Manhattan’s Middle Collegiate Church begins façade demolition
NEW YORK (RNS) — Three years after a six-alarm fire ravaged Manhattan’s Middle Collegiate Church, members of the congregation gathered …
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In Bosnia, gentile musicians work to preserve the country’s Sephardic Jewish tradition
A historic Jewish cemetery overlooks Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (RNS photo/David I. Klein) SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (RNS) — When Flory Jagoda, the superstar …
Can team Biden avoid a one-term presidency?
On paper, President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects look highly uncertain. Even among Democrats, a majority (58%) say they want other …
In West Bank, Palestinian farmers face settler attacks in war over land
Across the West Bank, Palestinian communities are being threatened daily by armed and emboldened Israeli settlers with violence, death, or forced displacement. Settlers’ harassment has gone …
Just Thankful – The Stream
Have you ever allowed your thoughts to wander while on a long drive? If we can just silence all of …
Bishop Carlton Pearson, Tulsa pastor declared heretic for views on hell, dies at 70
(RNS) — Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, a preacher, singer and author who moved from Pentecostalism to what he called “The …
Child liberation theology says God is a child, too
(RNS) — In churches all across the world, partway through the service, half the congregation is asked to leave the …
Prophet Charlie Shamp Shares Vision of 46th President with ‘Feet Made of Clay’
[embedded content] As the world is consumed by wars and rumors of more wars going through what appear to …
The US government stole Lakota land. Her Jewish family benefited.
It is ironic that author Rebecca Clarren’s Jewish ancestors, driven from Russia by brutal pogroms, ended up settling in the …
Moscow’s Metropol Hotel served as a ‘gilded cage’ for Western journalists
When the German army invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the USSR and Britain became instant, if unlikely, allies. …