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Religious groups push U.S. to take in 100,000 Syrian refugees
By Reuters — September 9, 2015
Groups pushing for this include the Church World Service, representing 37 Christian denominations, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and the Jewish refugee assistance agency HIAS.
Kansas Jewish centers shooter gets the death penalty
By Reuters — September 8, 2015
Frazier Glenn Cross, 74, a former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan, shouted "death to the Jews" with a Nazi salute when he was convicted last month of killing three.
Muslim elected president of student wing of prominent pro-Israel group
By Lauren Markoe — August 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) Amna Farooqi, 21, a Pakistani-American and a senior at the University of Maryland, says she loves Israel, cares deeply about Palestinians and sees nothing contradictory about it.
Jewish singer Matisyahu’s concert canceled in Spain when he refuses to denounce Israel
By Reuters — August 18, 2015
He refused demands by a boycott-Israel group to make a political statement supporting Palestinians. No other performers were asked to make statements.
340 rabbis urge Congress to approve Iran nuclear deal
By Lauren Markoe — August 17, 2015
(RNS) The rabbis who sent the letter argue that, while they have reason to distrust Iran's leaders, the deal is the best available strategy to confront the specter of a nuclear Iran.
Iran deal debate devolves into clash over Jewish stereotypes and survival
By Lauren Markoe — August 13, 2015
(RNS) The deal on the table is about Iran and nuclear weapons. But it is also about the Jews.
The hidden ethics battle in the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 23, 2015
(RNS) The furor is, at root, an unwinnable war over "personhood," the legality of abortion and the ethics of finding cures for life in the death of a fetus.
5 faith facts about Amy Winehouse: She hated Hebrew school, loved family celebrations
By Sara Weissman — July 23, 2015
(RNS) Director Asif Kapadia's new film captures the British sensation's short, explosive career before she died of alcohol poisoning four years ago Thursday. But what about her Jewish religious heritage?
Religious responses to the Iran deal: Will we be safer or sorry?
By Lauren Markoe — July 14, 2015
(RNS) Most of the immediate reaction to the nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran came from Jewish groups, with its largest religious stream -- the Reform movement -- taking an open-minded approach.
Better than church? Religions’ social events have higher purpose
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 24, 2015
(RNS) People say these events strengthen their faith -- and folks with no religion like them, too, a new study finds.
Women rabbis are forging a path outside denominational Judaism
By Lauren Markoe — April 8, 2015
(RNS) “Indie synagogues," known for their exuberant prayer, willingness to experiment and welcoming attitudes, share another similarity: Women lead most of them.
Anti-Semitism in US spikes after nearly a decade of decline
By Lauren Markoe — March 31, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The trend of decreasing anti-Semitism in the country has taken a hairpin turn.
White supremacist, charged with killing three at a Jewish center, heads to court
By Reuters — March 27, 2015
Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., 74, faces murder charges. None of his victims in the Overland Park, Kansas, killings were Jewish.
Restored Turkish synagogue is resplendent — but empty of worshippers
By Reuters — March 26, 2015
The restoration of the first temple to open in Turkey in two generations comes at a time of fear and tension for a dwindling number of Jews there.
A young Jewish woman, raised as white, learns she’s not
By Lauren Markoe — March 13, 2015
(RNS) Lacey Schwartz didn't know she was a Jew of color until she uncovered a family secret.
