RNS Morning Report: Frederick D. Haynes resigns abruptly as leader of Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Top Stories Frederick D. Haynes resigns abruptly as leader of Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RNS) — Haynes, the pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, had been in the role at Rainbow PUSH for less than a year.   Hindu Lord Ram road-trips through the United States (RNS) — For the first time in North America, an image of Lord Ram is being paraded from temple to temple on a two-month-long road trip, just in time for the deity’s birthday, Ram Navami.   Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says SYDNEY (AP) — Kheir is among several community leaders who have accused police of unnecessarily raising community tensions with a premature declaration on Tuesday that the attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church fit the definition of a terrorist act.   ‘The Hopeful,’ film about Adventist origins, debuts in theaters (RNS) — ‘I think a lot of those misconceptions that Adventists maybe aren’t mainstream Christians, I think they’re going to be challenged,’ said director and co-producer Kyle Portbury. RNS Opinion Does my alma mater deserve an F in antisemitism? (RNS) — If antisemitism is a test, what does it mean for a college to fail?   Why an organization founded to care for orphans no longer has a children’s home (RNS) — Our aim now is to strengthen families to raise thriving children. ICYMI In time for Passover, the first Ukrainian-language Haggadah goes to print (RNS) — ‘It is a symbol of how we’ve manifested as Ukrainian Jews, that we are something different, not just Soviet Jews anymore,’ said the translator of the Passover liturgy.   How not to comfort the mourning: Hospital chaplain J.S. Park talks grief in new book (RNS) — ‘The biggest myth I see is that grief is a poison to get past,’ said Park. In Other News Catholic and Anglican nuns defend religious freedom in New York’s highest court What can ‘Green Islam’ achieve in the world’s largest Muslim country?   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. RNS 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