Columns
In Mecca on Eid al-Adha, carrying the burden of those lost in Gaza
By Omar Suleiman — June 16, 2024
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (RNS) — In my kaffiyeh, I received prayers from random worshippers and even my taxi driver for the Palestinian people.
Roberts and Alito are polarized on polarization
By Mark Silk — June 14, 2024
(RNS) — That upside-down flag had special significance.
Should I stay or should I go?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 14, 2024
(RNS) — Or, to quote The Animals, is it time to sing ‘We gotta get out of this place’?
Catholics could decide the 2024 election
By Thomas Reese — June 11, 2024
(RNS) — Catholics are a good weathervane for how the country will vote: If you win Catholics, you likely win the country.
Netanyahu, an accused criminal at the Hague, becomes an invited guest in Washington
By Omar Suleiman — June 11, 2024
(RNS) — The fiction of a post-World War II Western rules-based, values-based world order is dead.
How to make Jerry Seinfeld cry
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 10, 2024
(RNS) — This is as far from yada yada as you could ever imagine.
The 39th-generation rabbi who is reinventing Judaism: Amichai Lau-Lavie
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 6, 2024
(RNS) — A Conservative rabbi? There is nothing conservative about Amichai Lau-Lavie.
When they say they are anti-Zionist
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 6, 2024
(RNS) — Which Zionism are you anti? Which Zionism might you support?
US bishops’ report on the Synod on Synodality enumerates tensions but finds hope
By Thomas Reese — June 4, 2024
(RNS) — There was tension over adaptability and innovation in how the church evangelizes and welcomes people.
The Trump trial reflected Jewish ideals
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2024
(RNS) — Donald Trump's day in court reminded me of how Judaism views rulers. Even, ex-rulers. Don’t let this man anywhere near office again.
Would Madison have been OK with posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms?
By Mark Silk — May 31, 2024
(RNS) — Nope.
Christian ethics has long supported disability justice. Today, we need to do more.
By Charles C. Camosy — May 30, 2024
(RNS) — Catholics and others must fight for a broader ideal of disability justice.
When childless becomes grandchildless
By Karen Swallow Prior — May 29, 2024
(RNS) — New versions of the old wonderings begin all over again.
Pope Francis disappoints progressives. He will do so again.
By Thomas Reese — May 28, 2024
(RNS) — Moving too quickly may blow up the church. Moving too slowly means losing the young.
‘Grandpa, tell us about Abbie Hoffman’
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 28, 2024
(RNS) — I search for the sources of today’s campus unrest. Was it Hoffman and Rubin?
