Lauren Markoe
Conservative Jews question rules on interfaith weddings, dating non-Jews
In recent weeks, groups within Conservative Judaism—the second-largest movement of American Jews—debated their own rules discouraging interfaith dating and marriage.
...Wiesenthal Center releases top 10 anti-Semitic incidents of 2014
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Broad coalition of American Jews wants to break Israel’s Chief Rabbinate monopoly
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Rabbi David Saperstein confirmed as U.S. ambassador for religious freedom
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Remembering Chuck Colson, bipartisan federal panel aims to reform prisons
Chuck Colson turned seven months behind bars into an opportunity to start over. Now the Justice Department is looking to his example as it tries to reform the federal prison system.
...Sixty imams and rabbis gather in Washington to trade ideas for advancing interfaith understanding
Frustrated by high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered in late November to hatch concrete plans to bridge the gulf between their communities.
...Karen Armstrong on religion and violence
(RNS) In the West, the idea that religion is inherently violent is taken for granted by everyone from academics to cab drivers, says British religion scholar Karen Armstrong, the former ...
Anti-Defamation League names White House official as new leader
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Church giving won’t rise unless pastors embrace Jesus’ teachings on poor, report says
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Following evangelicals, traditional Catholics create a health insurance alternative
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Muslim scholars challenge ‘Islamic State’ in open letter
More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world endorsed an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the so-called Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic in the most Islamic of term...
Washington-based group rallies leaders to support Middle East Christians
A recent gathering shows how Middle Eastern Christians can put aside their disagreements and take up the cause of their beleaguered sisters and brothers, said Andrew Doran, executive director of In...
Religious leaders announce vote campaign
Faith leaders who sit to the left in U.S. politics say they won’t let the religious right claim the moral mantle in the elections of 2014.
...Jewish life before the Holocaust in thousands of never-seen photos
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...U.S. Muslims ask State Department for protection on Mecca pilgrimage
c. 2014 Religion News Service
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