RNS Morning Report: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important

Top Stories On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important (RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way.   Samford University cuts ties with LGBTQ-affirming ministries amid student outcry (RNS) — 'When a student Googles 'LGBTQ Samford,' I just want the first thing to not be discrimination,' said one current student.   Netflix’s ‘Sins of Our Mother’ is a haunting case study in spiritual psychosis (RNS) — Where’s the line between spiritual awakening and a psychotic episode?   In India, where Hindu majority has complex views, Supreme Court liberalizes abortion law (RNS) — The judgment will have significant implications for Muslim, Christian and other minority faith groups but will likely face pushback from conservative Hindus. RNS Opinion Defending our sacred right to vote (RNS) — Why we are mobilizing 2,000 poll chaplains to serve as visions of peace and a moral presence at the polls.   Will Congress support God’s children?   (RNS) — The Child Tax Credit helped lift millions of children out of poverty. Why would we abandon it?   “They hated us. They tried to kill us”….An old joke becomes a Yom Kippur message You know the joke. Time to go way deeper. It's about your life and your soul. ICYMI Ahmadi Muslims inaugurate new mosque on site of historic ‘prayer duel’ (RNS) — In a town built as a 'city of God,' the new Fath-e-Azeem Mosque sits within a block of two churches and a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.   Cecile Holmes, longtime religion reporter, dies at 67 (RNS) — A veteran religion reporter, editor, journalism professor and interfaith champion, she died in Columbia, South Carolina, Thursday (Sept. 29), after an illness. In Other News My first Yom Kippur in exile Slavery descendants fight to memorialize a cemetery in Maryland   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. Religion News Service is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend