Wednesday, October 11, 2023

RNS Morning Report: Orthodox Jews emerged from holiday isolation to hear news of Hamas’ assault

RNS Morning Report

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Orthodox Jews emerged from holiday isolation to hear news of Hamas’ assault

(RNS) — Sequestered by bans on devices during holy days, many Orthodox Jews struggled to get news about the Hamas attacks.
 

Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.

(RNS) — A review of 10 years of global polling looks at the complicated connection between spirituality and health.
 

One House Music’s new EP hopes to be Christian music for a non-Christian audience

(RNS) — ‘Eyes Up’ is the latest release from One House Music, a collective from the LA-based church One: A Potter’s House Church, led by Touré Roberts and Sarah Jakes Roberts.
 

American Jews listen to harrowing stories of death and disarray from Israel

(RNS) — A daring rescue of a family that had barricaded in their home during a Hamas-led attack is one of many stories now being shared in the American Jewish community.

RNS Opinion

This week’s terror in Israel is not the moral equivalent to war

(RNS) — Democracies seek to avoid civilian deaths, while bloodthirsty fanatics aim to maximize them.
 

Why Al-Aqsa remains a sensitive site in Palestine-Israel conflict

(The Conversation) — The Al-Aqsa mosque, a flashpoint in Hamas’ recent assault against Israel, hosts daily prayers and Friday gatherings. It lies adjacent to important Jewish and Christian religious locales.

ICYMI

Catholic leaders voice sorrow, dismay after violent outbreak in Holy Land

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis, calling war 'always a defeat,' made an appeal for peace in Israel and Palestine.
 

In ‘When Religion Hurts You,’ a psychotherapist argues religious trauma is trauma

(RNS) — For too long, says Laura Anderson in her new book, most clinical dialogue suggested that to heal from religious harm, you just needed to become an atheist. 

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