- can help.
