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 outside the home and gathering
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 program and podcast, features interviews with
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 Conference, I began seeing images
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 movements. In The Violent Take
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 Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza for
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 (Oct. 6) to recite the
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, founder and coordinator of Community
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 fostering prayer, died on Thursday
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 revival tour on Saturday (Sept.
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 which neither candidate is openly