Some 1,2000 Jewish professors have signed a statement saying the U.S. House's antisemitism bill's main thrust is to silence criticism of Israel. religionnews.com/2024/05/14/120…

After the Union Club canceled my book talk in Frankfurt, offering no indication that they had even read the book, my friend Joshua Yaffa (the event's moderator) sent a letter to the club's president about the absurdity of this ostensible effort to protect Jews by censoring them:

This is groundbreaking: Union Theological Seminary votes to divest from companies profiting from Gaza war: religionnews.com/2024/05/09/uni…

A beautiful deep dive into what went down last week with the United Methodists:
Barry Yeoman theassemblync.com/culture/religi…

North Carolina’s GOP-controlled House passed a bill that would enshrine a controversial antisemitism definition into state law. This is the same definition that passed the U.S. House last week. religionnews.com/2024/05/08/ant…

Of the 11 outlets that won journalism Pulitzers, none were owned by hedge funds, 0 owned by private equity, 2 in publicly traded companies, 4 were nonprofit, 5 were family owned #futureoflocalnews

The always anticipated SBC annual church profile just dropped 👇, reporting in 2023 a total of 12,982,090 members and 46,906 churches (both down from previous years). Story forthcoming.

Real quick review: centrists and progressives aligned in a coalition ahead of this #UMC General Conference to support petitions related to LGBTQ+ inclusion, regionalization, and revised social principles. Here’s more context: tennessean.com/story/news/rel… #UMC GC

As the first same-sex married minister in the North Carolina Conference, the Rev. Charles Daly is now freed of the heavy burden of having to negotiate his identity. religionnews.com/2024/05/06/aft…

I can’t stand it when people declare who is or isn’t a real Jew based on politics, but as a journalist I’m willing to say you’re not a real journalist, regardless of politics, if you can’t condemn this move.

United Methodist delegates meeting for their General Conference deleted from their rulebook a condemnation of homosexuality that has riven the denomination for 52 years. religionnews.com/2024/05/02/uni…

The United Methodist Church now joins the majority of liberal Protestant denominations, all of whom ordain LGBTQ clergy. religionnews.com/2024/05/01/uni…

United Methodists nearly unanimously voted to strike down the ban on gay clergy this morning . #UMCGC .

United Methodists began shedding some of the contentious rules restricting gays and lesbians that have torn apart the global denomination in recent years. #umcgc2024 religionnews.com/2024/04/30/uni…

As many HBCUs thrive, some faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes

My RNS story:

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Christian nationalist activists lead pro-Israel rally at Columbia University - I attended the « United for Israel » March for RNS religionnews.com/2024/04/26/chr…

No words.

The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday (April 25) to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to its own customs and traditions. religionnews.com/2024/04/25/uni…

As we celebrate Passover this week, we are seeing Jewish students and faculty showing up Jewishly, joining and helping to lead protests on college campuses across the nation.

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I cannot overstate how dangerous this is. If you think that the US government should treat these students the way they are treating Hamas and Hezbollah, you are basically saying there is no level of violence that is off-limits.