A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
RNS As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish community buried its first victims on Monday and Tuesday. Leon Oliwkowicz, 81, and his wife, Christina Beatriz Elvira Oliwkowicz, 74, were among the first apartment dwellers identified after the 13-story Champlain Towers South […]
US judge blocks 25 per cent capacity rule for religious services in New York
New York City, USAP A federal judge on Friday blocked New York state from enforcing coronavirus restrictions limiting indoor religious gatherings to 25 per cent capacity when other types of gatherings are limited to 50 per cent. Judge Gary Sharpe enjoined Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Attorney General Letitia […]
UK ELECTION: CHIEF RABBI’S ATTACK ON ANTI-SEMITISM KEYS RECKONING OVER FAITH
CATHERINE PEPINSTER, writing for Religion News Service, reports from the UK…
ESSAY: WHY RELIGION WON’T HELP REPUBLICANS IN US MIDTERM ELECTIONS
US professor of religion MARK SILK, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what role religion will play in the upcoming US midterm elections…
Jerusalem church leaders object to municipal tax levy
World Watch Monitor The Jerusalem municipality has announced that churches in the city need to start paying municipal taxes, but church leaders have objected, saying they already “invest billions”. In a statement released on 14th February, the Patriarchs and Church Heads of Jerusalem said charging them taxes “is contrary to the historic position between the Churches within […]