RELIGION
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The Election and the Jews with Rabbi Jonah Pesner
Rabbi Jeff Salkin sits down with Rabbi Jonah Pesner, one of American Judaism’s most prominent voices and the director of…
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How to End Christian Nationalism with Amanda Tyler
Faced with the surging threat of Christian nationalism, The State of Belief this week explores the urgent need for…
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New monastic community takes solemn vows
First vowed members begin a lifelong commitment to their Rule of Life GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The Community of the…
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Heritage Foundation’s ‘Esther’ addendum to Project 2025 isn’t really about antisemitism
(RNS) — Few think-tank initiatives have garnered as much public attention as the Heritage Foundation’s set of policy proposals, called…
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Iran executes Jewish man despite family pleas and attempts to pay restitution
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Arvin Ghahremani, a 20-year-old Iranian Jew accused of murder, was hanged by the country’s Islamic regime on…
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Jason Yates promoted Christian values as CEO of My Faith Votes. He now faces child porn charges.
(RNS) — The former president of an evangelical get-out-the-vote nonprofit, which seeks to motivate Christian voters to promote family values…
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Muslim Americans face a tough choice, but we have to refuse to empower Trump
(RNS) — Determined after the horrors of the first Trump presidency not to see another, in 2020 I gathered a…
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The survey findings keeping me up at night
(RNS) — Like every other high-quality survey, the topline results of the American Values Survey from the Public Religion Research…
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Democracy and Faith Hit The Road
This fall, a number of faith- and values-driven organizations have taken to the road, bringing a positive message to communities…
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On Simchat Torah, one Illinois synagogue celebrates a bounty of Torah readers
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in Argentina in an assimilated Jewish family, Jorge Singman never had a bar…
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