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Bagels, quiche, fish platters, honey cake and sweet kugel are just a few of the dishes people indulge in after completing their Yom Kippur fast.

Food experts have some surprising suggestions for dishes to break the Yom Kippur fast

5:01am October 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

From bagels to honey cake, these are a few suggestions from cooks and food enthusiasts for breaking the fast after the most solemn Jewish holiday. Also, read tips for preparing for the fast.

Harvey Matthews was born in the River Road community. He stands with Macedonia Baptist Church First Lady, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, also president of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition. She has led the fight to preserve and prevent further desecration of the cemetery.

Slavery descendants fight to memorialize a cemetery in Maryland

6:04am October 03, 2022

by Marisa Peñaloza

Development has forced many historically Black communities around the country to uproot and disperse. Cemeteries often remain the only proof that those communities existed.

Asher and David Cherkaskyi, Ukrainian Orthodox Jews who are father and son and have both been on the front lines in Ukraine's fight against Russian occupation, in Dnipro in July.

Jewish Ukrainian father and son soldiers mark holy days under cloud of Russia's war

5:09pm October 01, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

A father and son fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion say the war has heightened their Jewish identity.

People of faith are turning out at this clinic in support of abortion rights

5:42pm September 30, 2022

by Katia Riddle

A medical clinic in Spokane, Wash., has become a destination for those protesting abortion in the name of God. But some of the clinic's Christians allies are contributing a different theological view.

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Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's tomb in Uman, Ukraine on Monday. Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reported 23,000 adherents made the trip, which was complicated by the grounding of civilian aviation throughout Ukraine.

War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year

4:31pm September 28, 2022

Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot

4:56pm September 27, 2022

by Associated Press and Peter Smith

College Park Baptist Church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.

At their most recent General Convention, the Episcopal church passed resolutions supporting gender-affirming care and developing resources to welcome and support transgender and nonbinary people.

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Trans religious leaders say scripture should inspire inclusive congregations

11:56am September 25, 2022

by Deena Prichep

As some evangelicals push to restrict civil rights for trans people, other Christians use similar sacred texts and traditions to build a theology that embraces trans lives as part of God's creation.

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Will Sideri bought a 700-year-old manuscript that was used in the Beauvais Cathedral in France for $75 at an estate sale in Waterville, Maine. An expert on manuscripts said the document could be worth as much as $10,000.

He went to an estate sale for bargains. He found a valuable 700-year-old document

2:02pm September 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

For $75, Will Sideri landed a 13th century manuscript that was used in the Beauvais Cathedral in France. An expert says the document could be worth as much as $10,000.

Christiane Amanpour, shown in 2018, said her interview with Iran's president was canceled when she refused to wear a headscarf.

CNN says Iran's president tried to make a hijab a condition for Amanpour interview

3:42pm September 22, 2022

by Merrit Kennedy

CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour said her interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York was abruptly canceled when she refused to wear a headscarf.

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Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church

11:44am September 21, 2022

by Associated Press and Peter Smith

The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday — an LGBTQ-friendly church in Greensboro, North Carolina, that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it cited for “alleged discriminatory behavior.”