Not to rush the season or anything — the box stores, television ads and social media feeds have done that — but I want to call attention to a Christmas song you’ve probably already heard this year. It’s part of…
Sorry, Secretary Hegseth, ‘Jesus don’t like killing’
In my younger days, I listened to a lot of music. Being of the rock ‘n roll generation, music was a defining part of our society. A personal favorite of mine was and is country rocker John Prine, whose observations…
American Jewish Committee to donate $25K to damaged Gaza church
The American Jewish Committee said Thursday (July 31) that it will donate $25,000 toward the “rehabilitation” of the Holy Family Church and community in Gaza. The only Catholic church in Gaza was damaged by what the Israel Defense Forces called a munitions…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV. Both propose the Vatican as site for peace talks
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace talks to end the war.
Jewish federations allocate $10 million for Israelis in wake of war with Iran
After 12 days of fighting between Israel and Iran, and with a potential ceasefire in the offing, the Jewish Federations of North America announced it would allocate $10 million in emergency funding to meet the needs of Israelis affected by…
MAGA coalesces around evangelical support for Israel in bombing Iran
Robert Jeffress not only supports President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran, but his publicist sent out a news release to make sure everyone understands he does. In last Sunday morning’s sermon — delivered hours after Trump ordered massive bombs dropped…
After Iran Strike, Military Chaplains Lean on Prayer and Presence
While the US bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, Bishop Derek Jones was with a group of over 300 Anglican military chaplains at a weeklong symposium and training in Bluffton, South Carolina.
As Trump signals willingness to join Iran fight, tensions roil MAGA movement
If, as Irving Kristol wrote, a neoconservative is a liberal who’s been mugged by reality, then what do you call an “American First” president who is cheering Israel’s attacks on Iran, increasingly claiming credit for them and seemingly leaving the…
A Jewish group is taking turns fasting to bring attention to starving Gazans
This Friday (June 13), Yehoshua Pinson, an Israeli American Jew living in Durham, North Carolina, plans to fast for 24 hours.
On Purim in wartime, Jews wrestle with a biblical story of retribution
The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are encouraged — in synagogue no less — as Jews gather for a public reading of the biblical Book of Esther….
Churches In Eastern DRC Forced To Shelter M23 Fighters As Violence Against Christians Escalates
In the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, churches have been forced to become safe havens for M23 rebels, a Tutsi-led paramilitary group that continues to target Christian civilians across the DRC’s eastern provinces.
Facing blowback, Israel’s foreign minister defends siding with Russia at the UN
In the two days since Israel joined the United States to vote against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s faced more than a little backlash.