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United Methodists vote to restructure worldwide church
(RNS) — The plan, called ‘regionalization,’ must now go before each region, called an annual conference, for ratification by the end of 2025.
A Jan. 6 antisemite is sent to prison. What do the presidential candidates say?
(RNS) — One condemns antisemitism. The other holds former Proud Boys up as victims.
Brandeis invites Jewish students to transfer in response to campus protests
(RNS) — ‘Students elsewhere should know we welcome all — Jews and students from every background — who seek an excellent undergraduate education and an environment striving to be free of harassment and Jew-hatred to apply,’ Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said.
An anti-Hindutva teach-in spurs debate about Hindu representation on college campuses
(RNS) — Hindu student organizations, say advocates, do not always represent the full breadth of thought within the community of young American Hindus.
Resisting our ‘new dark age’
(RNS) — In a time of information excess, the need of the moment is more love and more rest.
Church leaders in Kenya give qualified support for plan to close orphanages
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Amid a growing push to reunite orphans with extended family rather than keep children in residential homes, Kenyan authorities are set to adopt a new program that will phase out traditional orphanages over the next decade.
With graduation near, colleges seek to balance safety and students’ right to protest Gaza war
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This is commencement season 2024, punctuated by the tension and volatility that has roiled college campuses since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion
(AP) – Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference.
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At ‘Seder in the Streets,’ protesters in Brooklyn denounce US support to Israel
NEW YORK (RNS) — As the Senate voted on an aid package for Israel, participants of a ‘Seder in the Streets’ denounced the death and devastation in Gaza and urged Congress to end military support for the war.