“Holding Liat,” a documentary about the hostage taking and eventual release of Liat Beinin Atzili, is a portrait of an American-Israeli family struggling with a complicated feelings about the assault on Gaza. religionnews.com/2026/01/14/h...

Members of Jackson, Miss.' Beth Israel Congregation are determined to go ahead with an adult bat mitzvah this coming weekend. They don’t know yet where it will be after their synagogue was set on fire. religionnews.com/2026/01/12/j...

As the sing, one participant holds a sign that reads “Jesus was an immigrant, stop ICE.” People drive by honking in support, prompting cheers.

“Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional, or political,” say 53 international humanitarian aid groups in response to Israel’s new protocols denying three dozen groups permission to work in Gaza. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...

Evangelicals have long seen supporting Israel as an act of faith. Now, critics such as Tucker Carlson say Christian Zionism is a heresy, while centrist evangelicals denounce Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. religionnews.com/2025/12/23/c...

Despite his important caretaking role for the Church of England’s most iconic institution, Dean David Monteith feels in many ways like an alien. religionnews.com/2025/12/16/a...

It’s no surprise the massacre in Sydney took place at a Chabad event. Chabad has become the face of Judaism around the world, and no more so than at Hanukkah. religionnews.com/2025/12/15/u...

The British anti-migrant agitator Tommy Robinson has a called for a rally on Saturday titled, “Putting the Christ Back in Christmas.” Protestant groups across the UK quickly came together to protest. religionnews.com/2025/12/09/u...

Like an actor standing behind a curtain, ready to perform, St. Mary le Strand is now in the process of revealing her latest act. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/a...

Formerly Haredi Jews who were able to forgive their family and themselves show greater gains in well-being, resilience and growth, a new study finds. religionnews.com/2025/12/03/f...

Incredible story about one evangelical Chicago family's resistance to ICE, beautifully told by my colleague, @jackjenkins.me religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

Synagogues holding informational gatherings about immigration to Israel have drawn loud protests in New York and London. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/p...

"By offering this gift, we could make a real difference in the lives of children and youth and families in Gaza and elsewhere in the Palestinian territories," said Bishop Sally French. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/e...

The U.K. is studded with megalithic formations dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages. Many are finding in them a portal to the sacred. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...

The largest Christian monument in England is now being built near Birmingham. Its central design is a Mobius strip: religionnews.com/2025/11/14/a...

Leila Stillman-Utterback assumed she had a certain privilege working with Palestinians in the West Bank in their struggle against violent settlers who are threatening their lives and livelihoods. She was, after all, an American Jew. She was wrong. religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i...

Two American Jews who were part of a Rabbis for Human Rights team helping West Bank Palestinians with the olive harvest were deported last week as Israel cracks down on anyone helping or advocating for Palestinians — including Jews. religionnews.com/2025/11/03/i...

Here’s what they actually thought: they’ll just go after the left wing Bad Jews (who aren’t really Jews so it’s ok) but we’re the Good Jews so it will be fine. joelhs.bsky.social/post/3m4gzansohs2a

Zohran Mamdani’s steadfast defense of Palestinian liberation has alarmed many New York Jews. But some rabbis are enthusiastically embracing, and even campaigning for, the Muslim mayoral candidate. religionnews.com/2025/10/30/t...

NEWS: Samaritan’s Purse joined the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to deliver aid earlier this year, but Franklin Graham now says that organization is being shut down. In its stead, Samaritan’s Purse will play a larger role in aid delivery to Gaza. religionnews.com/2025/10/25/s...

Palestinian Christians living in Israel have also been been traumatized by the punishing war in Gaza. Now two young theologians from Jerusalem have now addressed it in a new book, “The Cross and the Olive Tree.” religionnews.com/2025/10/21/t...

Rabbis for Ceasefire has no plans for disbanding, now that a ceasefire has been called. In fact, it plans to redouble its efforts. religionnews.com/2025/10/15/f...

President Trump's peace plan does not mention the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the private entity created by the US and Israel. Instead, it empowered the U.N. to once again deliver aid: religionnews.com/2025/10/13/a...

Franklin Graham said a new standard mandating a “leader care plan” puts the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability into the role of trying to be ‘the moral police of the evangelical world.’ religionnews.com/2025/10/08/f...

Conservative Church of England congregations, both evangelical and Anglo-Catholic, are happy have a woman as their next archbishop of Canterbury. Their real worry is her views on same-sex marriage. religionnews.com/2025/10/06/s...

King Charles’ choice for Archbishop of Canterbury will be announced Friday. It caps nearly a year of speculation and a lot of online betting. religionnews.com/2025/10/02/w...

Jerry Seinfeld, in an appearance at Duke, says the KKK is more honest than those who shout "Free Palestine." www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

For nearly four decades, Ken Isaacs has led the disaster relief efforts for Samaritan’s Purse across the world. Now he’s written a memoir detailing his trips to the world’s hotspots. religionnews.com/2025/09/09/f...

A beautiful reflection on the life of Awdah Hathaleen by his friends Maya Rosen and Erez Bleicher jewishcurrents.org/remembering-...

After struggling for months to find partners to help them deliver aid to Gaza, the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has picked up a collaborator — Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian disaster relief organization headed by the Rev. Franklin Graham. religionnews.com/2025/08/21/s...

The push to recognize Palestine is not meant to punish Israel, argues @joshualeifer.bsky.social, but to revive the two-state solution — a push Jewish institutions should welcome: www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

New poll by Data For Progress and @zeteo.bsky.social: Nearly half of American voters now say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, compared to 39% last year.

Israeli authorities refused to release the body of Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot and killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank town of Umm al-Khair. They finally agreed Thursday — 10 days after his killing. religionnews.com/2025/08/07/p...

When church is no longer a refuge. Great reporting by @jackjenkins.me religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

Via @yonat.bsky.social on @npr.org and @rns.org: Jewish leaders from the U.S. sign a letter urging Israel to allow more aid into Gaza —> www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

A 31-year-old Palestinian Bedouin who was shot and killed by a Jewish settler Monday was a beloved activist dedicated to nonviolent resistance. religionnews.com/2025/07/29/a...

I met Awdah last year in Umm al-Khair. This is just so deeply unacceptable, yes so expectable 😭💔 Killed in cold blood, unarmed, while on his land, all for opposing settler terror and violence. Every unjustifiable dead is heartbreaking. This one hits even harder. עד מתי. עד מתי.

In her book, 'Spellbound,' Molly Worthen posits that charismatic people tell a compelling story about human identity and purpose that others gravitate to because it helps explain their own role in the grand scheme of life. religionnews.com/2025/07/25/w...

Despite some 1,000 killings near its aid distribution sites, the Rev. Johnnie Moore described the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as "unbelievably effective" in a Zoom call: religionnews.com/2025/07/22/j...

U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead said the Trump administration must allow in more refugees who had travel booked to the US before the president froze the refugee program — including those living in countries included in the travel ban. religionnews.com/2025/07/15/j...

Seven months after his flight to the United States was abruptly canceled, the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to overturn President Trump’s freeze on the U.S. refugee program arrived at RDU. religionnews.com/2025/07/11/p...

The executive committee of North Carolina’s Democratic Party passed a strongly worded resolution calling for an end to "military aid, weapons shipments and logistical support to Israel." religionnews.com/2025/06/30/n...

To end their hunger strike, the strikers are demanding that the United States stop arming Israel and that Israel “stop starving Gaza.” religionnews.com/2025/06/27/m...

White evangelicals’ love affair with Donald Trump continued unabated in the 2024 election. But a new study examining verified voters shows the president won over the affections of most other Christians, too. religionnews.com/2025/06/26/p...

A Bay Area synagogue invited two Palestinians to visit. Their visas were revoked and they were sent home. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/a...

Religion and Public Life was one of a handful of programs singled out in Harvard’s 311-page antisemitism report as being especially problematic. Now it's been gutted. religionnews.com/2025/06/12/h...

The plight of Palestinians in Gaza is rapidly worsening. A Jewish group in the US is ringing the alarm with a rolling fast. religionnews.com/2025/06/11/a...

Walter Brueggemann's 1978 “The Prophetic Imagination” showed how the biblical prophets were called to imagine a different world: religionnews.com/2025/06/05/w...

American evangelicals, driven by a biblical vision to protect Israel, have long been integral to U.S. diplomacy in the Holy Land. And now they have another player on the team. religionnews.com/2025/06/05/j...