Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a government tender.
For 2026, There’s a Better Way to Be Hopeful
As we look ahead to the new year, hope seems to be in short supply. Recent surveys have found that sizable majorities of Americans believed the United States was on track to become economically weaker and more politically divided, nearly 80 percent did…
He researches antisemitism for a living. Why does the State Department want to kick him out of the country?
For years, Imran Ahmed has presented his research on how tech platforms enable the spread of antisemitism to receptive audiences across the ideological spectrum.
Young Mormons Aren’t Blue — They’re Just a Little Less Red
Almost three years ago, in one of my first posts on Graphs about Religion, I ran an article with the headline: Young Mormons Are Abandoning the GOP. The most important piece of data analysis in that post came from the Nationscape survey — a…
USAID Cut Their Funding, So These Faith Groups Got Creative
The African country’s churches and affiliated NGOs are being forced to adapt after the withdrawal of long-standing funding from the United States Agency for International Development.
Silicon Valley’s Christ-curious moment: The evangelical groups courting tech elites
In early 2025, when Paul Taylor left the Palo Alto church he’d pastored for 18 years to focus on nonprofit work, he didn’t know where it would lead. Certainly, Taylor didn’t anticipate that, in September, he would be invited to…
Is confession dead? Q&A with a Catholic historian on the state of the sacrament
In October 2025, Washington state agreed to withdraw a controversial mandate compelling priests to report allegations of sexual abuse specifically revealed during the sacrament of confession. The bill, supported by Catholic advocates for clergy abuse survivors but contested by the state’s three Catholic dioceses…
From Israel to Morocco to an HBCU in New Orleans, these Jewish artists are searching for home
The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings. Usually in the Moroccan Arabic of her ancestors, rather than her native Hebrew.
The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America
Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in the titular role: the English spiritual seeker who brought the Shaker movement to America. The trailer literally writhes with snakes intercut amid scenes of emotional…
What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year
A popular New Year’s resolution is to take up meditation – specifically mindfulness meditation. This is a healthy choice.
Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews — without denting his standing on the pro-Israel right
In his brief time in the House, freshman Jewish Congressman Randy Fine has built a reputation for combative outbursts — particularly about Muslims.
Danny Kruger: Britain should be ‘confidently Christian’
Reform MP Danny Kruger has spoken of the need for Britain to once more assert itself as a country with a long and rich Christian Heritage.