Yonat Shimron
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National Reporter/Senior Editor, @RNS.
Durham, NC
Joined May 2011
RT @ClaireGiangrave: Curious about what the Augustinians, the religious order of #PopeLeoXIV , are all about? @YonatShimron has the story @….
religionnews.com
(RNS) — Augustinians are distinguished from other religious orders by their emphasis on living together in community — priests and brothers as equals.
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RT @mboorstein: “Can’t you see that we are intertwined?. There is another way. It’s not too late for life, for the living”. - Israeli Jewis….
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On Yom Kippur (Oct. 12), the holiest day of the Jewish year, hundreds of Jews will gather at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza to publicly mourn the lives of Palestinians killed by Israelis over the past year.
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(RNS) — The service, part of the afternoon Yom Kippur liturgy called Yizkor, will feature traditional Jewish prayers and a short eulogy by a New York-based Palestinian for her slain Gaza family.
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RT @bobsmietana: Franklin Graham wants to ban a pro-Harris group from using images of his father in an ad. The ad features a vintage Billy….
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(RNS) — The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, led by the late evangelist’s son the Rev. Franklin Graham, has said it might sue over the ad’s use of clips from a 1988 Graham sermon.
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Rabbi Batsheva Meiri of Congregation Beth HaTephila, Asheville's largest synagogue, has given members permission to consider skipping the 25-hour fast required of most Jews on Yom Kippur:
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(RNS) — Hurricane Helene inundated Asheville and wiped out homes, businesses and roads. Rabbis canceled the evening Yom Kippur prayers but will hold modified services during the day.
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RT @kathrynmaepost: In an interview with @RNS about her new book 'Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith,' TikTok’s Rev. Karla estim….
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(RNS) — In an interview about her new book 'Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith,' the interfaith minister estimated that 95% of her 740,000 social media followers are women weary of how...
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RT @bobsmietana: Apparently the only Bible that would fit Oklahoma's requirements is the one Donald Trump has been hawking--because it has….
oklahoman.com
Bibles endorsed by former President Donald Trump cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
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Across the country in cities large and small, anti-Zionist praying communities have been springing up. Tzedek Chicago, however, is the the first: @RabbiBrant.
religionnews.com
(RNS) — At no time in the past 50 years has the rejection of Zionism received as much of a hearing among American Jews as this past year. Tzedek Chicago has led the way.
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RT @liamsadams: Helping out our amazing colleagues @asheville by covering some of the faith-based recovery efforts in Western NC. Here’s a….
citizen-times.com
Relief efforts continue in Asheville and the Western North Carolina area where a major disaster due to Tropical Storm Helene has left communities devastated, roads impassable and thousands without...
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RT @kateshellnutt: My hope was that maybe just our neighborhood got hit bad. Then we made it out and saw that it was everywhere in August….
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RT @jackmjenkins: My family members are currently among those stranded in western NC (although they are safe), currently without power or r….
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RT @jackmjenkins: My dispatch from today's JD Vance-Lance Wallnau event, where Vance floated a theological defense of Trump immigration pol….
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(RNS) — Vance’s remarks seemed aimed at quelling some of the controversy that sprang up after he and Donald Trump accused Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of eating townspeople’s pets.
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RT @liamsadams: At least 5 participants in a restoration ministry that operated out of FBC Woodstock under Johnny Hunt's leadership, called….
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At least two dozen churches in the Christian Reformed Church of North America are in the process of severing their ties with the denomination over their disagreements with its increasingly rigid stance on sexuality.
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(RNS) — At its 2024 synod in June, the Christian Reformed Church instructed LGBTQ-affirming congregations to repent and comply with the denomination’s beliefs on sexuality. Some are now choosing to...
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At the American Renewal Project's pastor luncheons, he was the star attraction, the keynoter introduced as “North Carolina’s next governor.” This year, he was nowhere to be found.
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HENDERSON, N.C. (RNS) — Robinson has spent years cultivating Black and white evangelical church members with a message that aligns closely with their conservative values. Those church members still...
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"It takes uncommon courage to make amends for past mistakes in the twilight of one’s life, and it’s a step that (Richard) Hays frankly did not have to take. " @JonathanMerritt.
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(RNS) — In an exclusive interview, evangelical ethicist Richard Hays talks about repenting of his position on LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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RT @JamesMartinSJ: The past, present and future of @americamag: Fr. @ThomasReeseSJ, editor in chief of America from 1998-2005, visited the….
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RT @yashar: NEWS . North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt.….
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The Global Methodist Church will convene for for the first time in Costa Rica beginning Friday. Sexuality will not be on the agenda.
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(RNS) — The new denomination, with 4,715 congregations, will meet to adopt a constitution and iron out its governance structure.
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