A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security released Wednesday aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves at a time of heightened tensions in faith-based communities across the country.
There’s a new Jewish Caucus in Congress. Its mission is still unclear.
More than a dozen Jewish members of Congress gathered on Friday for the first meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives Jewish Caucus.
Americans who never attend worship services are a bit of a political puzzle these days
I was thinking a bit today about the idea of subgroup composition in the world of politics and religion.
Parties canceled. Celebrations toned down. Hanukkah won’t be the same this year.
For the past 28 years, the biggest and booziest inside-the-Beltway Hannukah party has brought together Jewish Washington for hot potato latkes, a vodka bar and Israeli-style sufganyot, or jelly-filled doughnuts.
Judge Hands World Vision a Defeat in Employment Case
A federal judge in Washington State has ruled that the Christian humanitarian aid organization World Vision unlawfully discriminated against a woman in a same-sex marriage when it rescinded a job offer for a customer service position.
New documentary tells the story of queer religious families in the Midwest
Nia and Katie Chiaramonte’s romance started in eighth grade at a private Christian school in their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. At 17, they officially started dating and rapidly tied the knot. After their marriage, the couple had four biological…
Why I Wish I’d Voted For Jimmy (And Rosalynn) Carter In ‘76
The first time I voted, in 1976, I cast my ballot against Jimmy Carter.
Armenian Christians battle developer to keep control of their corner of Jerusalem
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, another battle is playing out in Jerusalem among its small but storied Armenian Christian community, their own patriarch and an Australian-Israeli businessman who is said to be set…
Send-offs show Carlton Pearson’s split legacy spurred by his inclusive beliefs, rejection of hell
Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation.