The dinner menu last Friday, (Jan. 26), at Ayat, a restaurant in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, included a dish that might be called a special for the Palestinian eatery: challah, the voluminous woven bread that is a staple of Ashkenazi Jewish…
These three candidates for Congress are running on (Hindu) values
“I’m Hindu, and I’m proud of that,” said Vivek Ramaswamy on the campaign trail in New Hampshire last year. “I stand for that without apology. I think I’m going to be able to be more ardent as a defender of…
When is criticism of Israel antisemitic? A scholar of modern Jewish history explains
There has been a sharp increase in antisemitism around the world since the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas and Israel’s subsequent military attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Biden praises Black churches and says the world would be a different place without their example
President Joe Biden on Sunday extolled the existence of Black churches, saying the world would be a different place if they were not around to show people the “power of faith” during dark times.
Republicans cry foul over federal investigation of sexual assaults at Liberty University
Using an investigation of sexual violence at Liberty University as the example, the chairwoman of the House Republican committee on education is questioning whether the federal government is intentionally targeting religious institutions.
As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of bushy grassland near Lake Albert. It’s the same slice of his homeland that oil companies are developing in order for Uganda to become an oil…
France’s biggest Muslim school went from accolades to defunding – showing a key paradox in how the country treats Islam
France is famously strict on enforcing what it calls “laïcité”: keeping religion out of the public sphere. Yet more than 7,500 private schools receive government funding, and most are Catholic. In a country where about 1 in 10 people are Muslim, just three…
Catholic clergy in Uganda accuse the West of a new colonialism through LGBTQ activism
Gilbert Lubega, a staunch Catholic, recently sat in his white plastic chair at his home in Wakiso, a suburb of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
‘By far, the most intense’ season of ‘The Chosen’ yet, Jonathan Roumie says
“The Chosen” is days away from its unique and historic release of Season 4.
Republican Fancies Himself An Abortion Expert Because He’s A Veterinarian
Once again, an anti-abortion Republican lawmaker argued against access to the procedure by comparing pregnant women to breeding livestock.
Report on sex abuse in Germany’s Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims
At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday.
Pope Francis’ synod made few waves, but organizers say it’s already changing the church
The Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ worldwide consultation of Catholics asking them how they would change the church, failed to yield the tangible results that many reformers had hoped for.