NEW YORK (RNS) — Brooklyn Jews rose from their seats in the rotunda-shaped sanctuary of Congregation Beth Elohim on Sunday (Oct. 6) to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead. They then rose again to sing the...
(RNS) — The anniversary of the massacre of Israelis by Hamas has occasioned a number of reflections on the rise...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Israelis observed the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre with somber ceremonies for the victims,...
GORELOVKA, Georgia (AP) — A 10-year-old boy proudly stands beside his father and listens to the monotone chanting of elderly...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, causing death and havoc in the Middle East,...
Thousands mobilize from hard-to-reach nations for ‘FINISH Oceania’ in Fiji, October 8-10 ORLANDO, Fla. — In pursuit of completing the...
(RNS) — Everyone knows the song “American Pie,” with that one line: “The day the music died.” I remember the...
(RNS) — Often the prelude to a cataclysm is a single moment — a shot is fired at Fort Sumter...
(RNS) — The two wings of the Christian nationalist movement, white evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics, are united in their...
