An estimated 4 billion people worldwide were predicted to watch the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on television and online, with Presidents Joe Biden of the U.S. and Emmanuel Macron of France and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending the obsequies in…
Hispanics believed to be largest group in Texas now
A new estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau asserts Hispanics make up a larger segment of the Texas population than any other group—a demographic reality particularly significant to Texas Baptists.
Biden to host first-ever White House Rosh Hashanah party
President Joe Biden is bringing a Jewish High Holiday celebration to the White House for the first time.
Jewish LGBTQ nonprofit will fund Yeshiva University clubs as school halts them
A Jewish LGBTQ organization announced Tuesday (Sept. 20) that it will step in to provide funding for all student clubs at Yeshiva University after school officials suspended all undergraduate student groups rather than recognize an LGBTQ campus group, the YU…
Four House Republicans vote against bill on international religious freedom
Four House Republicans voted against a bill on Monday that seeks to reauthorize appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Amid Myanmar’s Civil War, Unity Emerges
For the first time since anyone can remember, members of Myanmar’s majority Bamar people are seeking long-term solidarity with the country’s ethnic minorities.
Homeland Security appoints a new 25-member security faith advisory council
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the appointment of a new, 25-member faith-based advisory council to assist Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in finding ways to protect houses of worship.
He Could Be Our First Jewish President. But First He Needs to Beat a Christian Nationalist.
In one of the poorest neighborhoods in one of the poorest big cities in the country, blocks away from where a woman was gunned down just the day before, Josh Shapiro is singing with a group of Black pastors.
New museum exhibit seeks to show Samaritans are more than a biblical parable
Growing up, when Steven Fine learned about the Kutim, the Samaritans, in the Talmud, the references “went in this ear and out the other.” In 1977, he met a Samaritan for the first time at one of the salons the late…