How religious people should respond to the horror in Parkland
The night that my tears watered a flower. The post How religious people should respond to the horror in Parkland appeared first on Religion News Service.
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View ArticleHow religious people should respond to the horror in Parkland
The night that my tears watered a flower.
View ArticleAre guns kosher?
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View ArticleAnd the ‘biggest post-Parkland jerk’ award goes to . . . Jason Chaffetz
(RNS) — Talk about insensitive.
View ArticleStop mansplaining guns!
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View ArticleShould you love your NRA neighbor?
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View ArticleThe worst lesson parents can teach
(RNS) — Children are not born hating (or, for that matter, loving or tolerating). Someone has to teach them, either hatred or compassion.
View ArticleThe Sephardic chief rabbi must go!
(RNS) — He defamed Judaism. He defamed the Jews. He defamed God. Anything else?
View ArticleThe kid who didn’t attend the march
Every revolution starts with the young. This one resonated from the lips of a bar mitzvah boy.
View ArticleEight books to sneak into your seder
You can make your seder more fun – or, at least, much more interesting. The post Eight books to sneak into your seder appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticlePassover should make us uncomfortable
When you realize that Martin Luther King was assassinated right before Pesach, 1968.... The post Passover should make us uncomfortable appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticleWas ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ anti-Semitic?
(RNS) — There were parts of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' that troubled me. But they're not worth losing sleep over. The post Was ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ anti-Semitic? appeared first on Religion News...
View ArticleWhat MLK would say today
First, Dr. King. Then, Robert Kennedy. Then, the Chicago riots. Fifty years ago, it was a very dark spring and summer. The post What MLK would say today appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticleA rabbi should be able to change his or her mind
I celebrate a deep friendship, which has forced me to re-examine much of what I once believed. The post A rabbi should be able to change his or her mind appeared first on Religion News Service.
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