Judaism
NEWS STORY: Pope urges `new feminism’ for women in Catholic Church
By RNS Blog Editor — March 29, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS)-Pope John Paul II appears to have opened the door a bit further to the role of women in the Catholic Church, stating in a document released Thursday (March 28) that they should be encouraged to promote a”new feminism”in educational and decision-making roles. But the pope, in a […]
Revisiting the sites where Jesus last walked
By Elaine Fletcher — March 29, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS)-It was in or near Bethpage, a Herodian-era cemetery marking the city limits of ancient Jerusalem, that the Easter story began on Palm Sunday. And from a similar site the Resurrection story unfolded a week later-a week marked by nadirs of agony and despair and pinnacles of joy. Even […]
NEWS FEATURE: Reform Jewish leaders increasingly concerned by interfaith marriages
By Ira Rifkin — March 28, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Reform Judaism-the faith’s largest branch in North America with some 1.4-million members-has long been characterized by its liberal approach to interfaith marriages, accepting them as a fact of life in an open society. Currently, about 60 percent of Reform Jews are marrying non-Jews. In some southern and western states, the […]
TOP STORY: PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER: Revisiting the sites where Jesus last walked
By Elaine Fletcher — March 28, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS)-It was in or near Bethpage, a Herodian-era cemetery marking the city limits of ancient Jerusalem, that the Easter story began on Palm Sunday. And from a similar site the Resurrection story unfolded a week later-a week marked by nadirs of agony and despair and pinnacles of joy. Even […]
From cross to empty tomb: Behind the story of Holy Saturday
By RNS Blog Editor — March 28, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-They are words that echo in churches everywhere this time of year, sacred sentences that go to the heart of the Christian faith:”You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” Yet how many Christians know the […]
A gourmet Seder reveals chef’s Jewish roots
By Corrie Mitchell — March 28, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VAIL, Colo. (RNS)-Why is this night different from all other nights? On this night we hold the Passover Seder at a posh ski resort in the Rockies. Like devoted Jewish cooks around the world, award-winning chef Jim Cohen will be in his kitchen Thursday, April 4, lovingly preparing a Seder, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Episcopal Church agrees to settle civil suit against former treasurer (RNS)-Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning of the Episcopal Church has announced that the church reached an agreement to settle its civil suit against former treasurer Ellen F. Cooke, who pleaded guilty to embezzling church funds, and her husband, Nicholas T. […]
TOP STORY: JUDAISM IN AMERICA: Butchers have a beef with state kosher laws
By Chris Smith — March 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS)-It wasn’t the $11,000 fine that hurt the most, say Long Island butchers Brian and Jeffrey Yarmeisch. It was the damage to their reputation in the Jewish community after they were cited in 1993 for violating New York state’s kosher food laws. Though the fine was soon rescinded, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Newspaper says Hickey blocked Jesuit from school post (RNS)-Vatican officials have barred a provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Maryland from becoming president of the Jesuit Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., according to the National Catholic Reporter. The Reporter, an independent liberal Catholic weekly, said in […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 22, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Grahams to receive Gold Medal on National Day of Prayer (RNS)-Evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth, are scheduled to receive the Congressional Gold Medal on May 2, the National Day of Prayer. The joint meeting of Congress will be held at 2 p.m. in the Capitol Rotunda to honor […]
COMMENTARY: The graceful fiction of Andre Dubus
By RNS Blog Editor — March 22, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.greeley.com. Or contact him at his e-mail address: agreel(at sign)aol.com. Check RNS Online for a photo of Andrew Greeley.) […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 21, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Amnesty International slams China’s human rights record (RNS)-Amnesty International, the London-based human rights groups, said Tuesday (March 12) that despite giant economic strides, “human rights violations occur on a massive scale in China.” The international rights group’s criticism was contained in a 121-page report, “No One is Safe: Political Repression […]
COMMENTARY: Memories of two Seders, bitter and sweet
By James Rudin — March 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-I always look forward to the Passover Seder and to the stories, prayers, foods and songs of this festive family meal. But when Passover begins on Wednesday evening (April 3), I will be looking back. The year […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND FOOD: A gourmet Seder reveals chef’s Jewish roots
By Corrie Mitchell — March 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VAIL, Colo. (RNS)-Why is this night different from all other nights? On this night we hold the Passover Seder at a posh ski resort in the Rockies. Like devoted Jewish cooks around the world, award-winning chef Jim Cohen will be in his kitchen Thursday, April 4, lovingly preparing a Seder, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — March 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Mayors: Hate crimes not major part of urban crime woes (RNS)-The U.S. Conference of Mayors said Tuesday (March 19) a survey of 172 of its member-cities showed hate crimes are not considered a major part of most cities’ crime problem.”Nearly half of the cities surveyed view hate crimes as a […]
