The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews about not only the legacy of the Holocaust but anti-Jewish discrimination in the United States and their sense of a collective identity.
Missouri governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement questioned
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has no “litmus test for appointments,” his spokeswoman said Friday, despite a statement earlier in the week indicating he would only nominate a state health director who shared his “Christian values.”
Complaint: Teacher proselytized, made antisemitic comments
The mother of a Tennessee middle-schooler claims a class on the Bible as literature included Christian proselytizing and comments offensive to Jews and other non-Christians, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Secularism in the US is larger, more diverse and more dynamic than ever, but you wouldn’t know it from the media
“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular issues fairly and accurately,” says Sarah Levin, a woman who wears a number of hats in the institutional secular world. “I’m done waiting for them to stop reinforcing…
Why church conflict in Ukraine reflects historic Russian-Ukrainian tensions
As Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border in preparation for a potential invasion, tensions between the two countries are also playing out through a conflict in the Orthodox Church.
Judge again blocks Ohio law regulating aborted fetal remains
A judge again blocked an Ohio law Wednesday that would require fetal remains from surgical abortions to be cremated or buried.
Yeshiva Yanks Secular Course, Defying City’s Drawn-Out Probe Into Religious Schools
A Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn recently notified parents that it will stop teaching secular studies to eighth graders, even though state law requires such classes, according to a new complaint filed by an education advocacy group.
Francis Collins on COVID-19 politics: ‘The culture war is literally killing people’
Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said he is “heartbroken” that more of his fellow white evangelicals have not received the COVID-19 vaccines.
The Witness of the Black Church Rings Through NBA History
In 1949, 42 bronze bells were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean from the Netherlands and installed in the bell tower at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem.
States of Disbelief: Non-Believers Wrestle with Life After Religion
Homeschooled in a strict Christian household in western Maryland, Laura Parks* would murmur to herself “thank you so much, God” when things went well; and “help me, God” when they didn’t. She huddled in prayer almost every night with her…
At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for unity
Appealing to a form of camaraderie increasingly rare on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden lauded the power of faith in his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday (Feb. 3), calling for unity at an unusually intimate iteration of…
Pope Francis called pet owners selfish. An animal chaplain says he sells love short.
Many’s the pet lover who chooses to be called “Mom” or “Dad” instead of master, or whose bumper sticker boasts of “four-footed grandchildren.” But when Pope Francis recently denounced the “selfishness” of choosing to care for an animal instead of…