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For 32 years, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum led the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue − New York City’s Congregation Beit Simchat Torah − through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay rights movement. That span encompassed the AIDS crisis, the murder of Matthew Shepard, the historic civil rights advances that included marriage equality, and most recently the backlash against transgender rights. She is now stepping down from that role and heading into retirement. As detailed in a profile by AP reporter Ken Sweet, Kleinbaum, 65, taught an unapologetic progressive vision for Judaism that resonated beyond the enclave of Manhattan and liberal Judaism. When Donald Trump was elected president, Kleinbaum had the synagogue do outreach to Muslims. The congregation also built an immigration clinic to help LGBTQ+ refugees in hostile parts of the world get asylum in the U.S.
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The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
Today people embark on the Camino for all kinds of motivations beyond religion: health, grief, transition, history and adventure. By Ellie Davis/Religion News Service
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concern
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — but not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law is a condensed version of the Scripture passage in Exodus containing the commandments. By Holly Meyer and Peter Smith/The Associated Press
Plans to demolish Texas church where gunman opened fire in 2017 draw visitors back to sanctuary
Plans to tear down a small Texas church where a gunman in 2017 killed more than two dozen worshippers are bringing visitors back to the rural sanctuary as there's a last-minute push to stop the demolition. By Fernanda Figuera and Jamie Stengle/The Associated Press
More than 120 people died in a stampede after a large religious gathering in northern India, one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. By Biswajeet Banerjee and Krutika Pathi/The Associated Press
Partners of US Catholic bishops’ social justice department adjust after layoffs
‘We are hoping that there is some kind of alternative plan to keep the church going, to keep the justice and peace programs going, to keep our advocacy work going,’ said Steven Nabieu Rogers, executive director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network. By Aleja Hertzler-McCain/Religion News Service
Commentary and Analysis
Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what's behind these protests. By Anne Mocko for The Conversation
A new book details how an attempt to soften abortion politics started an all-out assault on reproductive rights. By Emily D. Crews/Religion News Service
Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together. By Joanne M. Pierce for The Conversation
Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country. By Charles J. Russo for The Conversation
A Catholic boy walks towards the church of Saint John the Baptist during the “Taong Putik,” or mud people festival, at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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