Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
RNS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer in life — and also in death. The associate justice who died on 18th September will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday, as have several of her departed colleagues – Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William H Rehnquist. […]
GOD TV spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals
Jerusalem, IsraelAP An evangelical broadcaster who boasted of miraculously securing a TV license in Israel now risks being taken off the air over suspicions of trying to convert Jews to Christianity. The controversy over GOD TV has put both Israel and its evangelical Christian supporters in an awkward position, exposing tensions the two sides have […]
SIGHT-SEEING: HOW THREE WOMEN OF FAITH CHANGED AMERICA
A JAMES RUDIN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the impact three women made on the US…
FILM: ‘RED SEA DIVING RESORT’ DRAMATISES ISRAEL’S DARING RESCUE OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS
JOSH M SHEPHERD reports, in a story published by Religion News Service, on the new film showing on Netflix about a seminal moment in Israel’s history…
CHURCH BUILDINGS: IN ST LOUIS, FORMER HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE RETOOLED TO MEET THE CITY’S NEED
BILL MOTCHAN, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how former churches and synagogues in the US city of St Louis are being repurposed…
German military to appoint Jewish chaplains and open forces to Muslim imams, too
RNS Germany’s armed forces will soon appoint Jewish chaplains, almost 100 years after rabbis last served with the country’s military. The forces will also welcome imams into their ranks to minister to Muslim troops. After the Nazi era and the Holocaust, the few Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service. Since […]
US ELECTIONS: DATA MINING GETS RELIGION AS CAMPAIGNS TARGETS VOTERS OF FAITH
MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on how people’s religion has become a target of data mining as candidates in the US look at gain an edge over opponents…
ESSAY: FAITH AND FRIENDSHIP AS A REMEDY TO THE US OPIOID CRISIS
KATELYN BEATY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to America’s opioid crisis…
BILLY GRAHAM: NEW EXHIBIT SHOWS HE DREW LESS FROM OLD TESTAMENT AS YEARS WENT BY
MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on the findings from a new exhibition at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…