by Nicole Neroulias | Apr 21, 2011 | News
(RNS) Are Christianity and capitalism a marriage made in heaven, as some conservatives believe, or more of a strained relationship in need of some serious couples’ counseling? A released Thursday (April 21) found that more Americans (44 percent) see the free market...
by Nicole Neroulias | Apr 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) A Jewish organization is celebrating Passover two weeks early, proclaiming freedom from Glenn Beck’s television show. Jewish Funds for Justice, a social advocacy nonprofit, has taken credit for the polarizing personality’s pending exit from Fox News. The group...
by Nicole Neroulias | Mar 31, 2011 | News
(RNS) Facebook shut down a “Third Palestinian Intifada” page and similar groups this week, prompted by complaints from Jewish groups that the content had crossed the line from free speech to violent incitement. The campaign has raised questions about whether Facebook...
by Nicole Neroulias | Mar 25, 2011 | News
(RNS) We may never know why bad things happen to good people, but most Americans—except evangelicals—reject the idea that natural disasters are divine punishment, a test of faith or some other sign from God. The poll released Thursday (March 24), by Public Religion...
by Nicole Neroulias | Mar 16, 2011 | News
SEATTLE (RNS) Alaska Airlines has issued an apology for misinterpreting the devotional behavior of three Orthodox Jewish men on a flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles on Sunday (March 13). The men had strapped on tefillin—black leather bindings and boxes worn on...
