Religion

(RNS) — After a time-out to consider the Supreme Court’s likely reversal of Roe v. Wade, here’s the promised follow-up to my backgrounder on Rod Dreher. So how has America’s foremost Eastern Orthodox culture warrior responded to his…

(RNS) — Conservative Christians have been successful in recent years in winning exemptions from health care laws, nondiscrimination laws (especially those governing women’s and LGBTQ equality) and even workplace harassment laws.  Now,…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Muslim World League (MWL) – the world’s largest Islamic NGO – has today completed the Forum on Common Values among Religious Followers event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between 10-11 Shawal 1443 H, corresponding to…

(RNS) — If a Supreme Court justice, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and the secretary of the Treasury were not enough, Jewish girls can find plenty of other role models of professional success. A new study suggests the…

This was the best work of Jewish fiction that I read this past year. I am not alone in my love. Joshua Cohen has just won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible…

(The Conversation) — The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has sent shock waves across the United States, indicates that a majority of Supreme Court justices will likely…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Every Saturday, in secluded beach villas, hotel banquet halls and luxury apartment towers across Dubai, Jews arrive to worship at some of the world’s most hidden synagogues even as the United Arab…

(RNS) — Three months after his return to the Chicago Sinai Congregation after a leave of absence during which he was investigated for creating a hostile workplace culture, Rabbi Seth Limmer is leaving the Reform synagogue. In a letter to…

(RNS) — It is unusual for a world Muslim leader visiting the United States to request to meet with local Christian leaders. But King Abdullah II of Jordan has his responsibilities: The Hashemite king, whose lineage goes back to the…

(AP) — Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature, was honored Wednesday with this year’s prestigious Templeton Prize,…