Thursday, July 17, 2025

RNS Morning Report - A fight to save a Hindu temple for the 'unheard and unseen'

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A fight to save a Hindu temple for the ‘unheard and unseen’

NEW YORK (RNS) — Since 2008, Shri Shakti Mariammaa has been a safe haven for women and members of the LGBTQ community. But the temple risks closure if it cannot make costly improvements.
 

Israeli supreme court says rabbinate must offer tests to women

(RNS) — The ruling does not call for the strictly Orthodox rabbinate to ordain women as rabbis but opens up to women the body’s licensing exams that test in a variety of areas of Jewish law. 
 

Attack on West Bank Christian town stirs calls for Israeli government to curb settler violence

JERUSALEM (RNS) — A July 7 arson attack has prompted faith leaders to assail the Netanyahu government’s inattention to settler attacks, which have skyrocketed since the Gaza war began.
 

Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from decades of dictatorship and nearly 14 years of civil war.

 

RNS Opinion

What would the good Samaritan do today?

(RNS) — When we read the news about people in distress, Jesus is looking over our shoulders and asking what we are going to do for them.
 

Holding Israel accountable isn’t antisemitic — harming Jews is

(RNS) — When anger about Israeli government policy spills over into harassment or violence directed at Jews in the U.S. or any other country, that’s antisemitism.

 

ICYMI

Judge orders government to admit more refugees whose flights were canceled

(RNS) — According to the government, as many as 12,000 refugees had made travel plans to the U.S. before the refugee freeze. They may all press their case now.
 

A ‘weird mirror that is Brazil’: New film examines link between evangelicalism, far-right political power

(RNS) — Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for political interest.

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