For most Americans, including Republicans, the resurgence of hatred against Jewish people is the return of an ancient evil. But Donald Trump, who has refused to disavow his dinner with two of the country’s most virulent antisemites, apparently sees it…
Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic Orthodox church, the nation’s security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered — including rubles, Russian passports and leaflets with messages from the Moscow patriarch.
Judge Dismisses First Attempt To Sue Over Texas’ Citizen-Enforced Abortion Ban
A Texas judge on Thursday dismissed the first and only attempt by someone to sue a health care provider for violating the state’s citizen-enforced abortion ban, saying he wouldn’t consider it because the person who filed the lawsuit had no connection to…
With Raphael Warnock’s reelection, Congress’s club of pastor politicians holds on to one of its few members
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s victory against Republican challenger Herschel Walker means that the U.S. Senate will have two ordained ministers serving in its chamber. The other is Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma. Only about 1% of members of the U.S. House of Representatives are ordained ministers.
‘An epidemic of hate’: Biden administration officials meet with Jewish leaders to tackle rising antisemitism
Top Biden administration officials launched a roundtable on antisemitism on Wednesday by describing a “rising tide of antisemitism” and likening the atmosphere in the United States to that of Europe, where Jewish worship is held under lock and key.
Greek Orthodox church at World Trade Center reopens at last
More than two decades after a tiny Greek Orthodox church in lower Manhattan was destroyed by the falling south tower of the World Trade Center, that church’s far grander replacement opened to the public this week in an elevated park…
Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church
Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy. This year, the divisions have widened, as conservative bishops – notably from Africa and…
US Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government
Israel’s ties to the Jewish American community, one of its closest and most important allies, are about to be put to the test, with Israel’s emerging far-right government on a collision course with Jews in the United States.
Same-sex marriage bill pits Biden against Catholic bishops — again
President Biden is butting heads with Catholic bishops again, this time over same-sex marriage protections expected to reach his desk this week.
Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized
On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s home to many universities, is a small boarding school with a mission that seems out of place in a nation with more Muslim citizens than any other. Its students are transgender…
Kachin Baptist leader detained in Myanmar
The past president and former general secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention in Myanmar was detained by the Burmese military junta and is being held in an undisclosed location in Myitkyina, Kachin State.
Why I stay: LGBTQ people of faith find ways to belong where doctrine rejects them
When queer students at Yeshiva University sued the school for discrimination in spring 2021, critics were quick to question why LGBTQ students would opt for an Orthodox Jewish university in the first place.