interfaith
A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics
By Yonat Shimron — October 11, 2022
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Yalla food truck serves food that meets the most stringent dietary needs of two constituencies: Jews and Muslims. The food is both certified kosher and halal.
Biden includes faith leaders in summit’s charge to ‘rise together against hate’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — In the audience were survivors and family members of those lost to violence at houses of worship and other scenes of hate crimes.
Mideast’s Jordan River: Rich in holiness, poor in water
By Mariam Fam — August 18, 2022
(AP) – The symbolically and spiritually significant Jordan River is physically dwindling, a decline that some say is intertwined with the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict and a rivalry over the precious water.
An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
By Thalia Plata and Emily Costello — August 18, 2022
(The Conversation) — Academics and religious leaders address the role of faith and community in managing mental health issues in young people and society as a whole.
3 scholars gather for a female-led interfaith conference in the NC mountains
By Yonat Shimron — August 1, 2022
(RNS) — Three scholars, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, will gather to discuss breath and the way it connects body and soul.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff touts ‘critical’ interfaith collaboration
By Adelle M. Banks — April 29, 2022
(RNS) — Emhoff spoke about how his interfaith marriage reflected the observance of major Jewish and Christian holidays in quick succession.
Interfaith Trolley offers inspiration and a whirlwind tour of religion in America
By Bob Smietana — April 26, 2022
(RNS) — A convergence of major religious holidays led the way to a day of interfaith fellowship and education.
Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2022
(RNS) — While Jackson has generally been private about her faith, speakers in her favor prayed for Senate action and tied their support for her to their religions.
During the Colleyville crisis, the sounds of silence
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 18, 2022
(RNS) — It’s about the crickets.
As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues gathered to help end the standoff
By Yonat Shimron — January 16, 2022
(RNS) — The congregation’s rabbi is particularly well connected to the larger interfaith community and on good terms with many Muslim leaders.
Let the Virgin Mary bring Christians and Muslims together at Christmas
By Zahra N. Jamal — December 24, 2021
(RNS) — Mother Mary’s healing power is the beacon of hope and light we need right now.
God needed an admin in heaven
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 23, 2021
(RNS) — A Christian administrative assistant taught me everything about life.
EcoSikh joins interfaith effort ahead of COP26
By Joseph Hammond — October 28, 2021
(RNS) — EcoSikh, which draws on Sikh ethics, beliefs and the example of Sikh gurus to confront the world’'s environmental challenges, described the COP26 event as a ‘last ray of hope as the earth faces an unprecedented ecological crisis.’
‘We’re all interconnected’: Pagan, Christian clergy urge interfaith understanding
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 1, 2021
(RNS) — The Rev. Ethan Stark and the Rev. Andy Behrendt hosted “A Pagan and a Pastor: A Necessary Conversation” to address some frequently asked questions about their faiths and misperceptions each tradition has about the other.
9/11 became a catalyst for interfaith relations and cooperation
By Adelle M. Banks — September 9, 2021
(RNS) — Though anti-Muslim sentiments grew in the wake of 9/11, another legacy of that historic day is the evolution and advancement of interfaith cooperation in the United States.
