Yonat Shimron
Yonat Shimron is a senior editor at RNS and a North Carolina-based reporter covering Judaism, the South's changing religious landscape and the growing nonreligious divide. Yonat Shimron joined RNS in April 2011 and became managing editor in 2013. She was the religion reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. from 1996 to 2011. During that time she won numerous awards. She is a past president of the Religion Newswriters Association.
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Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2024
(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.
Study: Pro-Israel Jewish students pay a growing social price
By Yonat Shimron — September 5, 2024
(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.
In new book, journalist Joshua Leifer offers a scathing take on American Judaism
By Yonat Shimron — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — 'Tablets Shattered' is a sweeping historical account of a fractured and contentious religious establishment — much of it hampered by its embrace of Zionism.
In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence
By Yonat Shimron — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.
Palestinian allies make last-ditch push for speaker on the DNC stage
By Yonat Shimron — August 22, 2024
(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.
War in Gaza casts a shadow over DNC opening
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2024
(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.
Faith groups are mobilizing thousands to march outside the DNC
By Yonat Shimron — August 15, 2024
(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.
In North Carolina, nearly 1,200 Southern Baptist churches participate in week of service
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2024
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.
After a slew of controversies, the SBC turns to a low-key leader to keep things cool
By Yonat Shimron — August 7, 2024
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.
Rev. Barber’s new book demystifies poverty: ‘Black people are not the problem’
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2024
(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.
Church of the Nazarene expels LGBTQ-affirming theologian
By Yonat Shimron — July 28, 2024
(RNS) — The church court stripped the Rev. Thomas Jay Oord, of Nampa, Idaho, of his preaching credentials and expelled him from membership in the 2.5 million-member global denomination.
Would Kamala Harris adopt Joe Biden’s policies on Israel?
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2024
(RNS) — For some young Jewish activists, Harris’ ascendancy gives them hope there might be some shifts in Israel policy, if she wins the presidency in November.
Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future
By Yonat Shimron — July 22, 2024
(RNS) — She would be the first presidential candidate with a diverse personal religious and spiritual history that is now far more representative of America’s multi-faith makeup.
United Methodists elect a third openly gay, married bishop
By Yonat Shimron — July 16, 2024
(RNS) — Kristin Stoneking will replace Bishop Karen Oliveto, the denomination’s first openly gay married bishop, who, at age 66, is retiring.
Prominent ‘queer affirming’ theologian facing trial by Church of the Nazarene
By Yonat Shimron — July 11, 2024
(RNS) — The Rev. Thomas Jay Oord is accused of teaching doctrines contrary to the Church of the Nazarene.
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