In this US Episcopal church, the co-leader of the Lenten study is a rabbi
RNS Rabbi Raachel Jurovics is no stranger to St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Smithfield, North Carolina. In past years its rector, Rev Jim Melnyk, has invited her to explain to his congregation the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or repairing the world, and to share the Jewish understanding of Shabbat. On one visit she spoke […]
Church to thieves: Bell won’t toll for thee if you’ll give it back
RNS The St Paul’s Episcopal Church bell tower was recently destroyed and the bell was stolen near Norris, South Dakota. PICTURE: Lauren R Stanley Who would steal a 400-pound church bell? That’s the question baffling the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church near Norris, South Dakota, where the hundred-year-old bell has chimed for news, services […]