Featured Stories From Ireland/Northern Ireland
- Day Six: In Belfast, a City Still Learning Peace and Healing from the Pastby Daniel O’ConnorBELFAST – After another traditional Irish breakfast buffet of eggs, beans and black pudding, we departed Derry/Londonderry for Belfast. This… Read more: Day Six: In Belfast, a City Still Learning Peace and Healing from the Past
- Day Five: Northern Ireland’s Journey Towards Peace and the Bloody Sunday Legacyby Renata DaouDERRY/LONDONDERRY – Today, our class began exploring tumultuous divisiveness and violence in Derry/Londonderry’s recent history — and ended with an… Read more: Day Five: Northern Ireland’s Journey Towards Peace and the Bloody Sunday Legacy
- Unexpected Defeat of Referendums Shows Growing Power of Ireland’s Traditional Catholicsby Daniel O’ConnorDUBLIN (RNS) — At a Mass said in Latin on Sunday (March 10), Ireland’s traditional Catholics declared political victory, days… Read more: Unexpected Defeat of Referendums Shows Growing Power of Ireland’s Traditional Catholics
- Day Four: Onto Derry, Where an Imperfect Peace Persistsby Genevieve CharlesDERRY/LONDONDERRY – On Wednesday morning, we checked out of Gresham Hotel in Dublin, met our bus driver, Kevin, and began our… Read more: Day Four: Onto Derry, Where an Imperfect Peace Persists
- Day Three: The Sun Rises — As Do Tensions in Dublin’s Religious Communitiesby Katelin Moody and Eleanor H. ReichDUBLIN — We started our third day in Ireland at 8:30 a.m. by walking along the south bank of the… Read more: Day Three: The Sun Rises — As Do Tensions in Dublin’s Religious Communities
- Day Two: Bridging the Divides in Dublin’s Minority Faithsby Kristen Cashwell and Ellie DavisDUBLIN – After a hearty buffet breakfast of sausages, potatoes, eggs and black and white pudding, we convened in the… Read more: Day Two: Bridging the Divides in Dublin’s Minority Faiths
- Day One: Discovering Dublin’s History, Cuisine and Quirksby Refael Kubersky and Emma PaidraDUBLIN — We landed in Ireland at about 7 a.m. Sunday and were greeted by typical Irish fog and a… Read more: Day One: Discovering Dublin’s History, Cuisine and Quirks
Covering Religion in New York
- Why Songs of Zainab Moved This Shia Congregation in Brooklyn to Tearsby Meghnad BoseNEW YORK – A couple dozen grown men are seated on the floor, sobbing in unison. It’s a rainy Sunday… Read more: Why Songs of Zainab Moved This Shia Congregation in Brooklyn to Tears
- Goddesses of the Hearth: An Imbolc Ritual Where All are Welcomeby Ann W. SchmidtMOUNT SINAI, N.Y. – The weather outside is gray and chilly, but the local Druid community is preparing for the… Read more: Goddesses of the Hearth: An Imbolc Ritual Where All are Welcome
- The Bride Price: A Teaching On Atonement At the Pentecostal Anointing Church of Godby Natalie DemareeNEW YORK — The small sanctuary of the Pentecostal Anointing Church of God, located at 3112 Tilden Ave. in Brooklyn,… Read more: The Bride Price: A Teaching On Atonement At the Pentecostal Anointing Church of God
Featured Stories From Israel/Palestine (2023)
- In the Holy Land, Six Christian Faiths Jockey for Power at the Church of the Holy Sepulchreby Hanna VioqueAs published in New Lines magazine Aba Sibhat, an Ethiopian priest, types into his phone with a curious grin before… Read more: In the Holy Land, Six Christian Faiths Jockey for Power at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Amid Israel Protests, ‘Passover Table is the New Thanksgiving Table’by Henrietta McFarlane and Laura EspositoAs published on Religion News Service (RNS). As Israelis continue to protest in unprecedented numbers against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s… Read more: Amid Israel Protests, ‘Passover Table is the New Thanksgiving Table’
- Amid Israeli Red Tape, Married Palestinian Couples Struggle to Remain in Jerusalemby Heerea RikhrajBETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – In 2015, on the first evening of the Christian camp, Maria* and Michal met for the… Read more: Amid Israeli Red Tape, Married Palestinian Couples Struggle to Remain in Jerusalem
- The Last Palestinian Hill: Palestinian Farmers Peacefully Resist Israeli Efforts to Confiscate Landby Noelle VideonON A HILLTOP OUTSIDE OF THE WEST BANK CITY OF BETHLEHEM – The Rev. Terry Oliver, a Christian minister and… Read more: The Last Palestinian Hill: Palestinian Farmers Peacefully Resist Israeli Efforts to Confiscate Land
- Amid Rising Attacks on Christian Sites in Jerusalem, a Growing Sense of Urgency Among Clergy and Advocatesby Sarah CutlerJERUSALEM – Attacks on Christian holy sites and Christian clergy have risen precipitously in recent months. Sadly, examples abound. Days after… Read more: Amid Rising Attacks on Christian Sites in Jerusalem, a Growing Sense of Urgency Among Clergy and Advocates
- Jerusalem Cafe Owner Turns Down Millions for Property with Secret Tunnel to Holy Sitesby Nora Zaim-SassiJERUSALEM — On a Wednesday in March, Emad Abu Khadija was preparing baklava, sahlab, and Turkish coffee for customers at… Read more: Jerusalem Cafe Owner Turns Down Millions for Property with Secret Tunnel to Holy Sites
Daily Dispatches From Israel/Palestine (2023)
- Day 8: Last Supper and Return to New York by Sherry FernandesIt was not yet 6 a.m. when we were roused from our beds by a hotel-wide security alarm at the… Read more: Day 8: Last Supper and Return to New York
- Day 7: ‘The Past is my ID’: A Visit to Dheisheh Refugee Campby Babette StolkThe wheels of the Lilian, our trusted bus, spun on empty streets this morning. It was Saturday, Shabbat — the… Read more: Day 7: ‘The Past is my ID’: A Visit to Dheisheh Refugee Camp
- Day 6: Breaking Bread in Bethlehem, ‘Holy FOMO’ in Jerusalem by Anvita Patwardhan and Hanna Nebiyu VioqueOn Friday, we met tour guide Saleem Anfous, who took us through the Old City of Bethlehem. Our first task… Read more: Day 6: Breaking Bread in Bethlehem, ‘Holy FOMO’ in Jerusalem