The New York Times
Streaming online has been a boon for churches, a godsend for isolated
By Bob Smietana and Elizabeth E. Evans — February 1, 2022
There's been a lot of bad news about churches in recent years. Online church has been one bright spot.
Denzel Washington: ‘I wanted to please God’ in latest directing effort
By Adelle M. Banks — December 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘True love never dies. That's what they have — not had — have,’ Washington said of Dana Canedy and her partner who was killed in Iraq.
Marvin Olasky survived Trump as World magazine editor. But not the hot takes.
By Bob Smietana — November 18, 2021
(RNS) — The launch of the new World Opinions section, focusing on conservative cultural issues and politics, led to staff departures.
Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
By Charles C. Camosy — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — Attitudes toward brain death are already being extended to those with late-stage dementia and beyond.
I stand with Bari Weiss
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 15, 2020
(RNS) — The former New York Times writer is a committed Jew and Zionist — and an endangered centrist.
‘Safetyism’ only means words have real consequences
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 10, 2020
(RNS) — Better that the Times, that any paper, recognize its own subjectivity, take a clear editorial stand and recognize itself as an inherently ideological vector.
Weekend Plug-in: April 3, 2020
By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 4, 2020
A roundup of analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith.
New York Times editor Jodi Rudoren named new editor of the Forward
By Yonat Shimron — July 24, 2019
(RNS) — A former Jerusalem bureau chief at the Times and now an associate managing editor, Rudoren brings a boost of energy to the veteran publication that had cut 30% of its staff earlier this year and quit publishing its print edition.
Equity requires new taxes and the enforcement of current laws
By Thomas Reese — May 28, 2019
(RNS) — Tax avoidance is not a new topic for God's faithful: The Old Testament prophet Amos condemned the wealthy of his generation for the same tactics.
A fight over ‘So help me God’? God help us
By Thomas Reese — May 13, 2019
(RNS) — Let’s avoid adding more fuel to the culture wars. God should not be a political football.
The Cartoon and the Rabbi
By Joshua Feigelson — May 2, 2019
(RNS) — A rabbi shot in an anti-Semitic attack published an oped in the Times days after the paper apologized for a anti-Semitic cartoon, a testament to the unique place the paper holds in American, and American Jewish, life.
What is up with those antisemitic cartoons?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 30, 2019
Those cartoons that portrayed Bibi and Trump as blind are using one of the most significant antisemitic tropes in history. Now you know.
Why can’t the New York Times get Hanukkah right?
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 6, 2018
Hanukkah Harry? Bah, humbug!
Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
By Thomas Reese — September 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'There are simply fewer religion writers today. They have either been laid off or jumped ship before they got pushed out.'
Does Judaism = liberalism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 15, 2017
Whether or not Judaism is liberalism, it still must speak to the world.
