Judaism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/judaism/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:04:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Judaism Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/judaism/ 32 32 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 Time for a cease-fire in the childhood culture wars https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/time-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-childhood-culture-wars/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/time-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-childhood-culture-wars/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:03:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164751 (RNS) — Let our kids feel all the love we can give. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/time-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-childhood-culture-wars/feed/ 0 What to know about the rescued hostage’s Bedouin community in Israel https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/what-to-know-about-the-rescued-hostages-bedouin-community-in-israel/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/what-to-know-about-the-rescued-hostages-bedouin-community-in-israel/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:31:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164529&preview=true&preview_id=4164529 (AP) — One significant long-running source of tensions is that tens of thousands or so Bedouins in the Negev eke out an existence in villages that the Israeli authorities don’t recognize. The villages are largely cut off from basic services and the government wants to tear them down.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/what-to-know-about-the-rescued-hostages-bedouin-community-in-israel/feed/ 0 I weep for the hostages and their families. I weep for all of us. https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:54:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164511 (RNS) — Our pain. Our rage. Our losses.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/02/hostages-hersh/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 Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164319 (RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/feed/ 0 ‘Between the Temples’ needs to get its head on straight about clergy misconduct https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/between-the-temples-needs-to-get-its-head-on-straight-about-clergy-misconduct/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/between-the-temples-needs-to-get-its-head-on-straight-about-clergy-misconduct/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:04:38 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164353 (RNS) — Grieving clergy deserve grace, but even the grieving need to respect the dangers of spiritual power.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/between-the-temples-needs-to-get-its-head-on-straight-about-clergy-misconduct/feed/ 0 Once a beacon of the Yiddish speaking world, Lithuania’s Jews work to keep it alive https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/once-a-beacon-of-the-yiddish-speaking-world-lithuanias-jews-work-to-keep-it-alive/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/once-a-beacon-of-the-yiddish-speaking-world-lithuanias-jews-work-to-keep-it-alive/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:23:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163862 VILNIUS, Lithuania (RNS) — If one city could be said to be the home of Yiddish, the traditional language of Ashkenazi Jewry, many would point to Vilnius, the capital of modern-day Lithuania, where a program hopes to preserve and expand it.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/once-a-beacon-of-the-yiddish-speaking-world-lithuanias-jews-work-to-keep-it-alive/feed/ 0 Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:42:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163975 (RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/feed/ 0 Israeli Cabinet minister draws rebuke for saying he would build a synagogue at holy site https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/israeli-cabinet-minister-draws-rebuke-for-saying-he-would-build-a-synagogue-at-holy-site/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/israeli-cabinet-minister-draws-rebuke-for-saying-he-would-build-a-synagogue-at-holy-site/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:34:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163966 JERUSALEM (RNS) — The far-right minister’s latest remarks have sparked outrage from Muslim authorities, concern from the U.S. State Department, and Israeli assurances that the ‘status quo’ will remain.

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