Monday's News & Ideas - 3/10/2025
- ‘Anti-Zionist’ synagogue
- Rules for pastors’ wives
- SCOTUS case on schools
- Three religions fasting
- OK schools chief on bibles
- Arresting people for domestic violence
This synagogue calls itself ‘anti-Zionist.’ Here’s what that means in practice
NPR: For Rabbi Brant Rosen, solidarity with Palestinians has become a core Jewish value.
Scripture doesn’t make rules for pastors’ wives. Beth Allison Barr explains why it matters.
Religion News Service: In “Becoming the Pastor’s Wife,” Barr argues that the white, evangelical model for pastors’ wives is a product of culture, not Scripture.
The urgent Supreme Court case that’s not getting enough attention*
The New York Times: The central question is whether a state that allows charter schools as alternatives to traditional public schools, as nearly all states do, must agree to fund those that are explicitly religious.
Three religious traditions overlap this year, providing a rare opportunity for collective reflection
The Guardian: For the first time in decades, three major religious traditions — Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá’í Faith — will observe their sacred fasting periods at the same time.
Turned down by state, Oklahoma schools chief is out to raise funds for Trump-endorsed Bibles
Religion News Service: The state superintendent acknowledged there has been resistance to his goal of getting Bibles into classrooms.
The Spark
The feminist law professor who wants to stop arresting people for domestic violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe* was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite, The New Yorker says.
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