RELIGION

Chabad Jews celebrate at 5,000-square-foot sukkah in New York

NEW YORK (RNS) — Sukkot is typically a quiet Jewish holiday, celebrated by hoisting a temporary structure called a sukkah…

2 months ago

The Freedom to Read is an Essential Human – and Religious

Marking the Freedom to Read Day of Action, this week’s episode of The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio…

2 months ago

Sleeveless Mormon temple garments, finally! Why now?

(RNS) — A couple of weeks ago, around the time of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General…

2 months ago

The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy, with Matthew Taylor

 In his new book, Dr. Matthew D. Taylor sheds light on the alarming rise of authoritarianism in Christian nationalist…

2 months ago

On Yom Kippur, New York Jews plan to publicly mourn Palestinian deaths

(RNS) — On Yom Kippur (Oct. 12), the holiest day of the Jewish year, hundreds of Jews will gather at…

2 months ago

At events across the US, American Jews mark a grim anniversary

NEW YORK (RNS) — Brooklyn Jews rose from their seats in the rotunda-shaped sanctuary of Congregation Beth Elohim on Sunday…

3 months ago

Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner and Mack McCarter awarded for civic service

(RNS) — Two notable pastors, the Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner, a public policy strategist and voting rights advocate, and Mack McCarter,…

3 months ago

Cecelia Williams Bryant, AME Church minister and mentor to clergy, dies at 77

(RNS) — The Rev. Cecelia Williams Bryant, an African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop’s wife known for mentoring up-and-coming clergy and…

3 months ago

Vance, at Christian nationalist revival, says immigration stance is in keeping with faith

MONROEVILLE, Pa. (RNS) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance took the stage at Christian nationalist preacher Lance Wallnau‘s election-season…

3 months ago

Who cares about the religion of the presidential tickets?

(RNS) — The other day, the news site Axios called this “the first presidential election in half a century in…

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