50+ min ago  (933+ words) (RNS) " There are moments when a single person seems to gather the entire story of the Jewish people into her heart. Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a perfect example." On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas kidnapped her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, from the Nova Music Festival....

56+ min ago  (695+ words) (RNS) " Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli, became the public face for the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, largely because of his mother's fevered efforts to win his release. Rachel Goldberg-Polin, a native of Chicago who had moved…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago  (106+ words) Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary,…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (106+ words) Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (781+ words) (RNS) " An international research team has recovered 42 lost pages from Codex H, a sixth-century Greek New Testament manuscript of St. Paul's letters, using multispectral imaging and carbon dating. The new discovery, led by Garrick Allen, a professor of divinity and…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (915+ words) Representing a wide range of faiths, backgrounds and life experiences, they urged lawmakers to choose peace at a critical time for our country and world. In doing so, they reflected both the persistent power of our democracy and growing dissent…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (652+ words) (The Conversation) " When a couple marry in a church, synagogue or mosque, the ceremony does more than sanctify a union. Often, it binds two families to an institution. For centuries, marriage and child-rearing have been among the main ways adults…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (782+ words) Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, the second in the past week, went "very well," but during an Oval Office gathering he acknowledged that "they do have Hezbollah to think about." The…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (357+ words) (RNS) " The Israeli government has been working overtime to address the rage resulting from a documented video showing an Israeli soldier destroying a statue of the crucified Jesus that had fallen from a cross in a Lebanese village. Unfortunately, this…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (455+ words) (RNS) " Since the war with Iran began, President Donald Trump has directed threats and insults at Iran and its leaders. He warned that he would destroy Iranian civilization and infrastructure and would blockade its ports. He called Iranian leaders "crazy…...