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Religious nationalism and the invasion of Ukraine
By Mark Silk — February 28, 2022
(RNS) — Under Putin, the Russian Orthodox Church has resumed its czarist role as an arm of state policy.
‘Pray for Ukraine’: Religious leaders call for peace and God’s protection
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2022
(RNS) — In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, religious leaders prayed for peace and asked God to watch over civilians.
New York’s COVID-19 rules aren’t anti-Jewish. They show ignorance of Orthodox Judaism
By Avi Shafran — October 30, 2020
(RNS) — No one thinks that New York's leaders harbor any antipathy to the Jewish community. What the rules betray is their ignorance of exactly what prayer and religious education mean to Orthodox Jews.
‘Let’s not wait for the theologians,’ says Pope Francis about sharing the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — June 5, 2019
(RNS) — Is the pope signaling his willingness to move toward Eucharistic sharing without total theological agreement?
5 things Netflix’s ‘One of Us’ won’t teach you about Hasidic Jews
By Menachem Wecker — November 9, 2017
(RNS) — A new documentary falls short in its portrayal of an often misunderstood community, writes Menachem Wecker.
Are people more interested in religion? Or less? Or both? (COMMENTARY)
By Marcia Pally — December 30, 2015
(RNS) The upshot: The nones are up because they’re searching, and the orthodox are up because they’ve found.
End ban on women reading Torah at Western Wall, group petitions
By Michele Chabin — November 30, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israeli women’s rights organization says the administrator of the Western Wall lacks the legal authority to withhold Torah scrolls from any Jewish worshipper.
First rabbinical school to allow students with non-Jewish partners
By Lauren Markoe — September 30, 2015
(RNS) It's another "first" for the little-known but influential movement known as Reconstructionist Judaism.
EEOC details employer rules as religious worker complaints rise
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 6, 2014
(RNS) As complaints near record highs, the EEOC is making its guidelines for religious workplace accommodation elaborately clear.
Orthodox rabbis charged in Jewish divorce shakedown plot
By Ted Sherman — October 11, 2013
(RNS) According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday (Oct. 10), the four are accused of charging families thousands of dollars to get recalcitrant husbands to agree to divorces, frequently by violent means.
Religious leaders push for kidnapped bishops’ release
By Michele Chabin — April 30, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Religious leaders are pressing for the release of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped outside war-torn Aleppo, Syria, saying their plight reflects the insecurity of Syria's Christian population.
Al Jazeera Video: Orthodox corruption?
By Sally Morrow — February 27, 2013
Video courtesy Al Jazeera After decades of suppression, the Russian Orthodox Church appears to be back in favour with the country’s leadership.
Jews rally around woman arrested for praying at Western Wall
By Michele Chabin — October 23, 2012
JERUSALEM (RNS) Jews from Manhattan to Mozambique held prayer vigils on Monday (Oct. 22) to protest the arrest and incarceration of an Israeli feminist as she was leading 250 American Jewish women in prayer at the Western Wall. By Michele Chabin.
Seven years after Katrina, New Orleans Jews wander no more
By Bruce Nolan — August 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Three days before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that flooded their synagogue and two days before Hurricane Isaac hit landfall in Louisiana, the wandering Jews of Congregation Beth Israel are finally home. By Bruce Nolan.
Orthodox Jews use smartphones, websites to complete Talmud cycle
By Chris Lisee — July 31, 2012
(RNS) As 150,000 Orthodox Jews in North America celebrate the completion of a seven-year Talmud study program August 1, it’s easier than ever to study scripture, with the advent of websites, podcasts and smartphone apps. By Chris Lisee.
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