(56 to 47) in favor of a preliminary reading of a bill in the Knesset, introduced by Knesset member Avi Maoz, who is part of the far-right Noam party. The bill, which would imprison anyone for up to ...

In a shift for the worldwide Anglican faith, the newly formed Global Anglican Council has formally declared the existing structures of the Anglican Communion ...

‘Fasting gives us both an opportunity, I think, to sort of channel our spiritual practices, but also to remind us of our mortality in a way that we simply don’t have in the 21st century,’ said author ...

A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security.

JTA — A YouTuber, a theater consultant and an accordionist walk into a kosher Chinese restaurant. It’s not the setup to a Borscht Belt joke — it’s half of the party that grabbed a table recently at ...

The book, releasing April 7, uses the Japanese art of Kintsugi — repairing broken pottery with gold — as a metaphor for a ...

A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has learned. That’s according to a person familiar with ...

The Old City of Damascus, shaped by successive civilizations and surrounded by ancient walls preserving a history that stretches ...

Christians are in the season of Lent. Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is a part of both faiths' observances. Other religions include periods of fasting as well. What accounts for fasting ...

Kerala's cabinet approved recognizing Pentecostal churches as a Christian denomination, allowing access to benefits and addressing community issues.

The measure was made official on 9 March, a few days after a delegation met with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The ...

I’ve gone to work on an oyster farm on Block Island, a tiny dot of land midway between Long Island and Rhode Island, every ...