Yonat Shimron

(RNS) — The Jewish Diaspora Movement, launched Monday (May 18), consists of 40 groups, mostly in North America, that are united in their rejection of Israel’s ethno-nationalist Judaism.

(RNS) — The bill would substantially enhance the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $1 billion annually.

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Trump administration’s vast cuts to refugee services have led some religious congregations to fill in gaps.

(RNS) — The new list includes 31 recognized faiths, most of them Christian denominations.

With the Trump administration's sweeping cuts to refugee agency services, religious congregations have been filling the gap. In Durham, North Carolina, two congregations — a church and a synagogue —

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Samaritan's Purse, the Christian international humanitarian relief organization, airlifted an Ebola treatment unit to the Democratic Republic of

(RNS) — The fast-evolving list was met with blowback from critics who suggested its changes were an attempt to impose Christian nationalism on the military.

Kate Bowler spent the past decade bashing the American cult of positivity and the pursuit of optimal happiness.

(RNS) — The 30-minute morning minyan offered through the Los Angeles-based IKAR Synagogue has become the primary form of community and prayer for a group of Jews from around the world.