RELIGION

Rabbis lead hundreds in mass Jewish protest outside ICE headquarters

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Hundreds of rabbis, cantors and other Jewish demonstrators gathered outside the headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs…

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Simran Jeet Singh on Courage and Community

 What does courage look like on the ground? For many faith leaders and everyday citizens, it involves showing up…

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Mamdani taps liberal NY Jewish leader to run antisemitism office

(RNS) — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of New York Jewish Agenda who…

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Judge stops Noem from ending Haitians’ protected status, but fear of ICE remains

(RNS) — In a last-minute ruling on Monday (Feb. 2), a U.S. district judge in Washington halted the Department of…

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Walz’s Anne Frank comment shows how Holocaust remembrance has become contentious

(RNS) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, one of the guardians of Holocaust memory, shot back quickly earlier this week…

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Gospel musician Richard Smallwood remembered with music-filled funeral

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland (RNS) — Thousands of fans of gospel music giant Richard Smallwood bid him farewell in a music-filled…

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US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raids

(RNS) — At least 100 rabbis and other Jewish leaders are expected to join the growing coalition of clergy, union…

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Two Episcopal bishops say clergy may have to put ‘bodies on the line’ to resist ICE

(RNS) — Last Friday (Jan. 9), the Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, stepped in…

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