Letter to Mayor Lion about Kol HaNeshama
While most of the Jewish world entered their synagogues on Yom Kippur to pour out their hearts in prayer after passing through phalanxes of security personnel there to protect them, Kol HaNeshama, an inspiring Reform congregation in Jerusalem, was attacked for the fourth time in a month.
URJ Names Rabbi Michael Namath Assistant Vice President, Movement Building
The Union for Reform Judaism today announced that Rabbi Michael Namath will serve as Assistant Vice President, Movement Building, a new role within the URJ’s Jewish Life & Leadership team.
AI is accelerating decline of trust in independent news. Time to step up for trusted journalism.
When the rapid advancement of generative AI threatens journalism, it is a threat to democracy and democratic values itself. On World News Day and beyond, we must support trusted journalism.
In Hungary, WCC general secretary reflects on opportunities, challenges of Christian mission
During an International Ecumenical Conference at Pannonhalma, Hungary, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay attended Holy Mass in St Martin’s Basilica, visited with students in the Assembly Hall of the Benedictine Secondary School, participated in a roundtable discussion with Hungarian bishops, and offered a lecture as well as a homily.
September 27, 2026: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Walking the Walk In today’s Gospel lesson we find Jesus teaching in the temple, the day after what we know as Palm Sunday. There is a tense exchange as the religious leaders ask Jesus a question about who gave him the authority to teach and do the things he was doing. […]
‘This Is My Church’: Any Space Can Be a Spiritual Home for Those Gathered
Nancy McDonald Ladd
:The people who show up for each other make places sacred.
Brethren bits
In this issue: Save the date for the 2027 Annual Conference! Remembering Keith Goering. Job openings. Deportation Defense Response program report for 2026. Messenger 'for wherever this year takes them.' NYC worship resources and playlist. And much more.
Fragmentos de hermanos
— En memoria de Keith Goering, exmiembro de la Junta de Misiones y Ministerios de la Iglesia de los Hermanos , quien falleció el 28 de agosto. Formó parte de dicha junta durante un mandato, de 2011 a 2016. Durante muchos años, fue pastor asociado de la Iglesia de los Hermanos de Bowmont en Nampa,
Moso frè yo
— Souvni: Keith Goering, yon ansyen manm Konsèy Misyon ak Ministè Legliz Frè yo , te mouri nan dat 28 out. Li te sèvi nan Konsèy Misyon ak Ministè a pandan yon manda, soti 2011 rive 2016. Li te pase plizyè ane kòm pastè asosye nan Legliz Frè yo Bowmont nan Nampa, Idaho, epi kòm
“Radio gets there first” – Community communicators make the case for local media as climate infrastructure
At Festival Compartilhe, WACC partners from four Latin American countries described how climate disinformation lands in their territories – and launched a new WACC publication advocating for community communication to be funded as climate infrastructure. Climate disinformation is no longer mainly about denying that the...