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There has been quite a decline in the U.S. Jewish community that has been raising many concerns for American society. The American Jewish community, currently 6…
Entertainment
The Cordoba Initiative and The Brotherhood Synagogue brought their communities together to celebrate their cultures with a night of Qawwali Music. On May 21 this year,…
Entertainment
Featured Contributor Nusrat Qadir offers her view on the hijab ban instituted by the Columbus, OH police department. Police departments in America have been under a…
Entertainment
A Jewish rabbi opens a sex toy shop. What sounds like the start of a joke is really a rabbi’s mission to promote healthy sexual living…
Entertainment
Madonna kissed Drake during their performance at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The racy pop queen is in the news again today after…
Christianity
The new Pew Research study found that Jews and Hindus are among both the most educated and wealthiest compared to other religions and all Americans. The…
Entertainment
While promoting her directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Natalie Portman comments on life as a Jew in anti-Semitic Europe. Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman will…
Buddhism
In an interview on PBS, Thich Nhat Hanh discusses the connection between Buddhism and Judeo-Christian religions, violence, and mindfulness. This interview originally aired on PBS’ Religion…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 15, 2015
Issues
Protests by Ethiopian Jews have turned violent in Israel in recent days. BBC reports that dozens of police and protesters were hurt in Tel Aviv, where…
Atheism
An exceptional collection of intimate and personal Albert Einstein letters will be auctioned off in June, including his notable views on religion and God. A one…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 13, 2015
Issues
Jewish immigration to Israel has risen more than 40 percent in the first three months of 2015, an interim report by the Jewish Agency for Israel…
Baptist
Adding to the #InTheirOwnWords series, today we have three new archived interviews available with Martin Luther King, Jr., Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, and Jain Master Shri…
WRN Editorial Staff
May 8, 2015