A century ago, German philosopher Franz Rosenzweig spearheaded the revival of intellectual Jewish life in the city of Frankfurt am Main with the “Freies Jüdisches Lehrhaus” — the Jewish House of Free Study.
ReAwaken Tour host says he feels harassed by NY prosecutor
A Christian pastor in western New York said he felt intimidated and harassed after the state’s attorney general, a Democrat, sent a letter saying she believed a planned far-right political event at his church this week could lead to racial…
Why the largest US Lutheran denomination apologized to a Latino congregation
When the Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Sierra Pacific Synod in May 2021, the election was celebrated as a revolution in and outside of the United States’ largest Lutheran denomination. Rohrer became…
The Supreme Court Wants to End the Separation of Church and State
Many legal scholars in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s radical decision to reverse Roe v. Wade have focused on the dangerous implications of the court’s centuries-old worldview on protections for things such as same-sex marriage and contraception.
Suspect in Dallas salon May shooting indicted for anti-Asian hate crime
A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a Dallas hair salon was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime and aggravated assault.
Anglican Division over Scripture and Sexuality Heads South
At least 125 Anglican bishops gathered at the Lambeth conference in Canterbury, England, endorsed a decades-old resolution against “homosexual practice” along with a new provision that “renewed steps be taken to ensure all provinces abide by this doctrine in their…
Amy Spitalnick, who took on neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, is moving to Bend the Arc
For nearly four years, Amy Spitalnick led the effort to hold organizers of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, legally liable for the violence of that day. Her effort paid off last year, when a jury…
New York City’s Largest Evangelical Church Plans Billion-Dollar Development
A.R. Bernard, pastor of the largest evangelical church in New York City, has been working on a plan for more than 10 years. Now the proposal to build a $1.2 billion urban village and revitalize the struggling neighborhood around his church is…
Ben & Jerry’s fears its new Israeli owner could sell ‘Judea and Samaria’ ice cream in latest court hearing
Could the new owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israeli business interests rename a flavor “Judea and Samaria”?