Yonat Shimron, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Yonat Shimron, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 Study: Pro-Israel Jewish students pay a growing social price https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:12:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165040 (RNS) — In 2024, more than half of Jewish students said they paid a social penalty for supporting Israel’s existence, up from 34% in 2022, a new report from a Tufts University researcher finds.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/study-pro-israel-jewish-students-pay-a-growing-social-cost/feed/ 0 In new book, journalist Joshua Leifer offers a scathing take on American Judaism https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/in-a-new-book-journalist-joshua-leifer-offers-an-ominous-take-on-american-judaism/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/in-a-new-book-journalist-joshua-leifer-offers-an-ominous-take-on-american-judaism/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 22:03:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164312 (RNS) — 'Tablets Shattered' is a sweeping historical account of a fractured and contentious religious establishment — much of it hampered by its embrace of Zionism.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/in-a-new-book-journalist-joshua-leifer-offers-an-ominous-take-on-american-judaism/feed/ 0 In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:36:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163826 (RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/feed/ 0 Palestinian allies make last-ditch push for speaker on the DNC stage https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/palestinian-allies-make-last-ditch-push-for-speaker-on-the-dnc-stage/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/palestinian-allies-make-last-ditch-push-for-speaker-on-the-dnc-stage/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:55:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163246 (RNS) — The DNC has so far denied a request to allow Americans to hear the stories of Palestinian people in Gaza whose lives have been upended by Israel’s massive military.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/22/palestinian-allies-make-last-ditch-push-for-speaker-on-the-dnc-stage/feed/ 0 War in Gaza casts a shadow over DNC opening https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/war-in-gaza-casts-a-shadow-over-dnc-opening/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/war-in-gaza-casts-a-shadow-over-dnc-opening/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:17:27 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162738 (RNS) — On Monday, protesters had begun gathering in Union Park in Chicago, about a half-mile from the DNC headquarters, with 'Abandon Harris ’24' signs.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/19/war-in-gaza-casts-a-shadow-over-dnc-opening/feed/ 0 Faith groups are mobilizing thousands to march outside the DNC https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/faith-groups-are-mobilizing-thousands-to-march-outside-the-dnc/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/faith-groups-are-mobilizing-thousands-to-march-outside-the-dnc/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:38:42 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4162274 (RNS) — The Coalition to March on the DNC has united its various constituencies, including faith groups, to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel and standing up for Palestinians.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/15/faith-groups-are-mobilizing-thousands-to-march-outside-the-dnc/feed/ 0 In North Carolina, nearly 1,200 Southern Baptist churches participate in week of service https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/north-carolina-baptists-pour-out-help-for-those-in-need/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/north-carolina-baptists-pour-out-help-for-those-in-need/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:10:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161595 RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/north-carolina-baptists-pour-out-help-for-those-in-need/feed/ 0 After a slew of controversies, the SBC turns to a low-key leader to keep things cool https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/after-a-stream-of-controversies-southern-baptists-turn-to-a-low-key-leader-to-keep-things-cool/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/after-a-stream-of-controversies-southern-baptists-turn-to-a-low-key-leader-to-keep-things-cool/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:01:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4160730 CHARLOTTE (RNS) — Clint Pressley does not have a national following or a big social media presence. As SBC president, his goal is to tone down the acrimony.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/07/after-a-stream-of-controversies-southern-baptists-turn-to-a-low-key-leader-to-keep-things-cool/feed/ 0 Rev. Barber’s new book demystifies poverty: ‘Black people are not the problem’ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/rev-barbers-new-book-demystifies-poverty-black-people-are-not-the-problem/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/29/rev-barbers-new-book-demystifies-poverty-black-people-are-not-the-problem/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:45:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4159094 (RNS) — The civil rights champion believes he cannot be a moral leader and stand up only for Black people. Far more white people are poor and struggling, too.

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