Religion

Some Jewish American peace activists pay a personal price for backing ceasefire

8:33pm October 27, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Jewish Americans who are critical of how Israel and the U.S. are responding to Hamas' attack say they're being ostracized by the mainstream U.S. Jewish community.

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What does it mean to be a witch? A writer spent a year doing witchcraft to find out

5:27pm October 26, 2023

by Mallory Yu

In her new book, The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft, Diana Helmuth explores witchcraft as a religion and confronts her own skepticism.

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Some religious leaders say they're struggling to navigate Israel-Hamas crisis

8:08pm October 24, 2023

by Jason DeRose

Worry over a backlash from expressing support or sympathy for either side in the Israel-Hamas crisis is leaving some Muslim and Jewish friends feeling abandoned.

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Churches step in after Florida restricts how Black history can be taught

5:02am October 24, 2023

by Danielle Prieur

Black churches in Florida are now offering classes in African American history, as state leaders have limited how the subject can be taught in schools.

Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.

Palestinian Americans on the Israel-Hamas war: "We're not even allowed to grieve"

8:41pm October 23, 2023

by Sandhya Dirks

Some Palestinian Americans in the U.S. say they feel abandoned by the U.S., and fear rising anti-Palestinian sentiment and Islamophobia at home.

Students from Hunter College chant and hold up signs during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the entrance of their campus in New York earlier this month.

His call for empathy has made this Jewish studies professor feel isolated

4:37am October 23, 2023

by Rachel Martin

A professor of Jewish history at UCLA has tried to stake out some middle ground, where Jews and Palestinians on campus could safely stand and grieve for one another.

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What a rabbi hopes to offer the wounded and grieving in Israel

4:23am October 21, 2023

Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie has spent the last week in Israel counseling survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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U.S. mosques have been especially concerned about security since the Hamas attacks

5:29pm October 20, 2023

by Jason DeRose

Since the Hamas attacks in Israel and the killing of a young Muslim boy near Chicago, mosques in the U.S. are more concerned than ever with security.

Tourists visiting the Bears Ears region to view scenes like this are encouraged to respect the natural and cultural sites of the indigenous tribes in the region.

Indigenous tribes saw the 'Ring of Fire' eclipse in a different light

12:54pm October 20, 2023

by Ben Abrams

For many Indigenous cultures, a solar eclipse honors tradition.

A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

5:11am October 19, 2023

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.