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For Jewish converts, the spring holiday Shavuot takes on special significance
42+ min ago (955+ words) (RNS) " Vanessa Bloom recalls her rabbi gently reminding her that she still had time to walk away. But she felt compelled toward the Jewish faith. "I knew my fate was already tied to the Jewish people," she told RNS. Bloom,…...
As seminaries shuttered, Union grew. For Serene Jones, controversy was the price of survival.
1+ hour ago (1549+ words) NEW YORK (RNS) " When the Rev. Serene Jones arrived at Union Theological Seminary in 2008, she focused on two jobs: Fix the house, then make a bigger table. Eighteen years later, as Jones prepares to step down as president in July,…...
America's faith in war is a spiritual crisis " not just a political one
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (647+ words) Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary,…...
America, According to Hillsdale
17+ hour, 56+ min ago (224+ words) Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary,…...
RNS-Moses-Mount-Sinai | RNS
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (106+ words) Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary,…...
In Los Angeles, a sister offers shelter and mercy to immigrants convicted of crimes
22+ hour, 3+ min ago (532+ words) Groth said that for the majority of the people she works with, their offense "was not something that they would have chosen in their right mind. It was not a path they chose." The'idea that immigrants bring crime to the…...
How can you make God speak again? A 13-year-old student had the answer.
23+ hour, 36+ min ago (841+ words) (RNS) " One of my adult students recently asked me: "You know how God spoke to Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Moses, Isaiah and the rest of the prophets? Why doesn't God speak anymore? Why did God just, well, shut up?...
China and the United States should be competitors, not enemies
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1085+ words) (RNS) "In his usual bombastic style, President Donald Trump described his visit to China with superlatives, as "incredible," "an amazing time," "a very historic couple of days." In reality, the trip amounted to an apology tour as the president retreated…...
The Torah's case for buffer zones around schools and synagogues
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (373+ words) (RNS) " The Torah reminds us that societies rise or fall based on the systems they have built and whether those systems work to preserve order, safety, security and communal trust. This speaks powerfully to a complicated issue facing New Yorkers…...
Effort, Surrender and the Money in Between
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (166+ words) (RNS) " After their conversation with Amjad Quadri, Amber and Tom turn to a deeper question beneath financial decision-making: What is actually in our control, and what do we need to let go of? Drawing on the islamic concept of rizq…...